Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-31

eide appear to have failed to resd publlc
curiosity viii be excited to eee what the
nrst STEP Of tho new administration will be
toWalu y settlement OF the Samoan eontro.
yotsy IL isnotieai at the stare Department
W.uay tlat the New York Tribune GAS been
IooKlng ny the impendng Change with n
u7sIue % rehoctlvenesg that Is unusual
aua tnht II warns representatives in Com
sauss uot 10 eSpacG too much or to multiply
attsasroenis BY action that Is merely
Putlaan; The editor who wrote the article
Il, II oLulally lnnlitefent 10 the UttarHnces oil
. .uu correspondent OF the paper In Washing
49, ~ iut WING inc correspondent has con-
~ o ~, represented Mr.. Bayard as lacking
o. al the qualities OF statesmanshln. the
tribune editor admits that Mr.. B.yard's
argument n the samoan controversy Ihss
peeh logical and uaanswarable."
Ils complaint now lodged against the
department OF state Il Inactivity, II has
noi zone anything except successfully TO
n llL controversy. Mr.. Bayards sue
ceeSor VIII hnv0 to take mp the CONTROVERSY
seIy much as MIR. Ffellpghuyeen laid ii
GOWN Tour years ago. There had been dts-
tufDhhoe5 IN Samoa then, snd CORES pond
enea between Berlin and Washington com
corning them. Me-. FrelinRbuysen was NOT
empowered 10 exercise police authority, He
was NOT aggressive. Ha did not propose 10
nsht, but, decllning to prejudice the future
COURSE OF eYeits, turned over all the COM
munlcainns about Samoa TO his successor,
mr.. Bayari has probably assumed tbat II
was his function to attempt to reach a
beV'emeht by the metnods OF hls depart
tleht. He 40 not regard himself as a police
.Hcer, ohilBed 10 maintain the peace by
force In Samoa or any other country whsra
there WIS disputed Jurisdiction. The new
administration may rake q different view
OF the matter, and the people at the state
department are growing impailen. 10 500
what step Gen. Harrison viii take that
wiz so alarm the G5rmpn empire that H.
VIII ha Willing to agree with tue II tJ,tne
that Secretary Bayatd's "argnmsnt on the
American eide has been logical and unan.
sWerable."
The dispatches from Europe, giving quo
tatiOns from thu North German Gaze;ts and
the Cologne Gdzstte, are NOT regarded by
Mr. Bayard AS demanding any serious 70.
Ply or explanation. notwithstanding the
TACT that tire North German Gazette Is tina
Organ OF Prince Bismarck, tue remarks Of
mat paper arc irrelevant aud apparently
Intended to divert attention from the mnin
dispute, while the fpscula,ioDs OF tue
cologne GdFtho nj ributa 10 the Incoming
administration iTiendllness and yielding
iisposltiou that ought tg sx,lto the reg ant.
nent OF those warlike senators, Mr.. Ed.
nundg ard Mr.. Fiya.
Germany evidently hopps for eneourroe-
nent from MIR. Harrison 10 TIA plan to 81.
'ure domination In samoa. II the present
,pirit OF the Republicans is kept up, the
Germans will meet q grievous disApnoint.
mont III the expectations NJ Melsrs. Frye
md Sherman are met, tho German eulpira
nay depend npon being bNltsd In Simon
md speedily brought 10 state OF unusugl
Inconsistencies, not to say humiliation,
rhe new administration will come Into nos.
iession OF all the documents In the case, In
'luding the protocols OF the conference OF
1887, u conference referred to constantly by
PARTISAN newspapers as one that made d
secret agre ament."
