regard to the development of reciprocal tariffs in the territories of” “Togo and” “the Gold Coast;” “the renouncing by Germany of her rights of extraterritoriality in Zanzibar." These treaty arrangements of the Tripartite Convention of 1899 stayed in place until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Footnotes Bibliography and references Coates, Austin. Western Pacific Islands. London: H.M. Stationery Office. 1970. Gilson, R. P. Samoa 1830-1900, The Politics of a Multi-Cultural Community. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1970. Gray, J. A. C. Amerika Samoa, A History of American Samoa and its United States Naval Administration. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. 1960. Ryden, George Herbert. The Foreign Policy of the United States in Relation to Samoa. New York: Octagon Books. 1975. (Reprinted by special arrangement with Yale University Press. Originally published at New Haven: Yale University Press. 1928.) Townsend, Mary Evelyn. Origins of Modern German Colonialism, 1871-1885. New York: Vol. IX of Columbia University Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law. 1921. See also Treaty of Cession of Tutuila Treaty of Cession of Manu'a Samoan unification External links Annexation of Samoa WHKMLA: Samoa, 1830-1899 History of Samoa - R.M. Watson History of the Samoan Islands Boundary treaties 1899 in Samoa 1899 in American Samoa 1899 in the German colonial empire German Samoa History of Samoa History of American Samoa Treaties of the German Empire Treaties of the United Kingdom Treaties of the United States Treaties concluded in 1899 Treaties entered into force in 1900 1899 establishments in Oceania 1914 disestablishments in Oceania British colonisation of Oceania German colonisation in Oceania History of United States expansionism American Samoa–Samoa border Germany–United States relations Germany–United Kingdom relations December 1899 events