New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-08
CONSUL GENERAL SEWALL DISMISSED.
MR. BAYARD CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION
WHICH is PROMPTLY RENDERED.

sorvau and the State Department have been some
what strained Of late, and the testimony which
Mr. sewan gave before the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations has been looked upon By Mr..
Bayard as amounting almost to personal anront'
II was therefore, no surprise 10 Mr.. sewall when
he received this morning notification nom the
State Department saying that his resignation wouid
be accepted on the ground that his views were not
in harmony with those Of the Administration. MT
sewall was advised by Senator Frye, and by his
father who is president Of the Maine Central Kali
road, to accede at once to the demand Of the state
nspartment. Following their advice MR. sewall
transmitted his resignation this afternoon
MR. sEwAIHs VIEWS on THE PROPOSED CON-
FERENCE
Washington Feb. IAN Associated Press reporter
called this afternoon upon Mr.. sewa and asked for
statement of the given by tho State Depart
ment I'm its request that he should tender his resgna
ton as Committeeman at Samoa. Mr. sewaI In
reply said:
aTbe reason given in the letter asking my resignation
IS the disagreement of my expressed views with tho
views entertained by the State Department in regard
to Samoan affairs. This refers, l suppose. to the
testimony have given before the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations and which has not yet been
published No disapproval of my conduct IN Samoa
as Consul-Genera has ever been expressed by the
state Department. so far as know, and, indeed, It
win appear from the communication sent to Congress.
the Department wrote me commencing my course
IN the trying and delicate position, II styled,
In which / was placed during the deposition OF
Maietoa at the time Of the conference Of the Powers.
81 believe that the deposition Of Maletoa was de
termined upon before the conference Of the three
Powers began and that IL was the German intention
to carry out the policy it had decided upon regardless
Of that conference. The purpose Of Germany is TO
secure control OF Samoa in defiance Of the solemn and
repeated assurances II has given 10 our Government
Furthermore, believe that Lord Salisbury Is party
to this scheme and that the movement against Samoa
is only the precursor Of AngloG German attempt TO
secure supremacy in the Hawaiian Islands. To my
lasting chagrin and sorrow, mised by Mr.. Bayard and
acting under hts instructions, mised the weak and
suffering samoans into fresh misfortunes. Upon
Mr.. Bayard, and myself as innocent instrument
obeying hts Instructions, must rest in large
the gfevous responsibility for the distresses which
now threaten the very existence Of tho Samoan people
When arrived in the Instruction Of Tamasese,
fostered by German officials for purposes now made
plain, was On the point Of disntegaton Malletoa
who had been repeatedly held back by ropre-
sentatives from asserting his authority, had do
ermlned tolerate this no longer At ths tunctuEs
the day after / arrived, received Instructions, ~
which the purport that should restrain halieoa
/ did so, giving him to UNDERSTANDINGS Mr.. Bayard
gave me TO Observation-Disclosures he his people
would be allowed TO suffer from following the advice
gave him In the name Of our Government. Malietoa
Yielded at my solicitation, and our National honor
was pledged that as a treaty Power we would insist
upon our treaty right TO the independent existence OF
Samoa. As events have shown, could not better
have served the German purpose than Dy ms misSun
Of mine 10 Malietoa AS a matter OF fact, tho pubic
documents before Congress show that the INSTRUCTIONS
In obedience to which acted on this occasion were
sent me at the instance Of the German ana BRUSH
Ministers. ~
@If am out OF accord with the conduct OF the DE
partment heretofore In Samoan affairs, am mucn
out of accord with II now. concur WIN cved5
one who has studied the question that the resloiauoh
Of the status quo should be preliminary 10 any ho
collation. and that this conference tine one pfoposeu
by Bisnarc shall be renewed under conditions az dst
as favorable to us as when ~ was rldeiy ntefuPcn py
Germany's action Bismarck proposes 20 renew inc
conference now on German ground rms means Ihuch'
Mr. PendetOn, Minister, is SICK, anu wloJyG ti
rsents us is 10 be removed from American puphc Ieei
ing, and, moreover, he is not nkey 10 10 WIZ 9
acquainted with the subject weber Tor SeaiS 10, eSe
German Consul in Samoa, ana hecher,' NJ ia'o
German Consul there, tOgethef WIN a.,
host OF other officials who know samoan pomcs, arr ~
Berlin and will aid Bismarck. Without WEBER, BIS
marck would be unable 10 negotiate AZ All: Az as ls
known positively that Weber was IN WashlnBlOn uu,
ing the conference held here coaching inc German
Minister In the present state Of feeling Germany
would hardly dare send him over here again bosSs'
the history OF negotiations win uepntS ~
gard 10 Samoa as pointed out by Mr. Batcs, snouu
caution us and make us reluctant 70 accept Aiy az
eurances from Germany, for they have Deeh nauo
most freely on the eve of her most Important ho'o
ments there
Secretary Bayard was asked to-day about Mr. 30"
alls resignation but declined TO say anything on inc
subject.