PACIFIC ANNEXATION. REUTERS TELEGRAMS. London, February 25.
A Bilk book on New (Juine.i and the P.iuhc I I.mds lias h'on issued Tt shows tb-ft in .T.uiu.tiy Kail T)e>hy telegraphed to ■Lord Angimtti- Lnftustli.it it was intended to deilme •« Hntish dominion over all the territory m New Guinea and neighbouimg nUnd* included in the protectorate. In Kehi ii.il y, Loid ])eil>y wiied to Sir VVillmhi J<t\oih, instructing the discontintMiice of tlio movement for the annexation of .Samoa, stating that Germany disavowed the action of the Consul at Apia, and diacl.umed any intention of annexing Samoa. The p.ipers further show that this month K«nl (Jranville informed Count Munster, in London, that, if the Gennan-Sainoan agreement of November last w.is latitied, it would bo ncceurtary for England to conclude a similar arrangement with King Malietoa for the benefit of British subjects in Samoa. The book also contains a letter from Malietoa, complaining that the treaty with fiermany waH unjustly obtained, and asknitC that the Emperor should reject it.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1973, 28 February 1885, Page 3
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165PACIFIC ANNEXATION. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. London, February 25. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1973, 28 February 1885, Page 3
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