Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-27
Cleyeland's Cabinet Divided on
the Samoa Difficulty.
Some in Favor of Calling a Halt on
Germany, while Others Want
Peace at Any Price.
Germany Said to have Sent Out Spy to Size
Up Our Military and Naval Resources.
BlSmarek's Scheme.
WHAT Is OUR POLICY?

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rotary Bayard in the negotiation with
England and Germany on the subject OF
Samoa during the preliminary period of
diplomacy and before German gunboatS
were brought into play for the destrue-
ton Of property belonging to Samoans
and to Americans in Samoa, had the en-
tire approval of those vino are now Sc
| verely criticizing the secretary for his
inaction since the Germans have shown
a disposition TO throw all treaties and
agreements to the wind. The position
he took in the conference with the repre-
sentatives of England and Germany is
admitted TO be unassailGble and
his arguments are unanswerable,
but the fact that the state department
acted so acceptably then only increases
the disappointment felt at the slowness of
the department now. III is stated by one
! who is in position to know that the
cabinet is far from harmonious III this
matter Some insist upOn prompt action
lNyhile others want a policy of caution.
| Secretaries Whitney aud Dickinson. it is
| said~would serve an immediate warning
rnon Sermany; that further interference
/ i'm tho nkernaI affairs of Samoa would be
rag.r5ad IS a violation of our rights
nnde7 onr treaty with Samoa and our
a@roenents ~ ith Germany herself, and
| tj7at If 1,,oIiId ID resented by the United
Sfofcs Their nn1,licy would be TO say to
| GERMANY in most n, lmistakable terms
"'HANps( or, nj.
and TO send TO Samoa : t ~ W -
enforce the decree, but from other mem
bers of the cabinet whitley ana Dlekln-
son are said to receive lithe euooul .i53',-
! ment. Furchild inclines I Day alS.
policy and caution, and so doe -.
Attorney General Garland s ,St' -
with the secretary of state. VINE too
to the surprise and disappointment
some of his friends and admirers, Is
man of patience, of long suffering and {
peace at almost any price. The presi- |
dent is said TO be more in accord with |
Whitney and Dickinson than with the |
others, and when he throws his weight /
entirely on that side, ii is believed he !
will before long, numbers Will not pre- /
vail.
The last two cabinet meeting days are !
said TO have been regular field days in |
the cabinet room. Yesterday the coun- |
ell lasted much shorter time than usual, /
and the reason assigned is that some /
their tempers and their patience.
Without, it was suggested by leading
member of the diplomatic corps that |
Prince Bismarck would probably be in no
hurry to bring about termination of the |
present difficulties. Bismarck he said,
realizes that the German government has
navy by no means commensurate with |
its position among the great powers of
Europe. A war cloud like this will not
only furnish ample justification for keep
ing up the great army Germany now has,
but it will be used as an argument for
building enough great vessels of war to
put the German empire into the front
rank as maratime power. Bismarck is
a great schemer
GERMAN SPY.
NEW YORK, Jan. pa Washington
special says Mr.. Coetrie Petrie, attache
of the German legation, has just arrived |
in Washington direct from Berlin His
mission is supposed TO broadly cover
comprehensive and rapid survey of the
military and naval resources of the
United States in defense and offense He
is presumed to inspect the harbor de-
lenses of the principal sea coasts and in
cidentally to make report ON our ability
to command seagoing steamers which
could be speedily converted into COM
Notwithstanding privateers.
THE DEPOsED KING
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan 6.-The
American schooner II. L. Tieman, has
arrived here from the Marshall Islands.
the place of Punishment of Malietoa, the !
depOsed king of samoa Malietoa ar
rived az Jaliul, on Bonhqm island about !
November %, on the German war ship |
Olga He was accorded the liberty of |
the island, but was guarded by the Ger
mans and prevented from holding any
intercourse with the white people of !
Jaliul. Z. NJ. Morgan, United States
consul at Jaliul, endeayOred to get into !
with the deposed king, but
was prevented from doing Sc Malietoa /
has aged considerably since being placed |
in captiyity and he wanders aimlessIv
about Jaliul as if he had given up all hope
Of escape.
FURTHER PARTICULARS RECEIVED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. % The secretary |
of state this morning received a long dis
patch from Fice-Consul Blackjack at Sa-
moa giving additional details in regard to
the disturbance on the islands ON the 18th
'iitimo, IN which so MANY Germans were
killed and wounded. The natives were
under the leadership of an alleged Amer
lean citizen named Klein 1t is merely an
elaboration of the cOnsul's message re-
ceived from Consul Blackjack January )
last by way of Auckland, but presents the
in much clearer and more
comprehensive MANNER than was possible
at thar time. The mail was brought by
the Pacific mail steamer which arrived at
San Francisco last Saturday. 1t will |
probably be given TO the press Monday,
FAVOR AMERICAN OPPOSITION.
BERLIN, Jan. 26.-The Pesther LLOYD :
and other Hungarian papers, in discuss +
ing the Samoan question, favor American /
OPPOSITION to German encroachment r
I'll Pesther Lloyd says America :
"a oTth. allow German supremacy !
I-4 place which is acauirfngel 4
sHkB strategetie Importance. After :
- s rs OF Panama shall have been 2
- military prestige of Germany +
AL raj 10, or E5,4zILApose upon Americans, who
zness Of Body ara
Us OF Excesses IN a
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