Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-18
A Talk With Bayard.
Some Reflections from the Sec.
rotary of State.
HIS VIEWS ON A FOREIGN POLICY.

long dispatch from Washington giving an
interview with Secretary Bayard regarding
his conduct during the past four years. With
regard to the attacks that have been made
upon him Bayard expressed regret that the sem
ate, as he claimed, had for the sake of partisan
advantage, instead of assisting him In his du-
ties, done what it could to hamper and EN-
barrass him, and carried out policy the
spirit Of which was hostility, disingenuous
criticism and palpable desire to degrade the
most important and delicate questions of
diplomatic comfy.
Commenting upon the charges that he had
no policy and lacked courage, Bayard believes
the American people have higher and
noblcr destiny than to swagger about among
the nations of the earth, daring somebody to
knock chip of their shoulder. He thinks it
Is their mission to take the lead among ma
tons in substituting pacific methods for force
in settling International disputes "The
American people" he says, should bear in
mind what the military spirit really means
War brings desolation somewhere. Is spirit
Of which war is the logical and inevitable
outcome condition to be encouraged by a
great and enlightened peoples On the con-
trary there is a controlling reason why we
Of all nations, should discountenance such a
tendency.
"What built up and preserves the autocra,
cies Of Europes War. The Nihilists of Rus
STA, the Socialists Of Germany, the fire brands
Of other autocracies are the results. En-
courage the military spirit in this country
and you would soon have a war: A war
necessarily means an army, and if once the
military spirit got thorough possession of the
people this army would become permanent
es Adjustment, and if the army became the
dominant force In the state it would be step
to dictatorship"
When the lever over Samoa was at its
height Bayard said IF the people do want
war they must get another secretary Of
state"
A favorite theme with Bayard is the neu-
traliEation OF certain localities which are use
full to all the powers and incapable Of defense
without disproportionate cost by any one Of
them He instances the naturalization OF the
Sue7 canal by the common consent of the Eu-
ropean powers as an example of the import
ant benefits to be secured by the application
Of this principle, and says some similar ar
rangement would have to be entered into to
protect the interests Of tsis country If ship
canal across the isthmus Of Panama is built
He sought to apply this principle Of
naturalization by international agreement to
the Samoan islands as the safest means Of
protecting the islanders and insuring the
development Of American interests there
He thought the proposition that the United
States guarantee the neutrality of Samoa
unwise and impracticable, because to
no - ind jar
sovereignty would expose this country TO the
constant risk of embodiment in the relations
Of Samoa with other powers. We would be
responsible for whatever Samoa might do,
without the power to regulate her conduct
1t would be cheaper to annex the islands at
once; for, in assuming the responsibility
of defending them against all corners We
would acquire the right to provide them with
safe and stable government To do this it
would be necessary to build great fortifica-
tions there, furnish them with powerful
garrison, and maintain strong feet in the
south Pacific. The cost would be enormous,
and after all this expenditure American in
terests in Samoa would not be as safe as
under guarantee 10y the powers interested
in the neutrality of the islands.
A telegram from San Francisco states that
the steamer Mariposa arrived there yesterday
with advices from Samoa, and bringing the
newspaper correspondent, John C. Klein, who
has given the German consul out there, and
for that matter, Chancellor Bismarck himself
so much trouble. The Mariposa left Samoa
while the German consul still had his mar.
tial law in force, and SO her passengers did
not know that foreigners had been ex.
empted from its operation. Klein was
put on the Mariposa by the captain
of the United States steamer Nipsic, who had
given him asylum on board his vessel, and re-
fused TO deliver him to the Germans to be
tried by court-martial for aiding and abetting
the forces of Mataafa in the fight in which Sc
many German sailors were killed. Klein
insists, so the dispatches say, that he had
nothing to do with the fight, except to wit
ness it as a correspondent, and to warn the
Germans not to land at the request of Ma
taafa's force.
The Mariposa left the Samoan Islands or
Feb l. On that date none of the American
men-of-war ordered to 60 to the islands hac
arrived and the Germans, under the opera
ton of martial law, were in complete con
troll Of the islands and had begun a search Of
all vessels in Samoan waters, but after seiz
ing an English tourist named Gillian on The
steam packet Richmond, from Auckland
Capt Hand of the English war-ship Royalis
ordered the man released and prepared fol
action. The Germans released Gillian on thi
demand Goods which arrived ON the Rich
mond for American merchants at Apia thi
Germans would not permit to be landed I'm
less they were taken to q German store house
and passed upon by German official
Capt. Fritze the German naval com
mander, on Jan 2S issued an order instruct
ing all Of the residents Of Apia to turn owe
all guns or ammunition held by them, ant
proclaimed the right Of search. The captain
Of the American man-of-war Nipsic pro
tested against this action, saying that TIN
American government had never re
cognized Tamasese, and that n,
power would allow them to seiz
arms unless used against a friendly nation
German troops, acting as police in Apia, at
tempted to arrest Klein, but, on the advice o
the United States consul, he went on boar
the Nipsic On Jan. % Capt Fritse made
demand on Capt. Mullane to release Klein
that he might be tried before q German
military tribunal. Capt. Mulane replied tina
he proposed to protect all American citizen
in Samoa. and that Klein would not be sur
rendered for trial, and ON Feb. he place.
hlm on the Mariposa.
In fact, the Germans were carrying thing
with high hand When shown these ad
vices Secretary Bayard said that the captai
Of the Nipsic had acted sensibly in takin
care Of Klein. Of the other events chron
cled in the dispatch the secretary pointed GU
that since its date telegraphic advices Shove
that martial law had been abolished as far q
it applied to foreigners, and that the German
| official had been rebuked. He had notice
In the newspapers, although he ha
no official information on the subject
and Herr Brandeis, Tamasee's adviser who az
cording to some accounts had been respons
BILE for fomenting strife had been ordere
home by the German government. If TIL
was true the state Of affairs promised to b