Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-17
SEWELL ON SAMOA.
rhe American Jonsul-deneralA 40
cuses the Germans OF Foment-
ing Strife.
The Deposition Of the King Of Ugunda
Arabs i'm Control and Numbering
Christians.
An English "Bluen Book on the Sack.
vile Oass-The Pops and Irish
Americans.

WASHINGTON Jan. 12.Consul-General
Eewall, of Samoa. who has been at home
before the Senate Committee ON Foreign
Relations, Messrs. Sherman, Frye, Evarts
and Dolph being present. There was also
present ex-Minister John A. Kasson, who
is greatly interested in the Samoan ques-
ton. General Sewall was examined in
secret at length by members of the com.
mittee, and is reported to have expressed
the belief that the next mail will bring
news of further and more terrible con.
ficrs between the Germans and natives
than any that have yet occurred. He
said that the shedding of blood since he
left Samoa had radically changed the
situation OF affairs there, and that ii it
were not intended to yield to Germany en-
tire control of the islands some decided &C.
ton would have to be taken by the powers.
He presented to the committee copies of
the Samoan Times, newspaper published
at Apia containing accounts OF an unpro-
voked and unexpected attack by the Ger
man war ship upon the natives and of q
meeting by the consuls of other nations
denouncing the act and also the mistead-
ing and unfair statements by the German
Consul.
MIR. Sewall spoke of the studied and sys-
tematic efforts of the Germans in sending
out news from Berlin concerning Samoa to
give the impression that al American was
the aggressor on every occasion. He de-
scribed Tamasese's followers as compar-
atively handful, who were threatened by
an unpleasant dilemma. If they failed to
keep up the agitation against the native
Government they feared death at the hands
of the German allies: if they escaped,
then the same fate awaited them at the
hands of the natives who considered them
traitors to Samoa.
THE REVOLT IN UGANDA.
ZANZIBAR, Jan. I1.-Advices have been
received from the interior that in October
last Mwanga. King of Uganda, plotted to
destroy his entire body guard, his inten-
ton being to abandon them on an island
in Lake Nyanza, where they would starve
to death. The guards, who had been fore
warned of the Kings intentions, refused
to enter the canoes which were to convey
them to the island, but returned to the
capitol and made an attack on Mwanga's
palace. The King fed to escape the fury
of the guards, and his brother. Kiwe-
wa, was enthroned in his stead. Kiwewa
appointed Christians to the principal Of
fees. This enraged the Arabs, who muir
dered many of the Christian officials and
replaced them with Mahommedans. The
Arabs burned the English and French
converts. The mission boat Eleanor, in
which some of the persons who had been
converted by the French missionaries
were fleeing, was struck by hippopota-
mus and sank, five of the converts being
drowned. s,
Many letters from Emin Bey and Henry
NJ. Stanley were lost by the burning of
the missionary stations. The missionaries
have reached Umsambo in safety. Mwau-
ic y,ricn MAJ To n Iod
to the English for assistance. The Arabs
have written to Missionary Mckay exult-
ing in their triumph and prophesying the
extinction OF all the mission stations in
Central Africa in revenge for England's
anti-slavery policy. They have pro-
claimed Uganda Mahommedan Kingdom.
THE SACKvLLE CASE.
LONDON, Jan. ia blue book on the
Sackville affair has just been published.
Interest in it centers in q dispatch dated
October "a to Mr.. Phelps, in which, observ-
ing that in the Judgment of the Govern
ment Lord Sackville's conduct had ceased
to be of Importance, President Cleveland
having already sent him his passports.
Lord Salisbury controverts the idea that
the acceptance or retention of a minis
ter is matter to be determined
solely with without reasons as
signed by the Government to which he is ac-
principles are of more Importance than the
particular case under discussion. These
principles appear to have been accurately
laid down by Lord Palmerston on the oc-
casion of the sudden dismissal of Minister
Bulwer from the court of Madrid in 1913.
A quotation followed from Palmerston's
communication to Isturiz, to the effect
that International law authorizes a nation
to which a demand for the withdrawal Of
it's Minister has been addressed to decline
to comply with the demand even though
grave and worthy reasons have been as
signed.
THE GERMANS BLAMED.
LONDON, Jan. 12.-The English African
missionary societies are unanimous in lay
ing the blame of the troubles in East At
RIGA upon the invasion Of that territory by
the Germans. Rev. Mr.. Ashe, who has
recently come from Uganda. says that he
discovered no trouble whatsoever among
the natives until upon his return he
reached a point within 200 miles of the
coast, where the influence of Germany was
felt. From the opinion which prevailed
there he is inclined to believe that the
trouble will spread and require a stronger
force than has hitherto been brought to
bear to suppress it.
THE POPE AND AMERICAN BISHOPS.
ROME Jan. 12.-The Propaganda, after
hearing arguments on both sides in reIa-
ton to the complaint of the Irish Bishops
in America that German Catholics resid.
ing in mainly Irish districts insist upon
having spiritual parishes of their OWE
with German priests and schools, hiss in
structed Cardinal Melchers TO prepare for
the Pope a report on the subject. The Sc
lection of Cardinal Melcbers is thought to
indicate a decision in favor of the Ger
mans.
A WARNING.
LONDON, Jan. 12--The RoDae correspond
emit of the Daily News says: I'm a recent
audience the Pope instructed the visiting
American prelates to strenuously combat
the socialism spreading among Irish
Catholics in America. II measures taken
privately fail to have an effect it is prob
able that Papal rescript will be sent"