The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-02-05

sualeEmstic intellect. He denies
Eas and cry about Klein. Did
s--- read that falsifed account Of
last trouble in Samoa sent here
- the German Consulate In which
-z chef point Is made that Klein,
- American. led the defense, ignOr-
fac, that Brandeis. the I'M
zT--lv German tool. was heading
Els attack Has he not read the re-
Gem Berlin newspapers which TEEN
l l1ylS az Klein the American,
-E has no. &c 4 German himself
--vled probably voicing the views
e his c1-srle q friends
= nor true that the whole
----b-e IN Samoa Is caused by the
l5rsv q few American traders,
r-- wee versa. through the hogglsh-
ness c5 the German traders, and
through their 0verbearing and cues
~r-zbLs methods Of acquiring lands.
Neither Americans nor English have
any cause for jealousy, for the trade
HAT comes to them comes naturally
and viii continue 10 be theirs. San
Francisco and New Zealand are the
natural markets Of Samoa where her
traders purchase her principal I'M
----s. which are barrelled beef. sal
non and pork. hard tack. -four, rice,
---a5 salmon aud meats, cheap
g-lu-s and hardware. The principal
German imports were firearms, gin,
and prints. except when they I'M
ported supplies from San Francisco,
view Zealand. OF Sydney. That Ger
-z- arrogance and intrigue have
been the leading cause Of the
----tlss in Samoa Is q well known
SACK Sc al who have looked into
Szu5z1 affairs. and Is abundantly
proved iu the numerous articles and
letters published about Samoan af.
Ears in reliable journals aud maya
-z-z= ii America and England. writ
zen On the spot. and even by the YER
bal evidences Of Germans themselves,
zL5 have left Samoa II disgust at
-La Misconduct Of their cOunTymea,
E-ia-s and traders. l again repeat,
z-5 facts and figures can be OBJ
-GueS % prove the assertion. that
ne Germans do even less than one
-L5r5 Of Szm0a's import trade.
A German" wants TO wait TIL all
-1a evidence i IN before judgment
: passed on Samoan affairs. He
should never have undertaken to
=-zte about Samoa until he had be
come familiar with the abundant
evidence that has been accommodating
IN the last ten years, all Of which
forms q most disgraceful record Of
German misconduct In the South
Seas The Foreign Departments OF
-Ls Government at Washington. at
London and I'D Honolulu are full Of
the most conclusive evidence that
-La Germans II Samoa have AFRO
gated rights ID themselves they did
~ possess. and with their blunder-
~ lu-ElE-es had created q state Of
z-z-ely. and finding the reigning
El-- --E-e-dly 70 their land-grab-
-E schemes aud attempts TO obtain
-z---l- u tie government. they IN
s- sL d rebellion. which was open
- aided and abeJted by their Con
. which eliminated. when
l-z--=--- proved 10 be too strong for |
rebels ln his deportation, the
rr cE q Euppec a King revo-
rebellion, q badly whipped
--u=- the b1nbardment OF villages. !
- slaughter Of innocent women and
1-a-- and a lust reTib-tIOn IN
III. E.-5-g u German officers aud /
=--=- The whole purpose Of Ger
-F has been 70 lDcite the natives
20 ---1-ree.-e strife IN order that
they might trade OF firearms for
z1 But I an convinced that the |
mistakes 1i the German Government
nave been the result Of misleading 4
Information given them by the trad /
- and the C1nsuls who always /.
seemed q De linked together in some /
zrse=-lgzs way. 1 cannot for a mo /
-=-r believe that the Germans are /
50 utterly devoid Of honor and chiv- |
airy ls has characterized their con /
1-cG IN Samoa. and I am sure that |
the most respectable element Of our I
German community ara ashamed of 4
the conduct Of their c0untrymen I
there
What says Senator Frye IN the 4
[ E-1e1 States Senate. after overhaul j
~ portion Of the evidence IN rs
Samoa: The Germans had boy I
c1-ed American business men; pick 4
z-si TIE American Consulate with
German guards. hauled down or
70 be hauled down the
American flag, and had committed
every conceivable outrage on those
l1-- people who had been friends Of
AL-Eee1a They had broken up the /
business 81 american business men
and had treated the American Con
Ell with insult" etc.
- you see. nv German friend. the
r5i-s n evidence Is overwhelming
& lE4-st you Any impartial OBJ .
s7rFar E- student Of Samoan affairs /
lu- De impressed with the
pretansIJns and the
Injustice with which Ger
.la-v his dealt with Samoa. But If (
a German" and his friends are not /
with tie brief points 1 have .
-1zia- III him read an article IL the
y November number Of the Nineteenth /
Century. entitled German Conduct .
Il Samoa. by I. /. Rees. o gentle
nan who lad resided there. ana an