, 1889-02-02
GERMANY BACKS DOWN.
The Little FURRY About Samoa
Amicably Settled.
Bismarck's Former Orders are
Ordered Withdrawn.
And Americans and American
Rights Will be Respected.

to day sent the following message to con-
gress:
WHITE House, Feb. Ito Congress:
As supplementary to my previous mes
sage on the subject, | have now the honor
to transmit a report from the secretary of
state relating to the affairs in Samoa.
[Sigued. GROVER CLEVELAND.
From Bdyard TO the President: As
the question of German action and Amer
lean rights in Samoa is under considera-
ton by congress | beg leave to transmit
herewith, with the view TO their being
laid before congress, copies of the cores
pondence touching affairs in Samoa, which
have taken place since Jan. 30, the date
of your last message to congress-, on the
subject This consists of a telegram to
this department from Blackjack, vice
consul Of the United States at Apia, dated
Jan. 81. and a paraphrase of my tele-
graphic instructions of the same date to
minister at Berlin, of which a copy
was also sent to the charge d'affairs at
London. and my note of the same date to
Count Arco-V alley. To-day | was waited
upon by the German minister at this cap
ital, who read me a note from his gov
ernment, which | transcribed from his
dictation and cow enclose a copy of its
text. The enclosed telegram from Black
lock reads:
AUCKLAND, Jan. 3l.-The German
consul declares Germany at war, with
Samoa under marital law"
The paraphrase Il the note to Minister
Pendleton is as foliws:
Bayard instruc,s the minister of the
United States at Berlin to inform the
German government that advices from
Apia state that the German consul had
declared Germany To be at war with
Mataafa and Samoa ~ be under martial
law. Bayard informs Minister Pendleton
that the German minister at this capital,
under instructions from Prince Bismarck,
had already acquainted his government
of the declaration of war by Germany
against Mataafa and ACCOMPANIED the mott
fication with the statement hat Germany
would of course abide by tie agreement
with America and England touching
Samoa, and preserve under all circum-
stances the rights of the government es-
tablished by treaty, but in view Of advices
from Apia Bayard instructs Pe1dleton to
say that this government assumed that
oCiu III Dhhioa NOuiA. NC III
structed to carefully refrain from iuterfer
ence with American citizens and property
there, hence no declaration of martial law
could extend German jurisdiction 70 as to
include control of Americans in Samoa.
Such %pretention could not be recofnized
or considered by this government"
The remainder of the correspondence
as transmitted by the president readt as
follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE Jan. 81
Bayard to Count Arco-Valiey informs
him of the receipt of a telegram from.
Blackjack and says: No knowing what
construction might BE- given to his author
ity by the German consul at Samoa in
said proclamation of martial law, L
deemed 1t expedlent at once to communi-
cate to U minister at Berlin informing
him OF the precise language of the tele-
gram from Blackjack, and stating that
the declaration of a state of war by the
German empire against Mataata and his
party In Samoa had been previously com
municated through you, and that Prince
bismarck on his instructions to you also
stated that the Herman government
would, OF course, abide by the agree
ment with America and Eng
land with respect to Samoa
and pay due regard to all instructions to
the rights OF those powers established by
treaty. Our.mlnister at Berlin was there
lore instructed to make 1t known at the
German foreign office that the United
states asserts that German officials in
Samoa should be instructed to scrupul-
ously abstain from all interference with
cltlZnnS In nAnOA ana thnt M increase nT