THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. THE NEUTRALITY OF TONGA AND SAMOA. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2157, 6 May 1886, Page 2

THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. THE NEUTRALITY OF TONGA AND SAMOA. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]

London, May 3. It is announced that a convention has been niened on the part of Great Britain by Sir E. B. Malet, English Ambassador at Berlin, and on behalf of Germany, by Prince Bismarck, settinj* forth the delimitation of the present future spheres of occupation in the Western Pacific. The dividing line starts at Mitre Rock, a small island forming part of the Queen Charlotte Group, situated in latitude 11-56 S., longitude 170-25 E. From this point it crosses the Solomon Group, leaving the islands of Bougaumlle, Choiseul, and Isabel to Germany. From the Solomon Islands the line turns back in ft north-easterly direction to Marshall Islands, which already belong to Germany. The convention forbids the deportation of criminals to the Pacific by either of the signatory Powers, and the continued neutrality of Tonga and Samoa is stipulated for.

May 4. It has been decided that all colonies possessing legislatures will be excluded from the scope of the Pacific Convention.

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