Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-17

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ing q heavy northwesterly gale, the
American barkentine Constitution, Cap
tain Peter Colby, dragged her anchors
and struck Oh the western edge of the
inner reef in this harbor. At the first
blow the rudder was driven into the
cabin and her stern was crushed in so
that she began to fill and soon
turned over on her beam ends and sunk
beside the reef, her hull being entirely
submerged. A boat had been dispatched
from the United States n-of. war
Nipsic in response to signal of distress
and succeeded in landing the crew in
safety. She was owned by Nicholas
Buchard, of San Francisco, and was
freighted with general cargo for Apia.
The schooners Mataafa and Tamasese
were also wrecked.
A PLUCKY COMMANDER.
SAN Francisco, March 16.-The Chron-
icle has an account of the arrival OF the
American barkentine Constitution at
Apa, on February I'd, and which was
afterward wrecked in Apia harbor The
Constitution took cargo to Apia, and
on her arrival at that port, search
party from the German corvette Olga,
under charge of Lieutenant, rowed to
the Constitution and demanded her pa
pers, and announced their purpose to
search the vessel for contraband ma
terial, announcing that martial law had
been declared by Germany. On the date
of this occurrence, the American man-of-
war Nipsic had gone to Tutuila, and
there was no American vessel at Apia.
Captain Galley Only had eight men on
board, but informed the Germans that
the Constitution was an American ship,
and that il they attempted to board his
vessel they would be fired upon. The
Germans, after little further parleying,
withdrew. When the Constitution drifted
on reef on February 14th, tho Captain
and crew were rescued by the efforts of
the crew of the Nipsic, which was one
mile away at the time. The crew of the
Olga, which was close by, rendered no
assistance.
ANTIPoDEAN OPINION.
Both Auckland and Sydney papers give
great prominence to the Samoan news
which detailed the action OF the Germans
at Apia. Their editorial comment is
strong and bitter against the Imperial
Government. The Auckland Herald OF
February 25th says: "It is quite apparent
to us now, as is universally believed that
England basely bartered Samoa and
other Pacific interests for the favor OF
Biemarck.
ENGLAND is TO BLAME.
"The duplicity with which America was
treated by the two European conspirators
has come out in all the darker colors
from the firm action taken by our
great relations of the Anglo-Saxon race in
compelling Germany to recede from the
position which she had insolently taken.
The abduction of King Malietoa was an
outrage on justice and humanity, but
the violent action of the German forces
toward Mataafa, the instjgation of blood
shed, their encouragement of the pitiless
mutual slaughter of these unhappy
islanders, to cay nothing of their inso.
lent demeanor toward British and Ameri-
can citizens, melted, as we now know
these things were, by the disgraceful
completely OF the English government in
Germany's high handed doipgs has
dealt sharp blow to cur feelings OF
loyalty and affection for the British
Government. On the other hand, the
open and spirited conduct of the United
States has stood out in startling contrast,
and the action of that power in COM
pelling the Germans TO let go their grip
on Samoa has excited a feeling of en-
thusiastic admiration for the great Re-
public, warmer and more pronounced
than ever existed among us before. The
incident seemed to many like the abne-
cation by England of her leadership of
the Anglo-Saxon civilization in these
seas and the handing over the right to
the kindred nation-equally onr kith
and kin-of the United States"