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

committee on foreign relations tho pro
posed appropriations for the PROTECTION of
American interests In Samoa tho ifeus
were soni, under the Senate rules, 10 tho
| appropriations committee. That body met
To-day, and formally decided to Insert them
N the consular and Diplomatic Appropria-
tlon bill, which was presented TO TIE Senate
LATER IN the day.. Mr.. Hale, who will have
charge OF the bill, intends to call It up early
next week.
LONDON, Jan. 25.--Lord Salisbury lad q
long interview to-day with Count Won Hn'z-
teldt, the German ambassador. The former
~ indiepossd. Germanp's View OF the
snmoan muddle and tho Zanzibar question
causes distrust In admiralty circles. Mys-
FERROUS stlonce IL maintniued regarding
| naval reinfcrcemen,s. 1t Is stated at the
foreign Office that the Un;ted States maGus
business, and that the Uaited States naval
oncers In Samoa express confidence In their
aoliity to hold their own.
BERLIN, Jan. 25.--The National Zsitung.
referring TO the acton Of the senatorial
committee at Washington on the Samoan
affair, says that the rnoas ures lar tho rro.
teetion OF the autonomy OF the samoan
lsiands are supetfiucus, because 1t Is not
threaten ID by any one. The sole interest
| OF America consists In not allowing good
relations with Germany to be jsopardl2ed
by a I'''e iniriguing adventurous.
The Posstsehe Zeitung crtiiclslug the ar.
| guinent 10 the Cologne Gdseiis OF yester-
| day, holds that II would be mistake 10 at
tsch no Importance tn the measures taken
| ny President Cleveland merely because he
70 TO be soon succeeded by Mt. Harrison.
IL points out that the authority for deallng
with foreign affaits rests with the COMMITTEES
OF the Senate, and warns the semi-official
press that IL woulc he uawise TO try to ap-
peasa the German public with 'fallacious
| lin Ions"
LONDON, Jan. 20. Tho Standards Bsrlln
| correspondent says: "Wf. BHyard's Iuplied
| hitGcs upon the German policy Ia Samoa
| HIS caused great irritation here, but ttut
| feeling ~ suppressed. 10 tho meantime
many think that Epgiand aud Germany
should establish Joint protectorate, to
| which America would not object.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.--The Secretary or
! State this morning reeeived a long dispatch
| from Vice consul Blackjack ~ samoa, CIV
| Ing additional details In regard "a the dis
tnroance on the island on the 18Th ult., in
which 80 many Germans wsra killed and
wounded by the natives under the leader
shin OF an alleged American oitiz ~ named
Klein,
l. 10 merely an elaboration of the cabla
message received from Consul D acklook
January BIB last by way OF Auckland, but
| presents the occurrences in much clearer
ard more comprehensive manner than waa
possible ut that TINA. Tue mail was brough.
by the Pacific mall steamer which arrived
Of San Francisco last Saturday. 1t WILL
probably DO SlRee ~ therpress Monday.
T td9wh2Ts+n oBAYlab SAYS.
Baltimore Sun Washington Special.
WAsHISGroN, Jan. 29.-rne question
as to what action this country will take
in view OF Germany's recent acts Of ag.
I frrauoigY. in Aa IL.
to be the absorbing topic in political and
diplomatic circles in Washington. The
situation is conceded, on all sides, 70 be
grave, the more so as it is 70 some extent
confused by the lack of intelligent COM
prehenaion of the issues really involved.
II ia the mist fortune OF the administration
thst in the present crisis the department
OF state is represented at Samoa by sub
ordinate official Consul Blackjack
who Ia married to Samoan woman,
and whose statements are thought to be
| coiored by his personal sympathies.
Consul general Sswell, Who occupies O
position OF hostility to his official supe-
riors ct present, has not been at his post
since August last.
A DYFIEITE POLICY.
In order to obtain q clear abatement
of the policy Of the admin stration and
OF the actual status of aifair in the
haInoan lslands, representative of the
Sun called upon Secretary bsyard at his
residence 20. night, and was cordially re-
ceived. Dir. Bayard described the course
of the department of state in relation TO
Samoan sffairs and the latest phases OF
the question. To the statement that the
administration had been twitted with
having no definite policy on the Samoan
question he replied by referring
the San correspondent to the Presidents
message 10 Congrers and accompanying
documents, whien show that the admins
trRtion long ago defiued lis policy with
reference TO the Samoa Islands, and
has consistently adhered to il ever since
Thet policy was one of friendly interest
in Samoa, with neutrality, so far ss the
other powers having interests on the
islaud--Great Britain and Germany
were concefnsd. Ear. BRyard has ex-
hausted the arts of diplomacy TO secure
the Samoan people the right 20 govetn
themselves sad protection from foreign
control. Germany and Croft Britain
both aspentsd to this policy, and the acts
CT Germany Inconsistent with her pro.
fessiols have grown out of petty political
iEtriguss smong native chiefs and tho
Tlvolry OF foreigners for influence and
commercial supremacy.
now THE TROUBLE ORIGINATED.
In 1879 after protracted disorders
growing ont of ahe claims o:,rival Shief-
tlins to the throns,f nslistoa was recop. |
nizad askiasabS .be eonstils OF Germany,
Great Britain and the United Statss. |
This country hsd previously, in 1878, |
concluded treaty with Samoa, Ruaran. /
teeing to use it's good Offices" in behalf
of the kingdom, but not es has been
enormously supposed by many, agreeing
TO establish p,otectorats over the
islands. Later on the United States gov.
ernment was expressly precluded from
TINS oonrse by its insiitance upon the ill.,
dependent sovereignty of Meiieioa, tho
principal point OF contention now raised
in connection with thu German sup.
port of the rebel King Tamasese.
The United States conld MOI ocn.
sistently do, itself, what il OBJ
jected to Great Britain or Germany
doing. Accordingly, waen, in 1856
United States Consul Grssnetaura raised
the American fAg and proclaimed pro-
over Eamoa, his action was
disavowed by Secretary Bayard
rs being III violation OF this oouniry's
understanding with Germany and Great
Britain, by which meme OF the three coun-
tries was to ssek to obsHincpoliticel con.
troll Of the islands. In other words, he |
TOOK the position, which seems to be
practical application Of the very aopros
doctrine for which SO many oritics OF the
sra now voclfelhtiuR, that I
American interests should nos 30 jeop-
ardlzed by tho assumption on the part
81 any power of the right to inter. !
rere in the political sffgirs of the {
sland. Even hsd this country not besa