St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-31
Prince Bismarck's Instruc-
tions to the Represent
ative Of Germany.
Another Proposition From the
Kaisep's Government Is
in Transit.
AdvieeS From New Zealand
State That Germany Has
Declared War.

w ASHlNGTON, JAN. ou.- 1Ht PiCoi-
dent transmitted to congress late this
afternoon a message on Samoan affairs,
accompanied by number OF docu-
ments. In his message, the president
says:
To Congress: I had the honor on the
10Th inst. to communicate to your honorable
BODY certain correspondence ana documents
in relation TO affairs in the Samoan Islands,
and having since received further dispatches
from the vice consul at Apia and the com
mander of the United States vessel Nlpsc in
those waters, | lose no time III laying them
before YOU. I also transmit herewith the
full text OF instructions from Prince Won BIS
marck to the German minister at TINS capl-
tai which was communicated on the after
noon of the 2Sth inst. This appears to be ali
amplifcation of prior telegraphlc 1nstruc.
ton on the same subject, communicated
through the same channel, and which being
set forth in the note OF the secretary
of state to Count Won Arco-Valley, the mill
ister of the 18th inst. was duly lald before
congre 3 with my last message IN relation
TO the Samoan affairs. 1t is also proper 10
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 ms
government to that of the United States for
a conference on the samoan subject was on
its way by mail, having left Berlin on the
Goth inst, SO that its arrival here in due
course of mail can be looked for i'll very
short time. In reply to an IN IN
whether the proposition referred to was for
a renewal of the joint conference between
the United States. Germany ana Great Br1t-
ain, which was suspended in July, 1887, or
for the consideration of Samoan affairs alb
noto, the German minister stated his inabil-
itv 10 answer until the proposition, which
left Berlin on the 2Oh inst. should have
been received. | shall hereafter communi-
cate to the congress ali Information before
me in relation 10 the Samoan statues
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Under date of Berlin, Jan. %, 1889,
Prince Bismarck writes Count Won
ArcO-N allen, the German minister at
Washington. as fOllOws,a copy of which
the count left at the state department
Jan. IS:
] have already notified Tour excellency
that according to telegraphlc communlca-
lions from Apia Dec. Is of last year, de-
tachment OF German naval forces, which
had landed at the request OF the imperial
consul for the protection Of the German set
Elements which were endangered by the con-
flicts between the native parties there, was
attacked by armed S0moans belonging TO the
party of Chief Mataafa. This unprOvOked
attack is sand to have taken place unoer the
leadership Of an American named Klein. On
tins occasion more than fifty German soldiers
In consequence of this we have been
transplanted from the territory of media
toral negotiations by which the imIe-
rial consul in Apia was trying to reconcile
the Contending parties and tor which he had
sought the cooperation of his English and
American colleagues into a state of war
with the assailants 10 our regret We shall
carry on the contest which has been forced
upon US by MGtaafa and his followers, with
the utmost consideration tor English and
into Inv
have in view only the punishment Of the
murdererS Of German soldiers and the pro-
lection of our countrymen and their prop
erty. AS they, on their part, are at war with
Tamasese, our interference will necessarily
assume The character of assistance to Tamas-
ese. In the endeaVor for the just punishment
of q murderOuS crime we hope for the coop
eration Of the treaty powers in Samoa in
friendship with us, and we ask the
government of the United States to be good
enough to furnish the consuls and the com
manders of its ships of war i'll Samoa with
suitable Instructions. Our armed forces
there are instructed 10 avoid and 10 prevent
all injury to neutral commerce ana properly
and to adopt measures of reprisal and de
struction only against the followers of the
party which initiated the contest against our
troops by murderous attack. We shall, of
course. abide by the agreements with Amer
lea and England with respect to Samoa, and
pay due regard TO all circumstances to the
rights of these powers as established by
treaty. beg your exceilency to bring this
communication to Mr.. Bayard's knowlege
by reading ii to him, and to leave copy
with him il he requests 1t.
[Signed] BISMARCK.
The correspondence begins with a
diary from Consul Blackjack, at Apia,
dated Dec. 10, 1888. He says:
The. political state of affairs is gradually
in the greatest danger. Dee. II he records:
The Tamasese natives say that they have
bought guns from the German man-Of-wa
Elba. Dec. l4-Gcrman man-of-war Olga
arrived from Alden, where she took Maletoa
off a Germain mail steamer via Marshall isl
and. where she left Malietoa Should the
Germans undertake to capture Mataafas there
will be trouble involving all white residents.
a Swede was stabbed Dec l6 by
lock says the German consul refused
TO listen TO the SWedes' complaint. About
$50 German sailors came ashore to-day. and
became drunk and maltreated natives" Dec.
is he says: THE Germans have commenced
war on the Samoans in earnest. They at
tackled the Mataata party, but were finally
Tepulsed, with twenty killed and thirty
wounded. There is no telling where the affair
will end. Capt Mullen goes to interview the
German captain and the German consul as
to the meaning of their action. The German
consul tells him that he can only discuss
political matters with him. Dec. 20: Ger
man consul sent Mataafa word TO come on
be spared. He did not go, as he knew
he would never come off. Capt. Mullen
sends more marines on shore and q Calling
gun and fifty men to remain at the consul
ate. Dec. 2l.-German consul informed Mr..
Blackjack that German man-ofwar would
go to Mataafagalete. Dec. 22.-Meeting Of
three consuls and three captains was held to
arrange for the security of the inhabitants,
bat the German consul would agree to moth
ing The German consul wanted assistance
against Mataafas people. Dec. 2S.-An
American was seized and subsequently re-
leased German Consul Knapp, under date
Dec IS tells Mr.. Blackjack that the Germans
viii disarm both the rebels and Tamasese to
prevent trouble.
Consul Blackjack, in his record of cur
rent events, writes to Mr.. RlYeS that on
Jan. Capt. Mullen received a letter
from the captain OF the German vessel
which seized the American boat that no
flag was flying in the boat. The Amer
lean flag, Consul Blackjack says, was
plainly visible.
Jan. l is represented as quiet On Jan. 3
Capt. Mullen decided it was necessary TO
have the Nipsic 20 over to the Tutonella
Friday in order to get dispatches. at will
not do, the consul says, Ito take chances
Jan. A, the consul says, "a reliable native has
Just Informed rue that the German consul sent
word TO Aataafa yesterday by the wife "a
Samoan) of the clerk OF the German con-
sUlate that he would like to see him any
where he would name; that he wanted 10
shake hands and be friends. Mataafa sent
word back that he did not want TO see him."
Capt. Mullen transmits to Secretary
Whitney the following report:
On the night Of Dec. II, 1888, a number
of German sailors (said TO have been about
pi6lfyl landed Mntatito ia