Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1889-02-01
BISMARCK WRITES
To the Minister at Washington Re-
garding Matters in Much
MO0ted Samoa.
John w. Clayton Of Arkansas Assas-
sinated and a Reward is offered
For His Murderer.
The Street Car Strike is Still on in
New York and Violence
is Rife.
The Samoan Imbroglio.

The Samoan ImbrogliO.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.-The president
to-day sent to congress additional cores
pondence relative to Samoan affairs, ac-
companied by the following message:
To CONGRESS: had the honor on the
18th inst. to communicate to your honor
able body certain correspondence and doc
uments in relation to affairs in the Samoan
islands, and having since received further
dispatches from the vice-consul at Apia
commander Of the United States naval YES
sci Nipsic in those waters, lose no time in
laying them before you. also transmit
herein a full text of instructions from
Prince Won Bismarck to the German
minister at this capitol, which was COM
municated on the afternoon of the 28th
INST Ihls appears to be amplifcatiOn of
prior telegraphic instruction on the same
subject, communicated through the same
channel and which being set forth i'll the
note OF the secretary of state to Count Won
Arcovaliey, German minister, on the 18th
inst, was duly laid before congress with
my last message III relation to the Samoan
affairs
1t is also proper to inform you chat on
Monday the 28th inst, on the occasion of
the communication of note from the
prince chancellor the Secretary Of state,
minister that a proposition from his gov
eminent to that of the United States for
conference on the Samoan subject was on
its way by mail. having left Berlin on the
10th inst; so that its arrival here in due
course OF mail may be looked for in a very
short time In reply to an inquiry from the
secretary OF state whether the proposition
referred to was for renewal of the joint
conference conf between the United States, Ger
many and Great Britain, which was sus-
pended III July, 1887, or for a consideration
OF Samoan affairs. Count Won Arcovalley,
the German minister, stated his inability to
answer until the proposition which left
4i5erlln on the 10Th inst. should have been
received. shall hereafter communicate
to congress all information before me in
relation to Samoan states.
sFis...j - GROVER CLEVELAND.
sfIhe correspondence accompanying the
message gives all amplified account Of the
recent events in Samoa, an outline of which
has been telegraphed and published. The
last letter from Prince Bismarck to Count
Won @Arcovalley, of which the following
is a translatiOn:
BERLIN, Jan. 1S, 1851 have already
notified your excellency that according to
telegraphlc communication from Apia on
the 18th of December of last year, a de-
had landed. at the requisition OF the i'm
tperlal consul, for the protection of German
settlements Which were endangered by
c0nhlcts between native parties there,
was attacked by armed Samoans belonging
TO the party OF Chief Mataafa. This UNI
provoked attack is said to have taken place
named Klein. On this occasion more than
fifty German soldiers and officers were
KILLED and wounded. In consequence of
this we have been transplanted from the
territory OF mediatorical negotiations by
winch the imperial consul in Apia was try
ing TO, u reconcile the contending parties and
Tor which he sought the cooperation of his
English and American colleagues into
state Of war with the assailants, to our re.
gret: We shall carry on, the contest which
I mas - been e forced upon us by Mataafa and
his followers, with the utmost consideration
for English and American interests. Our
military measures have in view only Tie
punlshment Of the murd derers of the German
soldiers 90 .1 = g and the protection of our country
men and their property. As theyaon their
ference will necessarily assume the
character Of assistance to Tamasese. In
our aendeayor for the just punishment of|
the m,irderous crime we hope!sfor the CO.
operation OF the treaty powers in Samoa III
IIlenasnlp with us and we ask the govern
= ment OF the United States to be good Enough
70 furnish consuls and COMMANDERS Of its
snlps.0f war in Samoa with suitable in
structions Our armed forces there are in
strncted TO avoid and to prevent all injury
20 Z neutral M commerce and property and 70
adopt measures Of repHsal and destruction
only against the followers of the party
which Initiated the contest against
our troops by murderous attack. We
shall sh Of course abide by the agreements
with nterlaa and Eng gland with respect to
Samoa, and pay due regard under all cir
cuMmstanSes II l to the rights of those powers
as 8! e$tab hshed by the treaty. i beg your
excellsncy to bring this communication to
sMr. Bayard's knowledge by reading it to
him and TO leave a copy of it with him if
she M requests it. Signed,
John w. Clayton Assassinated.