A White-Book in regard to the affairs of Samoa, which
was presented to the Reichstag on Monday, gives some curious facts as to the working of the Tripartite control. It will greatly interest lovers of English literature to know that Mr. Louis Stevenson's allegations in regard to the state of affairs in Samoa are substantially borne out by the German -official reports. The conduct of two men he specially denounced as incompetent,—M. Cederkrantz, the Swedish Chief Justice, and Baron SenfEt von Pilsach, President of the Municipal Council of Apia. We gather further from the Times leader of Tuesday, that the delightful story that Baron Senfft von Pilsach actually brought an action against himself before the Chief Justice, is corroborated. As head of the Municipality of Apia, he could not tolerate the illegal acts committed by himself as adviser to the King, and, there- fore, as village Hampden of Samoa, he sternly "took the law" of that Court minion,—himself.
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