Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-25
DRIFTING TOWARD WAR.
Germany Defiant Significant
 Utterances.
BISMARCK DENIES THE TREATY.

lsemarks of Germany's Official OrSan-HOw
 England Reviews the Situation - Our
 Congress Full of Fight and Will Not
 Retreat from It's Position.
 BERLIN, Jan 5-The North German Ga zette Prince Bismarck's organ) denies the existence of any treaty prscluding any Eu- ropean power from acquiring or seeking to acquire ascendency in Samoa Tho Gazette also denies that England and ths United States are agreed that the proceedings of the German agent in Samoa are contrary to the stipulations of the treaties concerning Samoa and are opposed to diplomatic etiquette, and that those powers have officially notified tho German government accordingly. The trea- ties between Samoa, Germany, England and the United States, The Gazstte further says, provide that Samoa shall concede to each treaty power equal rights with any other power, but no treaty regarding the neutrality or independence of Samoa exists between Germany and the United States.
 LONDON, Jan 25-The statement made by The North German Gazette, which may be safely assumed to be put forward by the German government as an explanation of its position with regard to the Sainoans, is am- biguous; and all the more when it is ad- mitted that treaty was made between Ger many and F. E and some time ago, ill which both agree to the declaration that the Samoan and Tonga groups and nine other islands in the Pacific were outside the sphere of their influence. Bat if the meaning is obscure the purpose is plain. The effort is made to defend the action of the German authorities naval and diplomatic, in tho tks,I Ifafa iy,Ht tod <f standing by them and maintaining the pre- dominance they have gained It is observa- ble that, while taking tue attitude it does, the government refran, from publishing the latest official information from Apia, which was brought to Auckland by the gun boat Eber. It is difficult in the presence of contradictory advice to define exactly what part England is taking in the negotiations now going on. WhlIs it is known that Lord Salisbury has been in frequent consultation with thu German ambassador, and Ths Cologne Gazette asssrted that England was cordially cooperating with Germany, The North German Gazette declares positively that no notes on the Samosn question have been received i'll Berlin from the London cabinet
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 35.-The house com mittee on foreign affairs follows in the foot steps of the senate committee on foreign rela- tions in favor of instructions of vigorous character to Secretary Bsyari in relation to the Samoan Is.auds incident Tho house committee has declared in favor of resolu- tion instructing the administration as to the disbursement of the $500, 900 which Senator Sherman has proposed to have appropriated for the equipment of war vessels and an ex- petition to Samoa.
 The president is to be backed up in the present crisis even more strongly than he was in the threatened affair with Canada.
 The senate appropriations committee agreed to report favorably on both of the amend ments to the diplomatic bill. The committee also decided to report for an increase in the number of consuls at Samoa, and to raise the rank of consul at Apa to consul general
 Sepators Frye and Sherman, members of the committee on foreign relations, expressed the opinion that the United States government should go to war, il necessary, to prevent any foreign government from seizng the islands, and all members of the committee are said to be of the same opinion.
 Mir. McC,eary, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, says he thinks the mat ter can be settled by diplomacy.