Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-31
THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY
President Cleveland Sends a Message to Congress.
BlsMARCK's slDEOF THE STORY.

Awaits Further Correspondence from
 Iserlin-Bismarck Thinks the Germans
 Are Imposed on in Samoa.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l. - The president transmitted to congress a message on Samoan affairs, accompanied by number of docu- men.s In his message tho president says:
 "To the Congress:
 'I had the honor on the 18th inst. to com municate to your honorable body certain correspondence and documents in relation to affairs in the Samoan Islands, and having since received further dispatches from the vice consul at Apa and the commander of the United States naval vessel Nipsic in those waters, 1 lose no time in laying them before you. 1 also transmit herewith the full text of instruction iron Prince von Bis marck to the German minister at the capital, which was communicated on the afternoon of the 2Sth inst. This appears to be an am pltication of prior telegraphic instruction on the same subject communicated through the same channel, and which, being set forth in the note of the secretary of state to Count von Arco Valley, the German minister, of the 18th inst, was duly laid before congress, with my last message in relation to Samoan affairs
 ''It is also proper to inform you that on Monday, the 2Sth inst, the occasion of the communication of the note of the prince chancellor, the secretary of state was given to understand by the German minister that proposition from his government to that of JYy>tt taJ e, Samoan subject was on its way by mail, hav- ing left Berlin on the 18th inst, so that its ar rival in due course of mail can be looked for ill a very short time. In reply to an inquiry from the secretary of state whether the proposition referred to was for q renewal of the joint conference between the United States, Germany and Great Britain, which was suspended in July, 1887, or for the con- sideration of Samoan affairs ab novo, the German minister stated his inability to answer until the proposition which left Berlin on the 2Oth inst should have been received. I shall hereafter communicate to the congress all in formation before me ill relation to the Samoan status. GROVER CLEVELAND" BIsMARCK'S VERSION.
 Under date of Berlin, Jan. l3, 1889, Prince Bismarck writes Count von Arco Valley, the German minister at Washington, as follows, copy of which the count left ut the state de partment on Jan 2S:
 II have already notified your excellency that, according to telegraphic communica- tionS from Apia, on the 18th December of last year detachment of German naval forces, which had landed at the requisition of the imperial consul for the protection of the Ger man settlements, which were endangered by the conflicts between the native parties there, was attacked by armed Samoans belonging to the party of Chief Mataafa. This unpro- voked attack is said to have taken place under the leadership of an American named Klein. On this occasion more than fifty German sol | diers and officers were killed and wounded. In | consequence of this we have been transplanted | from the territory of mediatorial negotiations, by which the imperial consul in Apia was | trying to reconcile the contending parties | and for which he had sought the cooperation of his English and American colleagues, into | q state of war with the aSSailantS, to our re- gret. We shall carry the contest, which | has been forced upon us by Mataafa and his | followers, with the utmost consideration for English and American interests. Our mili- | tary measures have ill view only the punish ment of the murders of German soldiers and l the protection of our countrymen and their property. As they, on their part are at war l with Tamasese, our interference will neces. l sarily assume the character of assistance to l TamaSeSe. In the endeavor for the just pun. ishment of a murderous crime we hope for the cooperation of the treaty powers ill Sa- moa in friendship with us and we ask the l government of the United States to be good 1 enough to furnish the consus and command
 CTS of its ships of war in Samoa with suitable l instruction. Our armed forces there are l instructed to avoid and to prevent all injury l to neutral commerce and property and t<
 adopt measures of reprisal and destruction l only against the followers of the party whict
 initiated the contest against our troops by 6
 murderous attack. We shall, of course, abide
 by the agreements with America and Eng
 land with respect to Samoa, and pay due re l gard under all circumstances to the rights o1
 these powers as established by treaty. beg l your excellency to bring this communication
 to MT. Bayard's knowledge by reading it tt
 him, and to leave copy with him if he re | quests it. BISMARCK"
 The other documents referred to consist o
 extracts from the diary of Consul Blacklock
 giving in detail the facts concerning the at
 tack of German marines on Mataafa's mel
 substantially as heretofore printed in thes l dispatchss