Treaty of Berlin (1889)
| General act providing for the neutrality and autonomous government of the Samoan Islands | |
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King Malietoa at the reading of the Berlin Treaty, 1889 | |
| Signed | 14 June 1889 |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Signatories | |
| Citations | 172 Parry 133, 134 (E); 81 BFSP 1058; 15 Martens 2d 571 (E, G); 26 Stat. 1497; TS 313; 2 Malloy 1576; 1 Bevans 116; S.Ex. B, 51-1; 18 Hertslet 1068 |
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| General Act of Berlin (1889) at Wikisource | |
| Abrogated by the Tripartite Convention of 2 December 1899 (31 Stat. 1878; TS 314; 1 Bevans 276). | |
The Treaty of Berlin (1889) (also known as the Samoan Treaty) was the concluding document of the conference at Berlin in 1889 on Samoa. The conference was proposed by German foreign minister Count Herbert von Bismarck (son of chancellor Otto von Bismarck) to reconvene the adjourned Washington conference on Samoa of 1887. Herbert von Bismarck invited delegations from the United States and the British Empire to Berlin in April 1889.