§ MR. A. M'ARTHUR (Leicester)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether any arrangement has been arrived at with Germany and the United States for the settlement of the affairs of Samoa; and, whether he can give any information as to the fate of King Malietoa, who was deported from Samoa in a German man-of-war?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)No fresh arrangement has been arrived at with Germany and the United States for the settlement of affairs in Samoa. The Conference which met at Washington last June adjourned for the consideration of the several proposals submitted by the Governments concerned. In the meantime, the rights 1839 of British subjects in Samoa remain I unimpaired. We have no official information where Malietoa now is. He surrendered himself to a German man-of-war, on board of which he left the Island. It is stated in The Morning Post of yesterday that he has arrived at the Cameroons.