The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02

| for any offense against the stated regula-
tions would be prosecuted By court-mar-
tial Consul Coetlogon took water on the
following day and issued proclamation that
war had been declared and asked all British
subjects to submit to search. An
Englishman was seized in boat near tho
Richmond that day by an armed boat and
forced TO go on board the Adler before Cap
tain Fritze. They swore he was an Ameri-
can. An officer shook his sword under his
nose and said: "By - you are on n Ger
man ship now and must obey orders He
was finally allowed to go, and Immediately
lodged formal complaint with the British
Consul.
The steamer Walnut arrived from Auck-
land on the 23d bringing important dis
| patches for the German Consul. These
were supposed to order the Consul to sus-
| pend operations until further orders from
Germany. DR.. Knappc went mt once to see
Mataafa The Consul intmated to the
chiefs that Germany did not wish to prose-
cute war against them, but If they per-
sisted in resistance there were plenty of
war ships coming from Germany to compel
their submission. The war was intended
for the Americans and English, and not to
do Mataafa any HARM He intimated that
Germany was powerful and more than
The German Emperor had given
him power to do as he pleased In
reply the Samoan chiefs asked for two
weeks time to consider, which was granted
On the 23d Captain Fritze issued another
proclamation instructing citizens of Apia
to report the quantity of arms in
their possession under penalty of fine
for disobedience. Mr.. Fletcher manager
for Macarthur & Co., remarked on the
street that he believed the United States
and England would make war with Ger
many. Captain Fritze, hearing this, sum-
moned Fletcher to appear before the
German Consul and answer for tho
remark reported Fletcher put him
self under the advice of the Brit
ish Consul, who told him under no circum-
stances to answer the summons Captain
Mnllan, of the Nipsic, on the 9th wrote n
strong letter respecting the proclamation.
He protested that the American Government
never recognized Tamasesc, and that no
power would allow them to seize arms unless
they were being used against n friendly ma
tion. 1t was found out on the 9th that
German proclamation of the most exacting
kind had been prepared but postponed un-
til the arrival of news from America. A
category of oifenses was contained in this
reserved proclamation with penalties rang
ing from fine to deportation or imprison.
ment for life term. Helping Mataafa
and opposing German interests and the cir
culation of any printed or written matter of
that nature were among the crimes catr-
logued. Public meetings without permis-
sion were to he prohibited 1t is believed
in Samoa that Mullan's protest has much
to do with the postponement of this procla-
nation.
Il ali gl,o 1,-,t
German Government to Tamasese the lat
ter's forces are fading rapidly away. At tho
time the Mariposa sailed he had not over 800
men, while the army of Mataafa was receiv-
ing steady additions, the majority of them
being from the camp of his rival The
armies were holding relatively the same po-
sitions they occupied since the last battle.
There was much complaint among Amer
leans over Germans tampering with
the mails. Although there is an
American post office, it is virtually
under the control of the German Of
flee, and the German Consul's clerk has
been detected breaking open private let
ters. 1t is believed that Consul Knarpe has
obtained the United States secret cipher, Us
the Government dispatches recently re-
ceived at Apia bore plain traces of having
been tampered with
AuSUTullul anu new
formly applaud the prompt action of the
United States Government in dispatching
war vessels to the scene of the disturbance,
and severely criticise the inaction of tho
home Government of Great Britain
BAYARD IS HOPEFUL.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 49,. When shown the
advices received from Samoa by steamer
arriving at San Francisco Secretary
Bayard Saturday night said that Cap
tain Leary of the Nipsic had acted sensi-
bly, in taking care Of Klein. OF the
other events cbronicled in the dispatch tho
Secretary pointed out that since its date
telegraphic advices showed that martial law
had been abolished az far as it applied to
foreigners, and that the German officials
had been rebuked He had noticed
in the newspapers, although he had
no official information on the subject that
the German Consul, Knappe, and Herr
Brandeis, Tamasese's adviser, who, according
to some accounts, had been responsible for
fomenting strife had been ordered homo
by the German Government If this was
true the state of affairs promised to be much
relieved Secretary Bayard was hopeful
that speedy, peaceful and satisfactory set
tlement of Samoan affairs would be reached
He had. he said received no news from Sa'
moa later than that sent to Congress and all
ready published.
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