The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-31


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History 81 Their Origin and Progrsss-
Secretary Bayard Makes some Expiapas
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Il W9HNaToN, Ian. k-sseretary Bay.
.EerQ e.au ention Sas eolled 70 the press
lSd1speycn leying nat ermanyz has come
l TO- osdedniteedndes6ta ndinK with the
/ United States with regard TO Samoa ), and
| In r,,sponse he said s. 80
.10f course axpaos GERMANY 4, iva ~, !.
her honorable INSTRUMENTATION with the Iint,n "a
j 6tatoa. Il have nd IS cht a fhinl. ofhe.,..s.
i But ron must know that thesa ave mat,s. 80
/ as not c,.e tnl,ScudSin die nev,n.nar. - -
when asked "a rerartl. tn the nn,,cv (.
this .Goyernment ha rafarrad the n,,a v1
t,orar - thaspra.ia s,t,.s 80. 4 T
1ras. ~ ianna.u "ss.s1 ~ w Son.
| nI4s -. 49, n..- ~, Iuosu run nls
loo.o. w VIZ 80 uIa. aA.n sIoT uaSou Janu-
ary H. recentiy puONsned, % expressive
OF MS own views upon the subject. The
f6ecrefafy asse seaiudedeo the agreement
! entered into between Great Britain
and Germany s~ins<s April. 1886 de1in.
ling & the aEssl bound Sries of Enolieh
land SCormlntSS flnminiona in the 1r,a.<
Pa i4la C,caass lin sysM;ch T. q. .noo;a ,a1'.
Ia.oI o.od +h.Az1 thas5C.... Ny
-, NJ s,e'.ye... .' qua are
uouSI s VIZ 81 Aog1 q. tno OH1tco otates, ne
q yVAu' eroASy VIII" eltner
An4lano ~0E. uRrmAny IN regard to tho
neutral1tyg01 samoa. Therefore, II Ger
many has tntNf1erod with the neutralitv
LOT that CO6Ht3yHe She has not broken a
treaty with the limited States hnk hoo
ha,.nken on6 with Graa% Rr3ta;n -
l
Troubles have eris,ed among The sauo.,.
since $780, n that Vear the German Comvoa.'
cial and Plantakion! Society ~ ANA ar, rathe-
! its nredecessor the arr, ~ Caodofrov ~ u.~o
burg. stood; on the aida NJ Malietoa n chtef Ia.
longing to one of the most distinguished fam.
lilies of Samoa Throuphout the succeeliino
twenty years tho foreigners VIM settled 70
ISamoa-Amerfo.ns Enpiiahman and German.
sought. 50 takino s:des VIM or apainst Mai.
etoa to strengthen resnect for their raanactiva
nations. and therebv increase their com.
MERGE IN 1874 the United Statas witch
had previouslv obtained a concees,on ~
maeninoent 'harhor n thu Samoa ,Islands
| and estahliahad a coal,no stat,on there wodo
treaty with Samoa. The local Govern ment
in 1879 being in a stnte at great confnsion. Sir
arthur Gordon. as Queen Victoria's commis-
stoner in the Western Pacific. estahltshed King
Maltatoa f3rmiv IN the throne and ;,ened a
proclam alton. This proclamatlon was followed
bv a treaty. with Malietoa .dated Auonst ~
1879. In the same wear GERMANY also made a
treaty with Malietoa. The treaties entered
into between the United States Great Britain.
Germany and Samoa were treaties of friend.
shin and reciprccitv agreed to for tho
purpose of promoting the trade which Ameri.
San English and German merchants had gone
| % the remote Samoan Islands to establish. II
was understood and agreed upon among the
treaty powers that the independence and men.
served. While America and England have re-
NAMED consistent to the treaty. obligations and
have recognized Malietoa IA the leoitimate
ruler the policy of the Germans has heen a
wayering one At one time thew would recoa-
nize Malietoa nc KING a& onother thew wonid
take sides with the onnosino 1lino In 1ea1
King Maltetoa wa. coerced into an aoreamcnt
with the German Government and cont n rro.
too, ohort - - no car,non E,naro. ro,in.,-
!est aooutlt 10 Inc German emperor. Follow
English Queen, signed by nearly all the Samoan
| chiefs, praying for annexation to Great Britain
afraid Of heino forcihlv ANNEXED 6T tbe Ca.
.ans =. 100. e go $3.50; ~: Zoo r ~ ~ oo
sa .a"e: IA 100 ana "sa'n AZ looo .urtnor AZ
| tempts were made by Germany to seize the
time the attempt was successfully resisted BY
the British and American representatives..
In the autumn Of 1885 a German named Bran.
aes appeared in Apia. The public was given
to understand that he was in the service
| Society Among tho EMPLOYEES of this Arm.
howevsr - was Lnown tbot ha bod Iaar
.e,ected to he the Minister 1T Ma1;otna's rivei
Tamasese. Brandeis at once began to study
| local conditions, and worked at times at the
German Consulate, made himself familiar
with the husiness and social relations ri Anita
and then wenr ~ the honne ~ Tomoaasa
~" enen "ens ~ 'no no!he ot lamasese.
| in the immediate vicinity OF the great
| cOttOn and Dl1ntltiON Of the German
Commercial and Plantation Society. There q
house was built and furnished by this society
for Brandeis, and there he stayed without it
osase p. . a"' ny "us ~ g. -o
asese ana per1ecuns nlmsell IN the samoan
lang uage. Tamasese and his adherents were
lions. At the beginning of 1887, within brief
perod. hundreds Of muslxets we're sent through
stv and tbroSgh Brandeis n to
i,ttie later German fleet ~ Sonr ~ Ave- shiT:
was at anchor IN The horhor NJ AHA Tn,r
toy comnia;ning that German aettiers rod besn
attacIed hu the nativea nn NALL, % SUI ~ that
year. ana that from time to time dmrinp the
had heen damayed to the omnmmt ~ tho"s"nds
nf doIIars a vear Saovw Iomaud for coros
pensation was made for the damage to the
Plantations. without Single item Of particu.
iars being gwen to tSe samoan K,ne
| The monstrous demand was made
that the sum claimed for compensae
l W.
demand wh,ch IN aNch countrv q M.
practically impossible to meet. The King
wrote. promisinp an answer tn three DAVIS and
the reply given by the German commander
was the ianGino on the next dav Of seven hun.
ared troops from his squadron, ana the issu ny
| nj n Standardization in tina name NJ the Govern.
ment of Germanv deciarino Tomasese Kno
| NJ Samoa A. the same time Malietoa was de-.
| norted f1rst to Hamhnru Than - Rremer
| hoven was ,odao1 ond hhoorSad $780, noi;no
.nnerv,e;"n ~ 49, auhvrS ~ Rranoerh o,en
and then was taken to Australia IN hoard the
steamship Neckar, by a German naval officer.
rho RranIc;s. TapIHnaaeso covernnon9 -. ~ = "a
| called reached ito cImav m Santemhar a
legitimate successor to Malictoa, King OF
Samoa samoa WE the title OF Msletoa Tooa
sent to the American1 c Enrlish mnd German
Consuls, the French priest, and to Tamasese.
Mataafa il still at the head OF the Govern.
ont -; the ouI ~ III s I'VE nc; 10 Kevp ~
/ ailies The nosition NJ the IInited Statea tn.