Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-04-22
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INCIDENTS AT SAMOA.

American Interests Receive Fetter ro-
lection Than British interests.
Washington specials: Interesting |
light is thrown upon the situation in |
Samoa. and the superior manner in |
which American interests have been pro.
teeted there as compared with those OF
the British residen q. An article in the
of April 9th, juss received here Gays:
After the German ships at Samoa had
declared material law, we are informed
that boats from that squadron boarded
all vessels arriving aud an order was
gwen that all goods must be landed Ut
the German firms wharf and stored III
the German firms store, to be examined
by German officers. The British resi-
dents had to submit to this, as did aIl
Americans with the exception OF Mr..
MoOres, who declined to ailew some of
hls stores tc be taken any where but to
his premises. Captain Mullan, of che
| United States steamer NIpsic. also de-
mandei that what goods ME-. Moores
required for immediate use should be
delivered to him after examination. This
request was scceded to, and MIR. Moores'
goods were examined and landed at his
/ wharf. MIR. Ceiling, q British subj act :,
went up to Mstaafa's camp as a tourist
and expressed his sympathy with
| Matssfa. On this coming to the ears OF
the captain of the German man-of- war,
the Adler, he ordered the arrest of Mr..
Ceiling and he'd him brought on board
his ship ss prisoner. Another British
subject, Mr.. Hall, was dragged ont of
hIB canoe because he did not answer
when challenged by German boat. Mr..
Ousack, proprietor of the Samoa Times
wss prosecuted, fined 920, and had his
paper temporarily suppressed for having
! reprinted an article from San
Francisco paper on 'tOur Duty to
Samoa The British consul having
, issued a notice that British residents
we're subject solely to the jurisdiction oi
! her majesty, the queen, the captain O.
/ the Adler issued a counter proclaim alton
in which be said: Il herewith declare
that all British subjects IN Samoa are
under martial law, and that they will be
tried by martial law il they should in
terfere in any way with the German
authorities. It is not to be wondered
at that considerable indignation was
felt among our countrymen, and 1t is
w uuu GuHt bOEu6 OF Gl6 AUS
trslian papers were outspoken on the
matter. Our correspondent has forward
cd us some extracts in which il was
pointed out that friendly race had bsen
handed over to oppression, and our
trading interests had been made snb-
servient to those OF foreigners Stress
was also laid on the fact that it had been
reserved for the American government
to defend the cause OF humanity and
exact the respect Of international laws.
The position occupied by ns certainly
appears to have been humiliatinR and u
is asserted that II English trace has not
progressed so much as that OF the Ger.
mans during the last few years it is sole.
ly because the one government has
virtually withdrawn it's protection from
its own subjects, whilst the other has
pushed the interests Of it's traders even
to the extent OF employing armed vio-
leDce IN their behalf, in making unpro.
yoked war upon the Samoans, abducsing
the lawful sovereign of the country, and
setting up in his place puppet whose
chief function is to favor German as
sRsinst English and American interests
Such are the views OF those on the spot
who should be we'll able to Judge. We
trust that before another German
equsdron arrives in those waters the
situation may be greatly improved"