Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-18
KING MATAAFA'S TRUST.
Samoa Looking for Help From This
Country.

The steamship Zealandia, at San Francisco.
Saturday, brings the following advices from
Apia, Samoa, March q During the past month
the German authorities, both consular and naval,
have maintained a state of inactivity This
condition of affairs dates back to the arrival of
the steamer Walnut, with dispatches for the
German consul, January 49, and is no doubt the
result of the orders then received. The decla-
ration of a state Of war in the Samoan Islands
| seems to have become a dead letter. while the
military occupation of Apia, which the decla-
ration Of martial law would seem to have i'm
piled. has no existence save the maintenance
/ of a strong guard at the German consulate. A
| guard is still kept at the American and English
consulates, in view of the facts that there has
been no official retraction of these declarations,
and OF numerous proclamations with which the
| town was flooded, and consequently no settle
ment OF the matter at issue.
The German consul has made repeated over
lures to Mataafa, looking toward the adjust
| ment of the quarrel and the conclusion of terms
OF peace. but the terms proposed always en-
| bodied strong German interest in the future
administration of affairs. to which Mataafa de-
clares he Will under no circumstances consent.
Mataafa, in the midst of his warriors, rests
securely in his intrenched camp and awaits the
arrival of Admiral Kimberly. having full faith
! In the support of the United States. Tamasese,
| with his forces now reduced by desertion to
about 600 warriors still occupies the large fort
at Lutumui. A great number of his former adj
| herents have joined the standard of Mataafa,
| or, grown weary of war, have returned to their
own districts There has been no collision be-
| tween the opposing forces for long time.
| The British war vessel Calliope. Capt II. H.
| J. Kane, arrived from New Zealand February 2
| to relieve the Royal. and the latter sailed for
Auckland on the 4th instant. This change
has been a source of untold satisfaction to the
English residents in Samoa. we'll as to their
consular representative. The censure showered
upon Capt Hand, of the Royal, by the colonial
| press simply voices the indignant feeling of his
| cOuntrymen in Samoa, whose interest he looked
| after in a dilatory and luke-warm manner, and
whose property he announced himself without
| authority to protect. Another fact proving
that Germany recognizes its original stand to
| be untenable is found in the reissue of the
Samoan Times, the English newspaper which
was suspended by the German consul as a
| dangerous organ.
ORIGIN OF THE SAMOAN TROUBLE
A.San Francisco paper prints an interview
with a man now in that city who claims to have
official reasons for knowing the true inward
ness Of the Samoan complications. He says
| this Samoan trouble is only the outcome of a
policy long since agreed upon between England.
France and Germany. New Caledonia was to
be allotted to France. Samoa to Germany and
the Hawaiian Islands to England. Speaking
with special reference to the Hawaiian Islands,
this authority says the English need some
special privilege for station for their Pacific
cable. Negotiations are now pending and have
been for a year or more for the complete pur-
chase OF the whole or one of the Hawaiian
Islands by the English parties. This will be
news to the people at Honolulu, as well as in
the United States
THE GERMANS COULDN'T BULLY HIM.
One of the heroes of the American merchant
marine is Capt. Colly, of the barkentine Con-
stitution, of San Francisco, which arrived at
Apia February l. He had crew of only seven.
who knew nothing Of the trouble on the islands
The man-of-war Nipsic was not in Apia harbor.
having gone to Tutuila to place John c. Klein.
the World correspondent, on board the Mari
posa. No sooner had the Constitution cast an
Choir than she was boarded by an officer and a
boats crew from the German war-vessel Olga
who demanded that the captain show his papers
and allow his vessel to be searched. To this Capt
Colly answered in the most positive maner thatn
| the Constitution was an American vessel sailing
under the stars and stripes, and that so long as
life remained to them neither he nor his crew
would permit any search of his vessel. No
German officers should see his papers, and the
best thing the Olga's men could do was to make
! the best time possible to their ship. Capt
Colly Is a small man, but his manner was SO
determined that the Germans did not insist on
their demand and beat an undignifed retreat
That they cherished no friendly feelings for
the brave American commander, however was
shown by the fact that when the Constitution
was driven on reef and wrecked February 49,
within stones throw Of the Olga, no effort
was made by the German man-Of-wars men to
save the lives of Capt. Colly or his men.
A TALK WITH GEO. II. BATES
Geo. II. Bates, Samoan commissioner re-
| turned to Wilmington, Del. from Washington.
Saturday, whittier he had gone in response to
an invitation from the State department re-
| l~nf1- L
| commissioner to the Berlin conference on Sa-
moan affairs. To an Associated Press represent
tative he said:
Il had an interview with Secretary Blaine
and learned that the appointments had been
made without any previous consultation with
any OF the gentlemen named. In advance of
action by the Senate on my appointment. am
unable to say anything more about it. l do not
know when the conference will meet but when
1t does meet, no matter who the American COM
missioners may be, have no doubt the subject
will be approached in a spirit which will lead
to a settlement of all the questions at ISSUE
or course everybody who is concerned in it
will have the strongest motive to bring about
conclusion satisfactory to all. As to the scope
of the conference. of course nothing can be
known until the commission is accepted and
qualified, and receives the instructions of the
Secretary OF State"
AUSTRALIA IN FULL ACCORD WITH THE UNITED
STATES.
Frank McCoppin, United States commissioner
to the Melbourne exposition, writing from Sgd
ney, Australia, under date of February 7, saws
that the public opinion has been aroused there
by the conduct of Germany toward Samoa. and
that the federal council sitting in Hobart, Tas-
mania, have adopted an address to Queen Vic
toria, i'll which they say: 1--WE view with deep
anxiety the course of events in Samoa. and
favor the maintenance of the treaties and the
making of new ones, if necessary. guaranteeing
the independence of Samoa" They regard the
dominion in the South Pacific by foreign power
as dangerous to the safety of Australia The
writer says if England continues her double
dealing policy in regard to those islands she will
soon have to appease her angry colonies, who are
in full accord with the United States in desiring
to preserve their independence. The Austral-
ian papers are bitter in their comments on the
| inactivity Of the British and praise the conduct
of the United States.
GERMANY IN THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE.
1t is expected that Count Herbert Bismarck
and Councillor Crauel will represent Germany
in the Samoan conference.
Even a Quaker may be Stirred to Wrath.
From The Worcester Spy.
The spectacle of the gaunt and ascetic looking
Quaker Senator (Chace, of Rhode Island) shak-