The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-17

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proclamation sasr war had fse-, eeess-s.s
az ss<s1 az British suhsecss 20 saezait q
an Erglzshnaa sras sezxess IN a hssm.
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ctAfely repaired ~ the B-lessa co1xz Iate
with S complaint
Consul Bisckioex. an the z1sf. addressed
an inquiry 10 Ceasal KHappe. s-ag.s ssk-
i1g u MAI lad really been declared. arsf
sgE7fEst whom TIE German ess.s<r,s rs-
piled thar war Asd sseea declared axsSus.
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keep ossf OF the Eight, aasi they wo1.d be
pro-seetesd, as any participation II the hos
tii,aes would &c contrary 10 the laws of
war.
The stesraer Walnut arrived srora Aaek-
land on The sd. eyi3eatly bringing i'm
portant dispatches for the German consul.
These were supposed 70 order the consul
20 suspend operations Until further orders
sEaIn Germany knappe went az oEsce fa
see Aing Aat@atas who was NOT as hoEne.
ne consul fniimasssd 10 tAe caless that
Germany did not wish IA prosecute war
against them. but II they persisted n resist
snee there were plenty OF srarsaips coming
from Germany 20 compel submission. The
war was inzeaded fer Americans and Eng
asa. and not 70 do Ma-aafa aay harm. He
latEfEste<t that GeTTatny wss very rover
fnl aEaa more than IL match for America
and England The Ge.rnan eraper0r hs5
given him fun power 10 CO a. he pleased.
l a reply % these st-ossg representations tAe |
samoan ealefs asked FHo weeks time 10
consider. which was granted
Mr. Fletcher, manager sor the large colo
ntal house OF Macarthur * Co. casually -.
Q marked on the street tha. he believed the 1
United states aud England would make /
war wlt1 Germany t'apt Fritz. hearing
Of this, summoned Fessss-s.4s =, zyysssar t.s- 4
fore the tfernaa consul aud ans wer for the I
reported Fletcher put himself i
under aaFles OF the British consul. who 4
the summons.
II WAS found out 0a the a4fh that a /
yrerfn an proclamation OF s most exgctiar
lnd had been prepared. bus postpones. uIa- 1
u the arrival of news from America 4
category OF oifeuses wss contained in this 1
proclamation. with penalties 4
ranging from tiRs 10 deportation or isnnrls-
onrnsnf ny 20 tue life term Helping Ma
saafa and opposing German Interests aud 4
OF any printed OF written mat
ter OF that nature were 'araoag the crimes
eafaloguea- Public meetings without per
mission were TO be prohibited. Ii Is be-
Ieyed in samoa that Capt Mulian had
mach 10 do with the posiponement of this
THgs TKIgsTEp fos KLEISis BLOOD
On January - Capt. Fritz addressed the
following message 70 Capt Mullan. s.The
has reached me that an AMER
can citizen. Mr.. ]. G.. Klein is on board !
ne United States shiy, SipSic III that
should be true, hereby request that ron 1
would surrender him to the German miii-
iary tribunal on board his irape-
-ial German maiesty's ship Ad-
er, for the caase. as has been I
aid before me, maintained and witnessed |
BY oath, that he in conspicuous manner i
vas concerned in the attack On the lsnd-
ng party OF the ship Olga on December
IS lsssf
Capt. Mallon replied that as command
n IN the American navy he would protect
my American citizen. and Klein could not
&c tried by any military tribunal in Sa-
noa, and he declined 10 deliver him up.