The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-06-04
rEg SAMOAN cONEgRgSOg.

I Conference, hiss jecsdei that the
( Muustspal Council otApis Shsu coal-
4 p-Se SIX membes-Gegmany, Eng
I lsn3 and the United States, each 10
appoint s member. and the other
three members 70 ba elected by resi-
dents q: Apis This decision dis
blessed the British Commissioners,
who cSu It Phelps oompremiSe,
Phelps, althouyh nor S member a
the subcommittee, was sSkad t. 81
tend Its last meeting,
I The fourth session Of the SzmoAn
. Conference was held On Msy 18Th.
f The meeting VS. called 70 order by
He-Se-: Bismarck. who p-sSidaS ST
+ all the meetings n sccordSnce with
the established Custom that the
. highest representative Of the govern
maut u the country il which con
. ference Is hali Shsll preside. The
rrocaaInss consisted chiefly in lis
tsaIpE u the reports OF the various
subcommittee which have been
holding daily sessions ever since the
Conference met Al these meetings
the resi- work q the Conference bSs
been transacted. ani S. naarly IS can
b Ie-ral the American Commits
S:oners have succeeded IN carrying
every important point they SCI ont
= ob,sin- Indeed. 50 prevalent :
-IiS feeling II Berlin tbs. the Berlin
press ari other influential papers II
Germany complsin Of the success Of
tie Americans
While the greatest secrecy II Re
gard 10 ttc proceedings Is main
tanned. and heretofore nothing much
beycri the tac- thst meetings tsye
been held was known. II can now o.
stated that. excepting the question
q indemnify tC- Germsn sailors
killed ani oehesdei by the SsmoanS.
and one o. TWO other minor points. .
the work Q: the commission Is over. .
II ) thought that the restoration o:
MalesCs - power : assured. and
-nai the plan to- 8 tE;par;ite govern
us-t II Samoa. tC- which the Amer
cc1- Commissioner contested against .
re German plan to- one representa- .
.7e selected by The three powers. Z
WI. surely b7 put into effect Ii : I
a->3 mo-e than likely tina. the CON .
mission has decided II favor Of tie .
absolute Independence II Samoa g. .
SON . the people there demonstrate
-ls-- ac1--.y y - a-o-e-
The indemnity question : vet %
o--e ~ Il may p-o-ccg the meet
M sc-e weeks. but this : believed
- IL he only point q which there
: likely ID De Z serious contest. The
question u hLsIEs connection with
the STAR II which German sailors
we've killed has never come 10. nor
: there any likelihood Of its doing
50 During the past meetings Of the Z
conference and committees. the only I
points Of difference have been Dc I
tween the German and American
commissioners. the attitude Of the
English members being neutral
Their influence has generally been
east with 6 view Of settling the cues
non - expeditiously IS possible. I
They have. however, been strongly
II favor q having 8 Protestant f0r (
King q Szmcs- which : thought TO
Indicate their preference for Male
t1a, who vas trained II 81 English f.
Protestant College
T1s -cs- important work q the
conference has been done by what i
known = the working commission.
consisting Of Dr.. hranal, Assistant
Of State for Germany. and /
Seo- and Bates. 10 which Grove and
PHELPS were added Is advisers.
The committee was alSo Entrusted
With me work Of settling OF & form
q government g APIS L i rum
0-s3 That the plsn agreed upon Is
that Ans-ies, Germany and Eng
land shall eseh appoint E representa-
tive and that three more members OF
the Boari q Control shall be chosen !
By the ratepays1S- No liquor shall
u sid 10 natives. though foreigners
can have such stores as they cheese
II their private houses Firearms
sCs only 70 d sold 70 the Govern
-e-t, and then only under certain
which prevent their Use
except for keeping tia peace The /
plan t1- giving the SanCans z rev
s--e has also been devised. which
provides 1Cr the re-estsblishuent Of
-E--r r-E- 70 ImuCSe iugu-c and
export duties. which right / taken
t-5D them b! The existing Samoan
treaty
The say Of zbs American Com
II Berlin / being made
7Ey pleasant They are over
TLslmsi With social attentions from
distinguished residents One q the
Ulsasautsst incidents which has &C
Cured VS. { call they made OF ,
Prince Bisnsrk a MS request. which
vas special usrk Of consideration.
= the Prince. being II feeble health.
rarely goes ont CT receives any one.
To Z representative Of the Assc
c-s9ed Press Nh Phelps said:
The proceedings Of the conferences
cannot disclose. but I may say
through E0u 70 America that nothing
: interfering with the successful
conclusion q our labors but the CRY
q tia European press that Germany
( giving Up everything. This charge
: p=rszstsltly made and e naturally
irritating 10 01r eo-lsborers. More