The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-29
THE SAMOA SNARL.
Publication of the Secret
Agreement Denied.
English Papers Disagree With Ris,
marek- whitney and Bs.ara
at Lnggerhesds-

WASnESc-oS. gsn- 2S.--En fAe horse 10
day Representative Ferd Of Michigan
osfrrea for reference 90 the committee a.
farsigra Affairs The falloHiax preSznhs,
zsa resolution
s'MRERxAs, aeeenf, dispatches from
Vice t.anssal Blackjack OF Apta. Samos. Il
the secretary of ss2sE, End aeroanss in ths
! fsaAsse press have conveyed the snseln
gelkce OF great iDtlSenisieS offered hs
representatives. cI Germany ID Auaerseaf
/ eiKiEens and American interests in SaEaoa
and
.fwHgRx&s. IN the correspondents
transmitted hy the president 10 congress
Arril ?. lSSs, feachlng oar rsgass in samoa
There appears icafSz frosn the Sxcrcs ar,
0f state 20 the fFitish and tseEuaAm min
issers, asking permission OF faeif govern
ne3ts 10 faake pS.na.c the }olnt protocols
ua the SanieG conference held between
said secrefzry aud ministers In the snra
lner of fSss. which permission wss ~
fused and
.-waEKxAs. 1t is aiitgssa that tie pasIica-
ton OF these pyutoeais would show thai
Germany has violated treaty rights and OBJ
lagztions soisnfliy catered inse with the
Uaitea States.
Aesoifesi. BY s1e house OF represent yes.
that the secretary of state De nuw Teqnessesl
"a transmit 10 the house esspies af 81 prso-
toe0ls aud suenoranda Of the proceedings
OF said conference, Il not Incompatible
with the p9elie Interests.
A sass~fT ~ TIE CABINET.
NIX YoRk. Jan 81 Washington xpe-
cial "a the feSs says. TherT has been sar
several days rssFser that there i a st a-p
difference OF opinion III the ea0inet On &C.
cOnnt Of the samoan complications. The
asssss form whtcA This runsor aas taken is
that Secretary Whitney or Secretary Bay
ar1 mas resign. Attempts made this
n,1Yning % ohsAi6 ans authentic infagma-
ton on the subject were ret successful. A
United States senator says ne "a informed
that there Is much feeling between the
president and secretary Of state on account
of The Samoan matter, and that the es-
TRANCE nens is OF serious chagaeter. This
senator says tae president holGs Secretary
Bayarst responsible fer the situation, while
friends of Secretary Bayard anSsst that the
president has anseffert1 Ia the Affairs OF
the state department aud is wholly respon
sibie.
RON GzT. HARRISON STANDS
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan, - To an Associated
Press reporter lsst night senator Euilom
gave his views on the samoan question,
lie said: II am a,sf in favor oi permitting
any country 80 throw briekbats al as. 1
ana an American ali through. and ] think
we are big enough TO take care af ourselves
under ell circumstances. However. while
the samoa matter locks ser.eus at present,
[ believe the coming administration viii
reach an adjustment satisfactory 20 the
country. think solution viii he reach
ssi without difficulty. He said
there would he no Welding upon our part,
bat settlement would be reached on u
dignified basis. he thought We would nos
be without an adequate navy very long,
and In the meantime there would be mo-
yselsiilg OF our position for want OF tsrst-
class navy. AS an intimatiou OF how Gen.
Harrison stands ou she samoa question the
NJ f<
not without interest at this tisae, aud may
se regarded as very significant Ia view OF
what Senator Cullum said: sour relations
with foreign powers should be character
ixed By a fsiendhneSs aud respect. The
rights OF our people and OF our ships 10
hospifable treatment should be insisted on
with dignity. our nation is too great, both
in material strength and in moral power
10 indulge in buster or TO be suspected OF
timorousness. Vacillation and inconsist-
enry are as incompatible with successful
diplomacy as they are with national dig
nifty
BISMARCK sPogE FALSELY.
LONDON, Jan. 2S-The Times says: Eng-
lisamen win be curious TO know the exact
vaane OF Prince BiSmarck's 8 assertion that
Germany is absolutely AZ one with Eng
land In regard 10 samoa. It Is dlficuit 10
believe England has given any Kind OF
approval Ia the deportation OF Malletoa or
sese aud Mataafas partsxans.
LoSpoS. Jan. aS.-The Daily Neaps. Ia
view of Bismarek's speech on the African
question, wants 70 know what il the price
OF RssInareks 5 friendship. and IN regard 10
SAMOA, what future sacrifice Of national
dignity England is 10 make.
NAVAL OFFICERS gEroET.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s-secrefary Whit
ney,s mali this morning contained long
report froa Capt Mullen. commanding
the United States steamer Sipsic, dated
Apia, Dec. 26. giying detailed account OF
the occurrences in these ISLANDS since De
cembef 8. the date OF his last Issport 10 the
department, and covering the period OF
the engagements between natives aud
Germans aud OF the alleged insalt to the
American dag. A copy OF the report viii
be furnished TO the secretary OF state, and
win probably be transmitted 10 congress
the latter part OF this week. together with
correspondence received Saturday from
Acting Cousul-Generai Blackjack on the
same subject. II is reported as likely that
the president win have something more 90
say on the subject when he sends 10 con-
gress she correspondence which has taken
place since the last message.