Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-02-01

Except by the Joint action of the con
ais Of the three governments A re-
lrllion was started. however against
ialietoa. the legitimate king; the Ger.
mans took the side of Tamasese.
he rebel. made him king, and took
I'D halietoa, as captive. first to Africa
and then TO another island. They then
made treaty with the new king grant
lng them special privileges. Against ali
this the British and American consuls
protested, and the Malietoa party made
head under new leader. Mataafa. He
and his men are now denounced as
rebels" by tae Germans, but are sus-
tanned by large majority of the Sa-
means. The troubles continued. and the
home governments slowly walked up 10
the importance Of the matter, till now
each nation has its war vessels there, sub
iect 10 the direction of its consul; the
Germans continue 10 interfere and the
British and Americans continue to pro
test. And as to the very latest develop
ment of this peculiar controversy we
have only the testimony of Mr.. John c.
Klein, American citizen and correspond
mt of The New York World, who is him
elf accused by the Germans of melting
md assisting the Mataafa rebellion"
Through the first two weeks Of Decem-
Der. says Mr.. Klein, the Mataafa army
continued to gain on the Tamasese
party, killing ninety of the rebels tthe
Germans, be it remembered. call the
lther side rebels and capturing part Of
heir principal fort, the Germans advis.
ng the Tamasese men and supplying
hem with ammunition. The Mataafa
men have $500 Snider rifles. and got
10000 cartridges for them in Apia lhe is
careful not to say Of whom by paving
sleven cents apiece for them. Both sides
ave proclaimed deguello mo quarter).
md there are no lists Of prisoners. All
his time German sailors and marines
continue to parade the streets of AHA
md insult natives and whites of other
lations. Apia is respected by both ma
i've parties as neutral ground; but the
ituation is so delicate that the American
consulate is protected by sand bags and
guarded by details of marines from the
United States war sbip Nipsic, while the
British have taken the women and chill
lren Of their consulate in a war shin. and
he consul ashore maintains an attitude
If Observation-Disclosures that may
mean. -.
Qf course, this state 81 mutual sus-
picion soon resulted in ARRAYS. AIterca-
lions between natives took place in AHA.
in breach Of its neutrality. A Swede
named Danielson was beaten and stabbed
by two German officers for ridiculina a
picture Of Emperor William. 1t is worth
1oting that this took place in saloon,
md that the officers were drunk. A few
lays later large party Of German sailors
came ashore and got drunk, drove Mr..
Cusack, an Englishman, out Of town.
and damaged his property. whipped and
stabbed George and Morris Scanland.
Americans, beat an old native woman
nearly 70 death for abusing them. and
maltreated many other natives. Ma
.aafa's men in the bush were eager TO
rush into town and kill the Germans
while they were drunk, but United
States Vice Consul Blackjack persuaded
them 20 refrain.
- VIZ hANeANAA1 @dkAs OF the
British man-of-war Royalist, sent a per-
emptory notice to Capt. Fritz, Of the
German war ship Adler, that if the
drunken sailors we're not Immediately
taken from Apia he would land his ma
rines and clean them out. His language
was diplomatic, but it meant Just that.
Before they could be got out, how
ever, the Germans whipped another
Englishman and broke the lamps
IN the English part Of Apia. The usual
protests followed. but all was soon for
gotten in the excitement caused bv
another move Of the Germans.
-.
On the night of Dec. II the Ger
man war vessel Olga came into the har-
Dor, having on board Mamea, a leader
among the Tamasese people. He did
not dare 60 on shore, as some Of Ma
taafas men were in town, but sent a let
ter 10 his wife, in which he warned her
to get her relations out of the Mataafa
= ~, wkieh was "a tie coast q Few
miles away;fOr, added Mamea, the Ger.