St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-21
The Nipsic, the Trenton and
the Vandalia to Frown
Down the Insult.
& Member of the Cabinet Says
We Should Make an Issue
With Germany,
And the Prospects for a Tilt
With Buffer Bismarck
Are Excellent.
Special to the Globe.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.--At four
o'clock this afternoon the United
States man-of-war Vandalia left Mare
Island navy yard in this harbor, bound
for the Samoan islands, the present seat
of warlile disturbance. The San Fran
cisco Examiner prints a long letter from
its correspondent at Apia, which
describes the assault made by the Ger
mans and their repulSe, and describes
in detail the firing on the American
flag and American houses, and the as
saults made on the American residents.
Speaking of the matter editorlally,
the Examiner says: ut is easy
TO see why the German officials
spread reports of American inter-
ference. They had treated American
citizens and the American flag with i'll
dignities that demand exemplary re-
paration, and they thought it advisable
to put in a counter complaint in time.
In the devastation of Samoan towns
they seemed to take especial pains to
single out the property of Americans
for destruction, anu riddled our flags.
1t appears that an Americans house
was invaded and his country's flag
found therein
CUT TO PIECES
by Tamasese's men from the strong
hoI0 at Mulinuu Point. Capt. Leary,
OF the Adams, sent categorical Ques-
tion to the German consul as to whether
Tamasest's headquarters were under
German protection or not. Failing to
get reply within reaS aSol.able time, the
captain of the Adams began making al
rangement for landing a battalion, and
throwing up Notifications facing Tam
asese's fort. He was determined, if no
satisfaction was given for the outrage,
to march his men upon TamaSeSe's
stronghold and take that chieftain pris-
oner. The intention of the cap
tain becoming known, great cOmmo-
tiOn ensued in Tamasese's camp, and at
10 o'clock on the same night the evacu-
alton Of Mulnuu Point was begun with
VigOr. Tie Adams sailed from Apia
prior to the occurrence of Dec. Is, and
is now at Honolulu. The details of the
events at Samoa which followed the at
tempt of the Germans to land their
forces, and the defeat of their troops,
described at length in the Associated
Press correspondence from Apia tele-
graphed last night, are supplemented
by other correspondents, whose accounts
are published here. The Samoan Times.
published at Apia. and which has been
impaltl tlal in its accounts of the
EVENTS ON THE ISLANDS,
gives the following version of the fight
of Dee. IS: "At o'clock on the morn
ing of Tuesday eighty sailors from the
Olga were landed at Mataafa, and forty
more were sent in boats along the coast,
the eight men marching on land to meet
Mataafa. AT German farmers plan
tatiOn the shore party were reinforced
by all the imported labor, said to be
New Britain men, so that Mataafa was
between the 200 men who came down
the day before and the German sailors
and foreign laborers, Mataafa, know
ing the danger of interference with the
German soldiers, retired inland few
hundred yards. The Germans fol-
lowed up, and fired into Mataafa's peo-
pie, killing a young man, son of the
chief. The chief. getting terribly ex-
cited, was only prevented by his own
l1Olll III ing lIllO bC1 OuO
while struggling against former efforts
he himself was shot and fell dead beside
his son. Mataafa's people could not
stand this, and, by comnon impulse,
without orders, returned fire. Their
first volley killed six Germans and
wounded others. Several of Tamasese's
men fled. and the laborers refused to
fight it out. Knowing that this meant
certain death against vast odds, the
sailors beat hasty retreat to their
boats, Mataafa's warriors following
them some distance. Mataafa lost about
ten killed and wounded, while the Ger
man loss is stated at
TWENTY KILLED.
Among the dead is Lieut.. Sieger.
Tha United States steamer Nipsic
steamed to Saluafata on Tuesday on
hearing that the German WarShipS were
going to shell Mataafa'S stronghold.
Capt. Mullan had communications with
the German commanders and entered
his protest against their reported pro-
1ect. His protest was not taken notice
of, however, for the Olga threw shells
into the spot where Mataafa was sup
pOoCU W bSs OuO NllICi JC ll'tu NdCdICUs
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.-The Chron-
icle says that the current testimony of
the action of the Germans shows that
the Germans brought upon themselves
the fate that overlook them, as it was not
until two of Mataafa's chiefs were
killed that he ordered his men to fire on
the Germans. The marines were only
saved from eXtermlnation by the
prompt arrival of their gunboats. After
their defeat the Germans bOmbarded
the village of Maafagatele, although
warned by American Consul Blackjack
that three houses in the place belonged
to all American citizen. Over these
houses an American flag fioated. The
flag was torn down and partially burned
by the German sailors who landed to
complete the destruction of the place.
Correspondents also give accounts of an
insult to all American in the Deutral
district of Apia. Mataafa has threat
ened that if the Germans again attack
his men he will destroy all the German
property on the islands.