Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-25
A German View OF the Samoan Situa
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rests censure Tor indisereet actohs ana I'M
Just representation OF the state OF anairs'
Consul hnsppe Interpreted MS instructions
to mean preparation Tor 'ne anne 1atlon OF
the samoan lsiahus 10 "ermahy' "h'le Tue
foreign Once held last TO the reaties win
England AND the niten states whlch guar
snteed the neutrality OF those isiahhs' ihat
such d vergence OF vlews should give rise
to doubts and cause Consul Sewaii to pursue
the course which he DID. and report As ne DID
to the 1s'ernment al Washington Is now
clear. At~hose door lies the chief blame it
IS yet dithcult to say, ms Secretary bayard IL
on record as saying that Consul Sewali' too
acted contrary to orders, for winch action he
was recalled from his post. sui the latest
White u ok makes IT certain that Consul
81 wall did not act from purely imaginative
motives. but that he had good ground to be
lieve that the annexation of the Samoan
Islands was the objective point of the Ger
man policy Consul General Stubei is, in
his instructions of March >, informed that
the Imperial German Government does not
think of annexation, aud that he is TO conduct
affairs in accordance herewith. All of the
steps taken through the over Jealous efforts
of the former representative of the German
Empire are TO be retraced Fur
thermore, na question whether 1t was
right to dethrone k'ns Maiietoa as char
ncierle" drunAsrd does not tally with the
GOOD Opinions he Won during his bret stay
IN Germany Owing TO the recall of both
Consuls knappe and Sewall, as well as the
withdrawal of Mr. Klein and Captain Bran
deis from the scene of action, an era of
quietneH appears TO have da"ned upon
Samoa Mataafa has seen that Germany
Ald the United states are IN fsir way 10
settle their d uerences and that the days OF
hshtns are over, owing 10 the terrible
disaster OF the ION OF March the demand
Tor peaceful settlement, before that plant,
heard has b'.n measursoiy strengthened
10 mat nov the ground ior complete
reconciliation OF conflicting principles seems
% De prepared Al i~massse' according 10
ooosui N apes own ADMISSIONS mas no
sympathy from 'he people OF Samoa DE-
cause Oh the ha'red when mey entertain Tor
ofshdeis, seems 10 US mat Inc Simplest
way 10 siisN 'he III ieeihe al samoa ~ouid
De Tor 1ermAny TO r. eosnize MataAfA' which
ACT Is row made all the easier oy ms acton
on the ION Of March which showed that ne
hsd lad aside Ali luminosity toward Germany
ms 'eif'.acrneiog efforts IN aid
OF lmptrlIle0 herman eeamen IL