"* Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa" . . "The Second Samoan Civil War was a conflict that reached a head in 1898 when Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States were locked in dispute over who should have control over the Samoan island chain, located in the South Pacific Ocean. At the war's conclusion in 1899, the United States was granted the eastern section of the islands, the Germans were granted the western section of the islands, and the British were given other Pacific island chains formerly belonging to Germany."@en . "Samoa" . . . . "Mata'afans" . "United States" . "* Partitioning of the Samoan archipelago" . . "* Germany acquiresGerman Samoa" . "Second Samoan Civil War"@en . . . . "*Tripartite Convention" . . "German Empire" . . "Compromise;" . "United Kingdom" . "Supported by:" . "* Britain withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands" . "* United States acquiresAmerican Samoa" .