The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-01
coNFLlcrlNo REPORTS.


Gatest Aavsces From samoa 81 = soma
what contradictory Na,nre-The Ger
man Consulate and stores ~ Apin ssid
to Have Iseen burned -Germnny Ter. |
picked aud England Interested Over tho
Course Of Events.
Loxpox. Jan. PA dispatch from
Auckland announces that the German
ruuboat Eber arrived there Sunday from
the Samoan Islands. The Cher reports
that the fighting had ceased when She ieft
Apia. ana that the German Consulate ana
two German stores adjoining had been
destroyed by fire. This news from Samoa
causes a conlmotion in the Foreign once
AZ Berlin, and il beginning o. attract the
attention or the British Governments
There is an apparent contradiction pe-
tween the reports received via San FRAN
cisco, and those via Auckland, the former
having II that the American houses were
burned by the Germans, and the latter
that the German Consul's residence and
two German houses adjoining were de
stroyed, presumably by Mataafa's people
| II il probable, however, that both accounts
are correct. that brought by the German
gunboat Ebcr to New Zealand yesterday
| being necessarily Of a later date. as that
/ vessel was reported to be still AZ Apia,
! when the steamer Alameda, which
| brought the news 10 San Francisco, left
4 the islands.
/ Mataafa had threatened to destroy Ger.
man property il the Germans continued %
fire upon his people, aud IN all Likelihood
he had occasion to carry out his threat
after the burning Of the American houses
in Matagafgel by the Germans. England
Is quite as much Interested as the United
States IN the affair. now that British prop
ertv and subjects are imperlled. In the
absence OF official or authentic advices
from the scene Of disturbance, the British
Governmcnt has not followed the course
az the United states in taking decided
action, but il Il reported that Lord Sails
bury has assured Mr.. Phelps. the Amer
lean Minister.th that England will cooperate
with the United states in putting stop
10 German aggression in Samoa II inter-
national law and treaty stipulations nave
been violated.
II the German Government has received
an official report Of the latest proceedings
In the Samoas from the Eber AZ Auckland
II has not thought best 10 make II pupnc
The meager dispatches received over tha
New Zealand and Australian cables j. all
we have. and it simply states that the Ger
man Consulate and Store-houses had beef
destroyed. and that fighting had ceased
II is quite evident that the prompt actor
Of the American Government III orderini
mcn-of-war "a Samoa has perplexed tn
Germans as much a. il has pleased IN
British authorities. II is stat ID on trust
WORTHY authority that the British Govern
, ment has decided TO uphold the treaty b.
. the terms Of which European powers ar
; precluded from obtaining or attemptin
e "a obtain dominance in Samoa. The gov
. ernmcnt has been fully informed OF an
I shares ia the United States Government
> views on the subject. II is agreed tina
7 the action OF the German agents IN "a
y moa + opposed 10 the letter and spirit 2
= the treaty. and that il violates DIPLOMAT
= etiauette and endangers the good rela
:. lions 80 necessary for Europeans - pre-
serve when dealing with seml-barbarou
nations. Dispatches to this effect hay
I been sent to Berlin.
!, Lord Salisbury's latest news from Api
i Is Of threatening nature. In cons'
I, ouence Of these advices the British hc'
II in the Pacific will he increased immed
\. ately bv az least two powerful vessel
n After Mr.. Phelps had left Lord Salisbur
o. Yesterday. Count Won Hatzfeldt, the Ge'
n man Ambassador, had an interview WI
q the Prime Minister :.
n In explanation Of the Auckland ~
in patch an authority on the subiec: says
y ..The commander 81 the Eber stat
~ that all Is quiet at Samoa, and there y
N fghting but al the same time he al
\, - that the German Consulate and the 20
n German stores have been destroyed
= fire. To those who have followed Y
~ course Of events IL Samoa and VINO kn'
something 81 the German proceedih'
u ia n n VOL
lu- this j. more sighi'iean' 49, -. ~ ~
. appear. II either means that tne u'
~ mans have carried out their threats
u. lombard Apia and burn the town, a
y, that ia the general confagration tn
-. own property did not escape, or that
III Samoans. driven to desperation, ha
al last retaliated against German prop