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Will the following men be ready to take the 11 19 at Porter's Station for Groton: Washburn, Rublee, Piper, Jones, Kuhn, Fitzhugh, Codman, Eaton, Paine...
...opened by Mr. G. B. Schulte, L. S., who gave an account of the political affairs of the Islands. He described some encroachments of the Germans upon the rights of American citizens. Not only are we bound to protect our commerce, but we ought to secure a naval station in the South Sea. We must soon have an increased navy and trading fleet, and will need a port in the southern waters...
...needed to secure life and property there, for the natives are acknowledged to be incapable. There is no good reason why the country having the greatest commercial interests in the islands should not establish a firm rule there. Our treaty interests would not be infringed nor would our coaling station be lost...
...last of the principal disputants was Mr. L. McK. Garrison, L. S. He said that the right to a coaling-station was of so little importance that it had not yet been used. The islands are too far distant to need to be taken under the government of the United States, If our country undertakes to maintain the independence of Samoa, she must be ready to go as far as war. This would be disastrous, and for such an insignificant cause, would be infamous...
...commercial relations with Samoa are small.- N. Y. Times, Feb. 6, 1889; Boston Journal, Jan. 30, 1889; Samoan Affairs, p. 96-98. (b) Our right to a coaling station, although not used, is acknowledged.- Samoan Affairs, p. 124, Art. II; Cong. Record, p. 1455, Jan. 29, 1889; Samoan Affairs, pp. 59-60, 98; Public Opinion, Feb. 2, 1889, p. 344; Cleveland Leader and Philadelphia North American. (c) There is nothing in the German Samoan treaty denying it.- Samoan Affairs...