St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20
Disgusted With the AtrOci-
ties, Tamasese's Adherents
Desert Him.

high chief accompanied the latter to
| Apia to obtain the opinion of the United
States vice consul, but the consul also
refused to give any advice. Shortly
afterwards 4he natives came into Apia
| from Faseli and Vailele, saying that
Mataafa men had driven the German
sailors from the breaStWOrkS. Black
fused to fight longer. The Germans
| had run along the beach to Vailele at
such rapid rate that the native soldiers
could not overtake them. At
| Vailele there were about $50 soldiers,
| one boat load having been landed there
! during the night by the German man-of-
war Eber. AT Vailele sailors who had
! joined their comrades who had been
/; left in the other two boats, and also the
! sailors from the Eber. They formed
hollow square and egan shooting at
| Mataafa's men. Soon after two Of the
! latter had been killed they began to re-
/ turn the fire, The native soldiers began
/ to increase in number, attracted by the
| and bushes. The
SAILORS BECAME PANIC-sTRICKEN.
! and. despite the efforts of their three
officers, threw away their guns and ran
under the erman plantation houses in
the vicinity and into the bush. They
were followed by the natives. who shot
them wherever they found them. Lieut..
/ Sieger, of the Olga, was shot and killed
while trying to rally his NEIL
! Two other officers were wound.
! ed. A number of sailors man
! aged TO make their escape by jumping
! Into the boats and putting out to sea.
They were picked UP by the Eber, which
had come up on hearing the firing.
The bodies of the dead German sailors
were left living Oh the ground where they
were found and taken aWaysunder cover.
of the German ships the following day.
Mataaials soldiers retired without
burning or causing any dam age to prop
erty. At o'clock on the morning of
Dec. 10, the German man-Of-War Adler
left Apia, sending word to the COM
manter of the United States war ship
Nipsic that the German consul was on
board, and that he was going to Salu-
afata to stop the fighting. Notice came
only five minutes before the Adler sailed,
and the Nipsic was unauie to follow for
some time. When she did the Olga also
followed to LatOga, where the Adler
and Eber were found, both ships cleared
for action. During the morning, Consul
Blackjack received note from the
German consul saying that the German
i
''to stop the fighting in behalf of an eff
fectlve protection of German interests,
and also to disarm the Mataafa and
Tamasese forces" Blackjack protested
in the name of the United States against
the action of the German consul, which
would place the lives and properly of
the Americans in the greatest danger,
and that their action was in direct con-
fiict with powers conferred upon the
representatives of the three treaty ma
tions. Soon after the Nipsic arrived at
LatoEgo Capt. Mullan, with three of
the ships officers. went on board the
Adler to demand Consul Knappes' rea-
son for having declared his intention
to stop the war without consult
ing the consuls. The German consul
replied discOurteously to Capt. Mullan
and said he would hold no cOmmunica-
ton with an American naval captain.
and would be responsible for his acts to
his government. Soon after this the
captain of the Adler sent word to Capt.
MulIan, who had returned to the Nipsic,
that he intended to lombard Lady be-
fore dark. A protest was sent to the
captain of the Adler. and as the latter
had shown no incliuatlon to notify
Mataafa to remove the women and
children, Capt. Mullan sent one of his
officers ashore for that purpose. The
Adler did not lombard the town that
night, but returned on the following
morning and
BEGAN TO BOMBARD lady,
which had been evacuated the night
previous. Thirty-four shells were fired
by the Adler. and then four boat-loads
of sailors were landed from the Olga
and Adler, who burned the village. in
cluding two small Roman Catholic
churches. The ships then returned to
sent letter to Mataafa. telling him the
German ships would shell his village
unless he came OH board the German
man-of- war before noon of Dec. 20 and
caused his people to give up all their
guns. Mataafa did not reply to this
letter, but sent back word after the bat
tie that he was sorry to kill the Ger
man sailors, but that the SamOans in
tended to fight for their liberty, and
would fight whoever attacked them. On
the afternoon of Dec. 20 three consuls
met to arrive at some settlement of the
trouble. Mataafa's presence was desired
by the United'States and British con-
suls. but the German consul refused to
suit. On the following day the German
+ the Samoans to bring their firearms on
board the Olga during the day, and that
if this was not done the ship would
lombard the village of Mataafagatele.
Consul Blackjack at once returned a
protest, and at the same time informed
MIN that E. l., Hamilton, an American
citizen and formerly the United States
vice consul in Apia, owned three houses
in Matafagatele, over which the Amer
lean flag has been placed, and adding
that if this property were damaged the
German government would be held re-
sponsible. The German consul made no
reply. About o'clock on the morning
of the 21st the Olga went to Matafaga-
tele, anchoring one mile from shore. at
O'Clock she began
THROWING SHELLS ON SAMOANS
having come on board with arms. After
firing twenty-five shells the vessel sent
three boatloads ashore and destroyed
the village by fire. Hamilton went to
the destroyed village insthe afternoon
and found his three houses in ruins. A
large American flag, formerly used for
consular purposes, which had been
niaced on one of the houses, had been