1t is also daily charged that Secretary
Bayard has refused to produce the pr1tc-
'ols oil Raid conference, a charge that con-
ilets those who make II OF ignorance or
deliberate misrepresentation. II those who
make the charge against Mr.. Bayari had
end the published report on Samoan atYairs,
ssued In April, 1883, they would have found
hat on March 18th, 1888, Mr.. Bayard wrote
o Mr.. West suggesting that "pendlue fur.
her consideration OF the Samoan question
zach government bs at liberty to publish
he Joint protocols" On March 22d Mr.,
Vest wrote that "Her M6jssty's govarn-
nent are OF the opinion that, pending the
assembling of the conference, its pro-
'eedlngs should be considered confidential,
md that the publication OF them ut present
nient pfeiuilos Inc satisfactory soiu:ion OF
he question" On the same day that Mr..
,ayard wrote to Mr.. West asking that con.
ent be given for the publication az ths
oint protocols he sent similar note to the
ierman representative. On March Path
Ssron Won ZAdwltz, charge d'aifairee for
fermany, answered that "the Imperial
government Ia unable to adopt said srgges.
ion. II is rather OF the opinion that those
In view Of the Interruptions and
hitherto fruitless course OF the conference,
rhich have subsequently, yielded no def
lite result, are not suited for publication"
For Mr.. Bayard to have dlEregsrde these
EXPRESSIONS, coming from two OF tie parties
, the conference, would have boon a viola
loa OF diplomatic usage that would have
xcited deserved censure all over the civil
ted world. The protocols ara the minutes
I the daily proceedings OF the conference,
ept from day to day by n secretary, and
,intly approved US correct statement OF
that was proposed, accepted, or rejected.
fhile Mr.. Bayard has not Eiven them out
Ir full publication, their substance was to-
ay given In the Times dispatch from this
lty. The propagation Of Mr., Bayard for a
amoan government. made no OF the
amoan king and vice king and three for.
gners, one TO be designated by each ri
10 three treaty powers. and tha PROPOSE.
on OF the Germans for a government alb
,lutely German, were described fully to
II. PendletoD in letter written to him by
4. Bayard on January l7;l, 1883. This |
tier was full OF information ou the
irloan question, and the substance of the |
rotocols had to be given to Alr. Penileton |
! order to enable him iGteltjgantlY to dis |
1875 the question NTH the Imperial foreign |
1ice.
Ii IL known that at the first session OF .he
inference the Bfltlsh minister, IN present
lg the plan Of ti5 government. said that In |
lew OF the native dissenaions a new e'ao-
on OF klpe seemed to be "lmpsratlvaly |
llied for" ana that her nalesty5 govern
ent expressed $40 opinion" favorably or
iverssly, to the election Of Mallotoa. Ihe
eEmln Lainister, white eYi.eatly hostile to
aleroa and favorable to Vamasese, SAID
at "a new election 0! king will have 10
ke place, according 20 the customs OF the
,untry. This election Is TO be freely mads
I tho chiefs ami the psopie OF Samoa"
.. BlyHrd suggested the continued ree1g
lion OF MRlietoa, but no consented at the
cond conference, on the representation Of
% German minister that M1lietoA was sup-
,rted only by minority OF the natives, to
o proposition for new election. Aspro.
,sed by the German mi1ister. this election
as ito be- freely made by The chi0fs and
Q people of SAMOA" As put forward by
Q British minister, the view OF his gov
nment was chat fcesh appeal should
made 10 the native population for the
sctlon OF a now king," AZ assened to by
r. Bayari, the new election was 10 be "a
tive election, free aud unn1ed."
At the NTH session OF the conference tho
seton also OF a vice king was BY unani-
ous consent plaoad among the agreed
ints with view to olnsnlting native Gus
ms, and by the protocols 1t will appear
at throughout all the disGusai1rs the fun
mental principle was kept In view and
stInctly agreed upon aud maintained,
az the election should ka made freely by
e natives themselves, without the inter
'enoe OF any OF the treaty powers or thclt
While the conferences In Washington was
PROCESS, and without advance notice,
) Germans depnsel ard deported
,liAtna n1yI znt Isl, 1unneaas In his uIaca |