Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-01-31
The SAMOAN DIFFICULTY
President Cleveland Sends a
Message to Congress.
BIsMARcK-S SIDE OF THE STORY.


The President makes No suEgestion-sse
Awaits Furtsser csrrespoiss~nce frs-n'
Berlin. .BIsmarck Tblnks tI-v Germsss
Are Imposed o~' ln ~smoa.
WASHINGTON, I'm ~. - The. presideni
transmitted 70 congress a MESSAGE an Samoan
afftiiss, accompanied by number of docu-
merits. In his messsge the. qaasidens says;
'To the Congress;
IL harl the honor an the 18th inst. 10 COM A
municate IA your hrnoralie body certain \
correspondence and dneumuaaes IN resifhon 70 4
Affairs in she Samoan Islands, and having i
Rnce received further dispotchee fEun the /
rsice consul at Apia end the commtslfar Of |
the United States naval yzsssel Nipsir in
tAose waters, lose no, tirie n laying them
before van. l also tl-1nsnia herewith the
f,lltext II instruction from Rrince van Bis
marck 70 the German inisterat the cnpital,
wl,ioh was c,anmunica ted ON the afternoon
Of the 2sth inst This appears 70 be sn.an-
pliacation Of prior Geographic instruction on
the same subject communicated through tue
sane channel, and which, heing set fosfh m
the note of the secretaur Of sate 10 'fo'ht
Won Arco Valley, the Serman minisaerl NJ
ths 18th inst, was duly laid before congresA
withmy last message iit nelation to Samoan
affairs.
''ft is also proper to infolun You that an
Monday, this 2sth inst, the orcasion Of taae
communication OF the, nnti 81 the prinaye
olAa1loellor, the secretary af state was given
To understand by the Gtrmnn minister that
20 Of
the United States for a conference on the
sainOan subject was on its way by mail, hay-
ing left Berlin on the 2Sth inst, so that its AR
rival in due course Of mail can be looked for
in a very short time nreply 70 an inquiry
i from the secretary of state whethar the
propositinn referred to.was for renewal Of
the Joint conference between the United
States. Germany aud. Great Britainl which
was suspended in July, 1857, on for t1a eon-
Il alteration Of samoan affairs ab nONo. the
! Gser1nan minister stated his inability t2ansWer
until the proposition which left Berlin on the
10Th inst. should have heen received. / shall
hereafter communicate 20 the congress all in.
formation before me in relation 20 the samoan
status esRovER CIEyELkNDn
BIsMARcK's VERSION.
Under date OF Berlin, Jan. IS, 1850, Prince
Bismarck writes Count won Arco Valley, thu
Cerman minister at Washington, as follows
copy OF which tho count left at the state dc
, partment on Jan. y.
II have already notified your excellenc
that, according 20 telegraphic communics
tions from Apia ON the 18th December OF lai
4 year a detachmsnt Of German naval force
4 which had landed at the requiation OF II
imperial consul for the protertlm Of the &c
!. man settlements, which were endangered |
" ] "a. tff.1f h4V
y was attacked by armed Samoans belongiI
\. 10 the party II Chief Matnafa. This mpH
- voked attack Is said to have taken place und
& the leadership Of an American named iNei
- On this occasion more than fifty German 81
iiers and officers were Killed and wounded.
consequence Of this we have been transplant
\ from the territory Of uediatorial negotiation
by which the imperial consul in Apia "
"A TRYING TO reconcile the contending part
y. and for which be had sought the c~operati
81 Of his English and American colleagues, IN
- a state of war with the assailants, to our
= gret. We shall carry on the contest, viii
N, ! has been forced upon us by Mataafa and
- followers. with the utmost consideration
n English and American interests. Onr IN
II, tary measures have in view only the punt
ment of the murders Of German soldiers a
the protection Of our countrymen and th
property. AS they, on tleir part, are at v
Ia with Tainasese, our iaterfesence will nee
A. sarily assume the character Of assistance
,1s Tamasese In the sndeayor for the just pl
am ishment of musder0os crime we hope
the co-operatiONof the treaty powers N
moa in frier {ship with rs, and we ask
government 9f the United States TO be g
enough 10 3lrnish the consuls and comma
eat ers Of its saips Of war in Samoa WITH suite
instructor. Our armed forces there
Jim instructed 70 avoid and 10 prevers an nli
,ost to neatcal commerce and ,.,roreity amt
ton adopt measures ct repyssal and destrnc
,ol. only against the followers OF the party wi
,,,, initiated the contest against our troops
murderous attack. We shall, of course, al
Tor by the agreements with America and /
the land with RESPECT to Samoa, and pay due
ling gard nrldeg all eircumstences q lIis right
hen tnese powers as established by treaty.
mon your excellency to bring this communicai
~ TO Mr. Bayards knowledge by reading
AMI hir-.., and 20 leave a copy with ann ir M
,gbt quests Il. BisMABcR
lav- The other documents fefefIe1 20 consis
out extracts from the diary Of Consul Blackl
giving in detail the facts concerning th'
vn. tack Of German marines on Nataafas
4 70 substantially as heretofore printed in
,, dieuafebes