The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-04
STILL AT PEACE.
GERMAN GUNBOAT GOES TO
RPTNG BACK MALIETOA.

.s,,;ral kimberly to Inspect Pago
r1ar,,r and the Site of the Pro-
-ose5 Coaling Station-Danger That
Tr.e,r+unate Religious Differences
~ Be Engendered Among the
Natives.
,,..,...,5. ,ss9. 5y Nstg York associated Press
,D,, SAMOA. July 20 per steamer Mari
-.s., Political affairs at Samoa remain
1..,sr The German gunboat Wula left here
1,,n. o. for Joluit, Marshall islands, for the
,,rr,oss Of bringing back the deported king,
x(.iis+o4 and three chiefs, who were taken
.tora by the Germans two years ago.
~. Germans stated that they are
,-i,rirer Msletoa to Samoa of their
own free Will, aud not as result Of the
Barra conference. They also assert that
tbey will do all in their power to alleviate
tbe condition Of affairs previous to the time
when Nalietoa was deported, and they
onpolnce that they will favor Malietoa as
king and Tam ssese as vice king.
ADMIRAL Kimberly, accompanied by
r,ms Merriam, has gone TO Tutuila, which
is seren1v-fve miles from here, to inspect
Psgo Psyg harbor and the site for storing
claI which is expected to arrive there daily
from Philadelphia. Lieut.. Rittenhouse aud
six mel are the only survivors OF the Pc
c,1t hurricane who still remain at Apia,
and It is Thought that they will go aboard
the Adams as soon as she arrives from Hon
olulu.
sAMOA's FINEST.
The police appointed by Mataafa last
June have full charge Of the town, the po-
lice Ulo,heli Office under the old Tamasese
government having been forced to disband.
MataatTa has also appointed native judges
rthe municipality AID county districts,
The natives have no abundance Of food,
hut it is believed that the supply will last
untl their plantations are again in work
ing order. The branch of the London Mis-
si0uaty Society in Sydney raised $4,000 for
Samoa on the strength Of private letter,
ana sent $50 worth Of rice and biscuits to
Ap8, bus the chief missionary in
Samoa at once wrote to Sydney and asked
that no more provisions be sent, as
it only tended to pauperize the natives. AS
soon as it was known here that provisions
had been received a number of natives W emit
10 the missionaries and begged for food,
saying that they were starving. The mission-
aries, however, sent them away, stating
that they thought the natives were in no
/ danger OF starva ion.
RELIGIOUS BOMBsHELL.
Considerable annoyance is expressed here
on account Of the newspaper argument
which has been started in Sydney between
tie Roman Catholics and London Mission
ary Society as to which religious body
tie natives belonged who saved the lives
during the hurricane. The Samoans are
divided IN their religious belief, and it is
feared that the discussion may tend to in
crease the bad feeling which already exists
among the natives. Some of the hiph
chiefs say that they fear the religious DIFF
Ierences may be carried into the election
lot King, which will be held on Malietoa's
Teturn and that the split may occur among
tne edaerents of the Maietoa family, of
#nic1 Nataafa is "a member. and that
tLeteDy lamasese may be elected king. in
"u.cn event the Germans would have as
luH power as they had two years ago.
sAMoANS OFF FOR FRISCO.
4 considerable excitement was caused here
q q inohth ago by tue fact that a number of
9ailosRs lett here on the steamer Alameda
~ nlor 0ah francisco. Alataafa supposed that
tne captain was a British subject. and he
applied to the British consul to use his offices
~ preventing the Samoans from goino
il Ire British consul referred the matter to the
oAitea 90 states vice consul, MIR. Blackjack
any; anu @a[aafa wrote letter to the latter
qufAlug udg hlm to interfere IN the matter
dboWeyer, the natives were by that time
[[DoGlu Ihe steamer, and as no boat could
De Obtained, it was impossible to coT,,o,,1'i
cate with them. Vice Consul BlackIoclI has
10y yet completed the distribution Of tbe
siIt;s sirrs rom the American government, con-
'i''ing OF money, watches, etc.