The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-01-26
THE SAMOAN AFFAIR GROWS SERIOUS

FHE SAAOAN AFFAIR GROWS SERIOUS
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. asrn ses, CountercAnrscs, Diplomatic
subtcffages.
: Especial Is r. o. City Item.l
LONDON, Jan. 22.-lt is now given
out ihat the British government has
been fulIy Informed VI and ,shpIes In
the United Slstes lgovernmept's views
that The action OF the German -ageats 80.
in S .moa is opposed to the letter 7agd
spirit Of the treaty that If violates
diplomatic etiquette and endsoxess lAes.
good relst10us 30 necessary fut EnfC-s
peans to preserve when dealing with
semi-barbarous nations D:stpstches to-
this effect have been sent 10 B-fiiD.G as
"a The German war ship Eosr, which
left Samoa o.. the 18th, has arrived Vt
.AulkianGi. The officers denonnce the
reports sent from pia by way Of San
Francisco, aud declaSe xtnat tie. state
ments regarding the 4slrged sieAriogf
down OF ,.Americasr A-gr, burDtpx 81
houses of AmericaDsa and fitting on
Britisl, officers are iinfouoded. "a
This does moi at aii coincide. with
other advices from mauy add the most
reliable utees, which represent. ihsts
the most serious state OF affairs exlals
In Samoa. On the night III
Is the sailors from the GermAi nan
of-war Adler. Olga and Ebes attscksd
! Mataaie:s 16Ealers, nntter the iiseciiun
of the Ges81 Consul and Capt. Ffi.z,
the sentor meyGl ol{acsr In the port.
EAs ithes yoetlat OF n.e etc6uaier
twsnty-twO AeStnan sailors were killed
aud thirty-t40 wounded. Since then
the German watz ships taveabarned :
American houses aud flags, torn down
the UdltAlk States Dag, seized A@afs1s
can cittz1n6 I'm the nettttAt Wat6Se <0f
Apia Haruor aud taken them prisoners
GU board of the German lnen-of: war,
aud fred upon ths American flag .ss.'s5
On December II the United States
Consul sent protest 10 the German
Consul, asserting that s.. 80 AZ
THE CONDUCT OF THE GERMANS
| had been outrageous, and had placed
the American lives and property. Ia
great jeopardy. Att O'Clock on The
mornlng of DScem6sr II the Olga lett
| Apia and steamed up the coast, aud
returned that evening with Pama.sa,
sees Secretary on board. That night
the Secretary wrote d letter to his wife
in Apia, stating that the Germans
would attack the tewn, named .M.,a-
fasatefe during the night and would
attack Mataafes' men white they were
sleeping. - -
I The town ia siinated wo miles sbov.
| Apia. The wife told the news to one
of her relatives in Apia; who in torn
sent word to the Mantaafes soldiers.
Before midnight 200 armed men
had assembled on shore, a shor, dis
tance above the English Consulate,
and fr.E 'rr. au, '-.t- .-yH .a
COSCEAL1NG THENrsEIvEs IN THE
! BUSH, 80.
waited for the appearances Of The Ger
man boats, which, 1t was said, would
contain a number of TaMase.e men as
we'll as German sailors, who hat been
brought from Ssluafa;e by th. O.ss.
The reports are very lengthy and
specific, hearing the stamp 1T truth
upon their face, aud The. cuutents are
such rs 10 entirely preclude any farther
delay in decisive action on the part uf
the American governments. H'1
Lord Saiisbury's- ints.t news from
Apia is of a threatening nature. IL
consequence Of these advices the Bit
ish fleet In the Pacific vii! bs increased
Immediately by at leas, two powerful
vessels. After Mr.. Phelps had left
Lord Salisbury to-day Cuuut Won
Hatsf.ld., the Gle. man Anb .ssador.
had an interview with ihe Priu.p Mn
lister. .'-' So .'s# "''t
j The Cnrunicie's correspondent Ut
i Berlin learns on good authority that
Germany has cnme 10 "A lit ii,iie un-
Outstanding with tie Uni,+i Sta, g.,
with regard to Samoa. - -.......s.
In this connection ii is worthy to
remark that bitter cu,na,Iaiuis were
made yesterday in the Freuck CHAR.
Der relative to British aggression iu
the Pacific Archipelago, and that the
exPlanation of attfntrat kruniz, the
, Minister OF tie Navy, was exceedingly
lame. The Pacific business seems GER
tatniy sort OF copartneIship "go'
whacks" affair between England aud
Germany.
Better Than Ever,