The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-20
America Rights In Samoa.


BEEN y EGIL' lib AID Az LID.
Mr. FRYE Offered in the Senate y 3udas
: says the New York Tribune Il resolution
which, if adopted, viii throw f9ad u
light upon one Of the most di~erarrfu|
aud Illuminating chapters in Mr.. Ba}prI 5
diplomatic history. Briefly stated. l. pre-
Yidcs for Il thorough investigation Of Tie
present relation, Of Til country 20 the
Samoan Islands, and Tor an inquiry into
the extent Of the obligation. winch the
Emitted Suites incurred under existing
treaties with those islands. The general
dublc is already acquainted viii tho
main facts which attended the highland
ed proceedings Of the German govern
ment-institnted, presumably. ~I'h the
sanction Of England ~ wIira k.n2 Mai
etoa was deprived of hi crown. carried
an exile to foreign part and pre1cndcr
put by German arms on his throne Ic
public is not 50 well acquainted. however.
with the shameful and pn-ilanim9H~ con
duet on the art Of the state depar1m' 1t
By which alone this high-hauded outrage
upon friendly king, Who had repeatedly
gwen substantial signs of his friendship
for the United States, Wa made possible.
1t is this which Mr.. FrYe'- resolution j.,
designed 10 sift aud probe 10 the bottom.
A. might have been expected the adpp-
ton of the resoluli IA was opposed by the
month.picce of the State Department, and
the personal friend of Secretary Bay ard
Mr. Gray. Precisely what Mr. Gray
Soo@il1 10 2aih ny MS course tAeeP' ue-
- ~, 49,, ~. 9pa'r, II
stirred the slpooi.h blao5 even Of Demo.
cratic Senators Thera wa. scarcely a
vacant scat ON tho nnar and a. far. Tho
galleries were concerned there canld NOT
be the SLIGHTEST dnul,t that tLn. synoatIir.
of that mart of the an,Iience AT lealt wor,.
with the manly diunitl4d and natriotfr Mt.
tpranres of the Senator from Maine
Mr.. FRYE bpoan his snrech with a re-
Snm,, of recent affair. in Tho islands mar
ticularlv as ia the course of the German
and English Governments and Insisted
that the I'nite1 States was hound 10 resist
the pnrtoarhmants of tbosa governments
In his Indictment thnryistin@ statr nf AZ
f.irs nj tho.ci.Iand. radn tho inquiry an
imnrrativ,. noq,...i,,.ot,li. limo itLnn,,b
il mioht disrlosn ~, nlcnodinulv di.rrnu-
table chan1er nf history in america di-
nIomarv No Americau ,.itiznn rnuld
onestion the Interest of tho United States
| in the nr,.srryatinn. of tho iuIonenlnnco
of Samoa Tbn.n islands yern in m.
centre of the p,rtdo ocean littb.
while auo IN, I.ni,nJ S1ot.s Lod nLtairnd
a concession of ono Of III. mu.t mauniti-
cent hnrhors of fine world in those islands
and had established a cnaling staiinn
The I'nited states bad made a treatv
with Samoa in Is-s md Grnat R,i,ain
and Germany ho1 moda tr.atins vim Sa.
moa in The folIowin1 wear in which treat
les If was under.tnnd an5 ,,,rn,d tn, tL,.
|
wnuld he forever nres.rved KIM Male
foa was a warm friend nf Tho I.nit.d
| States so warm friend thai IN. fert
nrovokrd Tho in,Inn.vof IN. German
| busiurss mon an mo island. NaI.taa had
been - warm friend bnrau.n La Hooked
upon fine I,nited STAT. a bno1 tn
maintain Tho in,,n,uI.nca of his c,,ntr,
In 1SsG Tnmas,i rnb.lI.d og,in.t ,ba
| KIM. Inn tho rah.Ili,n ,,,,lI b.ra h.,.u
unt dawn vifbnnt dinlenltp Income ,IoI-
rtoo was I,in,r 81 ana af tio hr,,..., n,n-
pies in than mart Of the World rho
America an5 En,li.h r'',r..,,,'ta,i,.. in
Somna however dn.iri,,, "a nr.,.,,,
bloodshnd called thn att.nIinn If NIaI.tna
ia tbn. utilization. If t.a I-nitol St.t..
and Grnat Rrit.in. and narsn,d..l bi,n..ta.
allow Tnmas.i,s rebellion ia nra....l -,
for aS if could for itwaso r.,i,l4=an, if
unatded Naletoo therefore Iid natLinr
But trouble vas hr.yino in samoa com
ulnints came ia TN, Sfuta Dnnartm.ut
| from thr American. consul and a commits.
| sionrr was s,.nt ont and an Investigation
made.
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|
flhaily IL was cohSiaeftd an absolute
necessity lhat there should be some set,
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