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 GENERAL ACT—SAMOAN ISLANDS. JUNE 14, 1889. 1497 General act by and between the United States of America, the Empire ·T¤¤¤14·1899· of Gerrnany, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, A providing fo·r the neutrality and autonomous government of the Samoan Islands. Concluded at Berlin June 14, 1889; ratification; advised by the Senate February .4, 1890; ratgied by the President February 21, 1890; ratification.; exchanged at erlin April·12, 1890;, -. assented to by Samoa April 19, 1890; proclaimed May 21, 1890. Br rum PRESIDENT or rum UNITED Srums or Amsmou. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a General Act, providing for the neutrality and auton- Preamble. omous government of the Samoan Islands, was concluded and signed at the City of Berlin, on the fourteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and.eighty»nine, by the Plenipotentiaries of the United States of America., of the Empire of Germany and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the original of which General Act, being in the English language, is word for word as follows: The President of the United States of America, His Majesty the Em- meamgmm or (gf Germany, King of Prussia, Her Majesty the Queen of the Uitiite Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Wishing to provide for the security of the life, roperty and trade mmm. of the citizens and subjects of their respective Glbvernments resid- · ing in, or having commercial relations with the Islands of Samoa ; and desirous at the same time to avoid all occasions of dissension between their respective Governments and the Government and people of Samoa, while promoting as far as Ipossible the peaceful and orderly civilization of the people of these slands have resolved, in accordance with the invitation of the Imperial Government of Germany, to resume in Berlin the Conference of Their Pleni otentiaries which was begun in Washingt011 on June 25, 1887; and) have named for Their present Plenépotentiaries the following: pm,pm,,,,,.,,,,_ The President of the Unite States of America: Mr. John A. Kasson, Mr. William Walter Phelps, Mr. Geor e H. Bates; His Majesty tie Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia: Count Bismarck, Minister of State, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Baron von Holstein, Actual Privy Councillor of Legation, Dr. Krauel, Privy Councillor of Leigation; Her Majest the Queen of the United ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Erm ress of India: Sir Edward Baldwin Malet, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia, Charles Stewart Scott, Esquire, Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation, Joseph Archer Crowe, Esquire, Her Majesty’s Commercial Attache for Europe,