The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1889-02-08
CORRESPONDENCE AND 4 messAae.

4 C~omnMafcstien 10 Congress On ~ Snb-
yecf II sesss.
WASHINGTON despatch: The president
to-day sent to congress additional cor
respondence relative to the Samoan
affairs, accompanied by the following
message:
To Congress: I had the honor on the
10Th inst, to communicate to your hon.
orable body certain correspondence and
documents in relation to affairs in the
Samoan islands, and having since re-
ceived further dispatches from the vice
consul ut Apia, and commander Of the
United States naval vessel "Nipsie,"
in those waters, I lose no time in lay
ing them before you. I also transmit
herewith O full text of the instruction
from Prince Bismarck to the German
minister at this capital, which was com.
municated On the afternoon of the 2Sth
inst. This appears to be an amplifica-
ton of prior Geographic instruction on
the same subject, communicated through
the same channel, and which, being set
forth in a note from the secretrry OF
state to Count Won Arco-Valley, the Ger.
man minister, of the 18th inst, was duly
lain before congress, with my last mes.
sage in relation to the Samoan affairs.
1t is also proper to inform you that
on Monday, the 28th inst, the occasion
of the communication of the note of
the German chancellor, the secretary of
state was given to understand by the
German minister that a proposition from
his government to hat 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 in due course of mail can be
looked for in O very short time.
In reply to an inquiry from the secre-
tary of state, whether the proposition
referred to was for q renewal of the
joint conference between the United
States, Germany and Great Britain,
which was suspended in July, 1877, or
for q consideration of the Samoan af-
fairs OF Novo, the German minister
stated his inability to answer until the
proposition, which left Berlin on the
Goth inst, should be received. / shall
hereafter communicate to congress all
Information before me in relation to the
Samoan status. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The correspondence accompanying
the message gives all amplified account
of events in Samoa, practically similar
to the recent press dispatches. Re-
ferring to the seizure of an American
boat by a German vessel, Captain Null
len says he wrote the German COM
mander and received a reply to the eff
feet that there was no flag flying on the
boat. This is not true. as the boat was
seen from the consul's office, and by
others in other parts of the town, plainly
flying the American flag. "This is the
usual way the Germans adopt for
STRENGTHENING ont the outrages they COM
NIT" adds Mullen.
The last letter Is from Prince Bis
marck to Count Arco-V Valley, underdat
of January 18th, in which he narrates
the attack on the German forces by the
natives, who, he claims, were led by
Klein, and adds:
In consequence of this we have been
transplated from the territory of media
torial negotiations, by which the consul
at Alpa was trying to reconcile the con-
tending parties, and for which he had
sought the cooperation of his English
and American colleagues. into a state Of
wal with as~sailants, to our regret. We
shall carry on the contest, which has
been forced upon US by Mataafa and his
followers with the utmost consideration
for English and American interests. Our
military measures have in view only the
punishment of the murderers Of German
soldiers and the protection of our coun-
trymen and their property. In the en-
'""- ~ a lust
murderous crime we hope for the CO.
operation of the treaty trainers in Samoa
in friendship with us, and we ask the
government of the United States to be
good enough to furnish the consuls and
commanders of its ships of wal in
Samoa with suitable instructions. Our
armed forces there are instructed to
avoid and to prevent any injury to neu-
trail commerce and property, and to
adopt measures of reprisal and destruc-
ton only against the followers of the
party which initiate the contest against
our troops by q murderous attack. We
shall of course abide by the agreements
with America and England with respect
to Samoa, and pay due regard under all
circumstances to the rights of those
powers as established by treaty."