Talk:Treaty of Berlin (1899)
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Bismarck and the Berlin Treaty
Given that Bismarck died in 1898, *a year before this treaty*, and had in any case been removed from office in 1890, I rather think he wouldn't have had much use for the western Samoan islands. Have updated the article with Bulow instead, as the German foreign secretary at the time (and the one who did all the work given that Hohenlohe the chancellor was something of a non-entity at this time). 172.209.33.130 19:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up, the sources I used did not mention those facts. I'm assuming they were left out because they were written by non-German authors who might have been more focused on the outcome of the Treaty rather than the leaders of Germany at the exact time that it was ratified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wprocter (talk • contribs) 23:50, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Colonialist POV
"The lack of Samoan customs for electing a new king lead to the Samoan civil war in 1898. It was then obvious that the best solution would be a partitioning of Samoa between Germany, the United States, and England."
"Obvious"? Seriously? --Jfruh (talk) 18:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)