The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-02-26
THE POSITION OF AFFAIRS IN SAMOA
"A british VIEW.

ton by Mr.. W Mcmillan, N. z,
We reoroduce IS much Of the srticle
IS cur space viii allow, emitting
some portion Of the narrStive which
recaunts events with which our
ueaders are slresdy familiar;
AS&u the troubles IN The Psc;6e have
a-i<sr ocJ q the cAoTiics o5 the various
National Interests, II uSy he vel, to
shl-o-Ehlv understand what ! u}eaat by
-se term Interests before l give an
4cccCCt u the lA.s extraordinary events
connected vic1 5he German occupGuo0
II Samoa. As the chief GSIser i 70 Be 3p-
p-sss-6eG from German ambition, twill
Be sufficient To contrast the accJrsl PCS;-
r7la q Germany and England N those
SszS. with slight reference 20 the claims
a F-arce and America
Almost al tie influence which Ger
many holds IN tEe Islands &rs>ss ont Of
.Ls trading transactions o. one Erll. l
ean10- state 5x@c-lv the present capital
q that firm. but ! understand It i about
e5lo.COQ. Ii waS originally known Is
,'C-cG3as-uy : before the failure O5 the
bankers o. that name L hSS now
name which : almost = sentence, and
fl- sake o. simplicity viii refer to It as
L i generally designated. The German
Firm Since Bismarck hSS eSpoUSed
The cause u colonization, this 6r-u has
been taken peculiarly under his care.
Tla German Ll0yi line q steamers.
with s branch between SYDNEY, Samoa
and Ton-a. : subsidized annually by
the enormous amount Uf s220 900, much
uC-s rh1a the rss profit which, under
-le most tzvC-4c-e circumstances, could
1e realized uv the trading Gru- IN
stead q the traders aud planters Of this
E-D carving OF their operators on
commercial principles. the whole M
c-l5zz-v : more or less political, the
Government 81 Bsrlin "meiGIug 4Ui
u-ciE--uZ IL sCc1 : way thG1 the M
-lreS have l1S. al confidence, and STe
perfectly uewl-5erei with the conflicting
national Interests. exhibiting S very
So-rv Spec-GcLz Of European trickery.
Tue settlement and trade Of the Ger
mans ucs 5el1Z q natural growth, and
cszrz. - Individuals, much d'SLIk5d by
the natives, their whole status and inter
eS-S simply rest On the EzC5 Of lands
easily ae--l-si- C5tel EI-h doubtful title,
S-[ tie Ezc5 that the prestige q the Ger
man -zEa and poEer = kept alive by =
display Of force IN the periodical
visits q their ships Of vSr- In alL this
yCC vii see there i no element Of native
rights aud 10 question Of native DCeii-
L=c-z1zS-
This !. vii Be noticed core
spends very accurately with the
view already expressed by the
Ar7Ezr-sEz in IN editorial wherein
Il was stated that the war II Samoa
wss traders war that It was
melted by. and was being
carried On II the interest Of parties
whose only co1esrn N the matter
Vas 5ne Of private gain Mr.. Nc
MILAN next givsss brief sketch Of
the claims Of 1[slietos and lama
sese, and The strength Of their res
1eetiTs forces These matters are
vel understood here and need not
De repeated He proceeds thus,
q strong case II favor Of the
right Of his own country to consider
alton II the premises:
ScE Let = ezzuius our own title auf .
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