Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-22
THE LIMIT REACHED.
The State Department Has Exhausted
It's Powers in the Samoan Matter,
REFERRED TO THE SENATE
The Germans Have Passed the Limit OF
Forbearanos and VIII Be Called To
Aecount-Latcst Particulars of
the Recent light.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.-THE Suns Wash
ington special says; Secretary Bayard
| stated last night that tile state depart
ment had gone to the extreme limit of
its discretion in trying to arrange the
trouble over the Samoan Islands III a
dignified ard honorable manner. The
| senate had been furni he'd with all the
correspondence on tile subject and it
now remained for that body to define
| the policy d The government N dealing
| with The sub, erI further. cir. Bayard
| stated that the commission, representing
| the United States, Germany and the
English governments, which convened
in this city last summer with a view to
| adjusting the differences at Samoa, had
entered into an agreement to the effect
| that the protocol should be regarded as
| confidential, which accounted for the
absence of that document from the
correspondence and other papers OF
this subject which have already been
transmitted to the senate. The con.
ference was with Il view to es-
tablishing an independent form of
government at Samoa, and having
| those islands regarded neutral territory
by the three countries interested. An
agreement of that nature was virtually
entered into, and up to the present time
neither the German nor the English gov.
eminent had notified the United States
that the conditions then entered into
have been dissolved. Mr.. Bayard says
he requested, several times, the German
and English representatives of the com
mission to allow the protocol to be giver
to the public, but they insisted upon its
being kept secret. Mr.. Bayard pro
nounces the long dispatch from Samoa
of Saturday a rchash of an old story
which was fully detailed in the CORE,
spendcnce transmitted to the senate.
Secretary Whitney was also inter
viewed. He said he thought the time
had arrived for this government to estab
lish and maintain a definite linz
of policy in regard to the islands of the
Pacific ocean. He commended Capt
Mullen's conduct at La Tonga and sale
the United States steamer Virginia ha!
been instructed to remain at Samoa
where she will be shortly joined by thu
Trenton and the Vandalia. The Trenton
is now one week out from Panama
bound for Samoa, and the Vandalia will
be ready to sail in a few days from Mar,
Island, Cal. Secretary Whitney say.
the three vessels ordered TO Samoa will
probably be sufficient to protect tin
American interests there in case of ar
emergency.
The impression prevails in cabine
circles that Germany has exceeded the
bounds of propriety, and a member o
the cabinet remarked, IAN issue shouit
i be made with her at once.
AT the department of state no addi
tional facts are obtainable respecting thu
Samoan trouble. The brief dispatche:
received a few days ago contained al
the information known here. The facts
as far as known, show that the German
interference and Smelling Slmoan towns
was without justification. The matte
will be thoroughly investigated by thi
government, but nothing can be dom
until the facts are fully known. Til
German navy consists of 14o vessels
many Of which are of modern styles an,
; with Krupp guns of large calibre AM
long range. The strength of the nav
is IS, 900 men. There is also a large reserv
of ships and men corresponding to tn
landwehr.