§ DR. TANNERI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the captain of the German warship stationed at Samoa has refused to co-operate with the English Commander in respect of the English annexation of the Samoan Islands, and if this alleged proposed annexation is seriously entertained?
§ MR. BRODRICKThere has been no question of the annexation of the Samoan Islands by this country, and the captain of the German warship can not therefore have refused his co-operation to this end. By the Berlin Final Act of June 14th, 1889, it is declared that the Islands of Samoa are neutral 1285 territory, and that neither of the three Signatory Powers shall exercise any separate control over the Islands or the Government thereof.
§ DR. TANNERAm I to assume that the report in yesterday's Times is false?
§ THE SPEAKEROrder, order! That is not a proper Question.