The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-11

a Peaceful State of Affairs---Ger-
many's Grip Relaxed.
Mataafa Declines to Farley Until
Admiral Kimberly Arrives.
Colonial Feeling Over samoa-Latest
From the States.

from the Colonies on Saturday, touched
at Tutuila on the 1st inst, the Samoan
mails and passengers being taken OF
board there from a small schooner as
formerly. Captain COlly and crew of tbs
American barkentine Constitution, totally
wrecked at Apia, were among the steam
er's passengers. From the mate who
was seen by the reporters it was first
learned that the Z. 5. s.
vANDALIA HAD ARRIVED
at Apia. Everything was quiet there,
but at Tuuila it was heard that the ma
tives were lighting on that island. a
private letter states that the German
waIship Eber had gone to stop this fight
ing. The mate smiled when asked If
martial law still prevailed, and said there
was - some kind of martial law there. )"
AN EMBARGO RAISED.
The martial rule must have become
very light, for the Samoan Times, forcibly
suppressed by the Captain of the Adler
on January 18th, resumed publication
on February 9th, and is largely filled in
its three latest issues with matter such
as the British Deputy High Commits
sioner had fined its proprietor, Mr..
! Cusack, e2O and costs for publishing
previous to the alleged infammatory"
! editorial that formed the pretext for its
suppression.
! The Times says it is not permitted to
enter into political questions, however,
| adding promise that it will review the
! ex-Premier, Brandeis', career on some
! future occasion. Its initial editorial re-
! fers to the universal foreign interest
awakened in Samoan affairs. and ex-
presses confidence that there will be no
war between the United States and Ger
many, saying that enough lives had al
ready been sacrificed on the islands to
no purpose.
THE STORMY PETREL LEAVES.
Mr.. Brandeis, the late Premier OF the
Tamasese Government, previously re-
ported as having been recalled by the
German Government, left Apia for Ger
many via Sydney by the steamer Lubbock
on February 9TH. He was a powerful
factor from the beginning in the develop
ment of the recent German policy in
Samoa, partly on account of his thorough
familiarity with the Samoan character
and language.
The British warship Calliope, Captain
Kane, arrived February I'd, relieving the
Royalist, Captain Hand, and the latter
sailed for Fiji and Auckland on the 4th.
The German warships at Samoa were the
same as at previous advices-Adler, Olga
and Eber.
SETTING THE WORLD RIGHT.
The Times of the 10th ult. reviews
some of the reports sent abroad. Refer
ring to the official document from Samoa
published here by the German Consul,
the editor reminds the writer that, if
Americans had offended by helping
Mataafa, so had the German merchants
in supplying arms and ammunition to
Tamasese. The editorial of the last
number received is devoted to the urging
of foreign residents to exert themselves
for the future permanent prosperity OF
the islands, and to be prepared to cor
rectly reply to inquiries expected from
the American and British Governments
respecting their past grievances.
A DELIGHTFUL REST.
A paragraph in the news columns ex-
presses pleasure in reporting that no
movements of any kind in war quarters
had taken place the past fortnight. The
Germans, Mataafa and Tamasese were
awaiting the daily expected arrival of
L. s. Admiral Kimberly in the flagship
Trenton. Since the fight on September
18th they had "never experienced such
Il rest. Negotiations between the Ger
man Consul and Mataafa have resulted
in nothing, Mataafa being determined to
await the Admirals arrival before max
ing any arrangement"
a BATTLE on THE DIAMOND.
Teams from the Nipsic played game
of baseball at Apia on the 22d, believed
the first time the American game was
ever played there.
An ELEMENTAL WAR.
Several gales had done much damage
on the islands. On Sunday, 10th, kuge
* Co 5 schooner Matautu was wrecked
inside the p.a passage, and on the foi-
lowing Wednesday the American bark
/ ertiue Constitution, alter being saved on
the Sunday by the most skilful efforts,
was driven brOadside on the reef and
sunk Her wreck was sold at auction
on the 10th 20 Z. II. krause for $205,
while the goods and about GOO, 900 feet
J OF lumber were knocked down to II. J.
MOors for $40. The shipwrecked com
parv were kindly assisted by Captain
Mullan Of the Nipsic, and having lost
/ everything were furnished with clothes
s bv Tice-CCnsul Blackjack and sent
/ home by the Zealandia.
/ The Apia correspondent of the Sydney
! Telegraph under date OF February 4th
/ conveys the following curious informa-
/ ton: ''The German bark Bertha left
I here on Friday last, bound for Liverpool
/ direct. The U. S. ). Nipsic towed her
out OF the harbor."
THE YOUNG LIONS ROAR.
The Auckland Herald in its foreign
mail issue of February 18th has a strong
article on ESamOan affairs, in which the
colonial beliefs represented as universal
. :sthat England basely bartered Samoa
and other Pacific interests for the favor OF
Prince Bismarck, as that might be made
to bear on British interests in the great
European intrigue; and the duplicity
with which America was treated by the
TWO EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTORS,
has come out in all the darker color,
from the firm action taken by our great
relations, OF the Anglo-Saxon race, the
American nation, in compelling Ger
many to recede from the position which
she had insolently taken in virtue of the
unholv compact" The following strik-
ing passages are from the same article
The diplomatic and political story oil
Samoa has been a mean one; and colo
nists are sorry 10 be forced to feel that
. England played the meanest part in it. ,
The abduction of King Ma
lietoa was an outrage on justice and
humanity, but the violent action of the