St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-18
WHY DOESN'T THE AMERICAN BIRD SCREAM
Representatives of England
and America Placed Under
Police Surveillance.
"Grandma Bayard Folds His Hands, and Says Uncle Sam
Must Keep Faith With the Autocrat Who Blows hot
and Cold in the Same Breath.
FFrom the Sunday Globe.1

the captain of the Richmond That
WAR HAD BEEN DECLARED
by the Germans against Samoa; that
the harbor had been blockaded and that
martial law had been declared in Sa-
! moa. The captain was further told that
no freight would be allowed to be taken
from the Richmond unless taken -di-
rectly to the wharf of the German
Trading and Planting company, where
it would be opened, and the proprlety
of admitting it to Samoa would be
passed upon by Herr Beckmann, man
ager of the German firm. and person
who was in no way-whatever connected
with the German government i'll an OFF,
cial capacity. This proceeding on the
part of the German war ship verified
the belief that the German consul had
received important news from his gov
ernment. At daylight on the morning
of the 10Th an armed boat from the
Adler was seen anchored about a hun
dred yards astern of the Richmond for
the purpose of preventing any freight
being landed, and also to intercept amy
boats going to or coming from the YES
sci and ascertain the reason of their
presence in the neighbOrho0d of the
ship. Soon after 8 o'clock in the
morning a proclamation printed III
the English and German languages
but not in Samoan. was issued by the
German consul as follows: BY order of
the imperial government, l herewith
proclaim the state Of war for Samoan
islands. Any assistance to rebels will
be punished by martial law, irrespective
of any nationality. Introduction of
All vessels and boats are liable to be
searched by the authorities The police
from the Adler went on board Of the
Richmond,
ARRESTED AN ENGLISH TOURIST
named Gillian, while he was in his bath,
and without giving him time to put on
his stockings, but merely his coat and
trousers, took him on board of the Olga.
Consul Coetleson and Capt. Hand were
informed of Gillan'S arrest and went on
! board the Olga and demanded an eX-
planation. Capt. Ehrhardt said Gillian
had been arrested because 1t was be-
lieved he was spy. The German cap
tain was told that unless he sent the
prisoner on board of the Richmond at
once the armed boat from the ROyalist
,, would go to the Olga and Ike him off the
ship. Gillian was returned to the Rich
mond without delay. Consul COetleson
has informed his government Of the fact
that an armed German boat forci0ly
took British subject from under the
! English flag. Vice Consul Blackjack
addressed letter to DR.. Knappe on the
21st asking whether the imperial Ger
man government had declared war
against Samoa. and also why King
Mataafa and h men were referred to
by the German consul as rebels. 10
this the German consul replied that the
al
clared war against Mataafa and his fol-
lowers, and that they were
REFERRED TO AS REBELS
because they had rebelled against
TamaSsee, who had been recognized as
the king of Samoa by the German gov
ernment. In the afternoon the Rich
claring that he intended bringing
heavy claim against the German gov
eminent for detention. A procama-
ton was issued on the morning of Jan.
| 81 by Vice Consul Blackjack, in which
| he announced that, having been in
formed by the German consul that the
| German government had declared
war against Mataafa and his fol-
| lowers, he notified all citi-
zens of the United States that
| they were forbidden to take part i'll any
| hostile operations on either side, and
that as long as they remained nOncom-
batants they were entitled to personal
| immunity and protection. 1t was
| further announced that any offense COM
| mitted against American subjects or
their property would be an offense
against the laws of war and ought to be
| at once reported to the United States
| vice consul in order that the offender or
offenders might be brought to justice.
Capt. Fritze sent a letter to Mr.. Cusack,
| publisher of the Samoa Times, in the
afternoon. Notifying him that the
PAPER HAD BEEN SUPPRESSED
from that date because of an lnflamma-
tory article which had appeared in the
issue of Jan. 10, in which it was said,
among other things. that "Tamasese
had last fall been driven from Mulinu-
upoini by the man-of-war Adams be-
cause of an insult to the American flag
there" and also on account of other
i statements. On the night of Jan. 20
Klein went to the American consulate
at the request of Consul Blackjack, who
advised him that an armed Ger
man guard was looking for him
to arrest him. The steamer Wa
nuui, a small British vessel
| arrived from Wellington, New Zealand,
early on the morning of the 23d, bring
ing special dispatches for the German
consul. On the afternoon of the same
day the German consul, Knappe, went
! to Mataafa's camp. and was received by
the iatter'S chiefs, Mataafa not appear
ing. The German consul told them
that a declaration of war and eStab-
lishment of marshal law had been
] directed against American and
English residents of Samoa, who
had been giving Mataafa evil advice
who were only anxious to be good
friends with all Samoans. In case Ma
taafa and his people refused to make
peace, said the German consul, the
emperor of Germany had given him au-
thOrity to send for all men of war, sol
diers and cannon he desired to make
war. The chiefs informed the consul
they would
MAKE NO TERMS OF PEACE
unless promise was given in writing,
made in the presence of the consulS,
that Tamasese and Brandeis would be
sent out of the country and assurances
given that Germany would not attempt
to take advantage of King Mataafa and
his government after it was established.
Before, they asked for two weeks in
which to consider the German cOnsul'S
proposition. 1t had previously been
arranged that two weeks time should be
demanded in order that time might be
given the arrival of news from the
United States III regard to what action
the government had taken concerning
Samoa. The Sam0ans based all their
hopes for rescue from the Germans
upon the news which the next San
Francisco steamer would bring about
the action of the United States
Jan. 25, Capt. Fritze announced
that he would thereafter eXer-
else police control in Samoa. Con-
sui Blackjack declined to recognize
this proclamation. In this documenth he
| rnnneSted all Civilians of Apia to give