The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-31
An OLD HYPOCRlTE
Bismarck Still Protests Love
for America.
NATIONAL HoSoE AZ sTAkE.
The Germans b. Declaring War
ON M.saafa Have c~Taens~a
the Samoans

wAsHsssTas. J4a- @3-Tlle press3ssss q,
61v SENT 20 congress additional eorras,
pende1ee relzssve 30 samoan affairs. ae.
companied by TIE following message
To tbs Congress had the houor "a
she I5tA inst ~ coElrrHufiegse 60 yoar non.
eraSae body sertain correspondence and
documents relative 70 Affairs In the samoan
islansis, ard hxFing since received furthes
alsTathes from the yice-consaI At Arsa ana
the commander os the United states navy
vessel Nlss5e. in chase waters. / lose no
tins il layfr< algxsa aefera yesr- a,so
~ psst lsssssiS sa ss,lf = xs - g.Strsss.
tloss tEeHa Frsnce gol Bismarck 10 she
Herman E;;fnixzer as eats eaBiEaf. which
was rnEianleatea on gh& Afsernrosz az fira
1@stn Inst Tsis appears 20 lsc Ia xFapiltiea-
ton q prloE teasgfspbse instructions on
the same snhsees. e9mMunIcased through
the same Channel. ami which, being set
fsszfA ia the n0te Of ffle secretary OF state TO
Guurt Won Aree-E alley. German minister,
OF TIE i2th inst, were daiy laid Esefore CON
g-eSs wfEh ray lass message n relation 20
rstaoan assaiTz- r. i also proFses 70 ia.
form ytu that On the 18th ieSt. the
OCCASION OF the communication OF the
nuse of the prince chancellor. the zseresary
OF sEaSa was sSTo1 70 understand. h.7 the
German minister that propositions sf bis
government 10 that Of the United states
tor conference on Samoan sutisrts was
% its way by mail. having laft fserssn ca
the Eth inst. 80 that KS arrival hare IN due
course OF mail can De locked for la very
short time In reply 10 en- snanisy from
the secretary OF sszte whether tie ,srcposi-
ton sefeTfed 50 Was for Il renewal Of the
t0ist conference pefw cen Fhe United States
Germany and Great Britain. which wxs sas-
pended In July. lssg, or ior the eonsideza-
ton Of samoan affairs as Kseg tsse German
al the proposition wnieh left Berlin on the
10Th inst sSs0EzlG shave been received
shall hereafter communicate 10 congress
all information before rae il relation TO
the samoan states.
The correspondence aeeoupanying th.s
message 81 the president gives an ofsseisl
account OF Greats IN samoa practically the
same aS they have been already outlined
IN the press dispatches. Regarding the
seizure OF sgnail boat aad destruction uf
American tag, Capt. 1ulian OF the Slpsic,
Gays on JANUARY I that he wrote 70 the cap
tain CT German vessel sud received re-
PIP 10 the effect that there was
no flag flying on the boat. This
Is not true, s. the boat was seen from the
soasHls Office. also by Others in other parsx
Of the Town, plainly flying the American
hag. This is the usual way the ssergnaus
adOp. FOR strengthening cut the outrages
they commit. IN conclusion the captain
eminent should have 1T this pains mere
vessels, eSpec5sIls NJ this tnae. have
caused to be posted in the Town OF Apia
notice that the lives Of ali American eati-
xens win aDd protection on board this YES
sci under my command aud thai the Eirst
fntimation og an outbreak of hossiliftes Ia
Apia shall land rag f0ree Tor the protee-
tl0u of tneif property
The last letter is one iroaa Prince Bis
nSrek 10 Count Won Areo-v V alley. Of which
the following Is translation:
MINISTRY or F0sgtes Affairs,
BERLIN. Jan. 10. lssa.,
/ have aiTeasr notified your eaeeliencv
that, according 70 telegTaphic communs-
cation FROM Apia oa the 18th OF December,
detachment of German naval forces
which had landed Al the FeQuisition OF the
imperial consul for the protection OF Ger
man settlements whsch were endangered
BY eonilirss hcsseerf raasv@ parties tAese
belonging 20 the patty Of thief
Nstaafa. This unprsyakes attack IS
said to have taken place nnder
the leadership OF an American named
Klein. On this occasion more than 30 GER
man soldiers aud officers were killed and
been transplanted from the territory Of
lnedtatorial negotiations by which the ipa-
reEial consul IN Apia was trying 20 recon-
Gle the contending parties and for which
he hal songht the cooperation of his
English aud American colleagues, into a
state of war with assaiianfs, 10 our regret.
We shall carry on the contest which has
been forced uD0n us by Mataafa and his
followers. with the utmost consideration
fer English and American interests Our
military measures have In view only the
punishment of the mur5erers of German
soldiers and the protection OF car country
fEea and their property. As they on their
a. -
reference Will necessarily assume
the cA2fSeteT az assistance 20 Ia
nasese. In the entieayoE for the
Just punishment of mnrsirrogs
crime We hope for the cooperation
OF the treaty powers IN Samoa and friend
ship with the United States. and we ask
Ihe g0yernment of the United states 20 be
good enough 10 furnish the c0nSnf ard the
commanders of the ships of war IN samoa
with suitable Instructions. Our armed
forces there are instructed 10 avoid and 70
pytyent &ll injury 10 commerce and prop
erfy and 20 adopt measures of reprisal and
destruction only against the followers of
the party which initiated the contest on
our troops hy a muzEierous attack We
shall Of course abide by thc agreement
with America asal England with respect 10
samoa, and pay dae regard under all cir
eumstances 20 the rights OF those powers
ss established by treaty. I beg your ex-
cellsney TO bring this communication to
Mr. Bay ards knowlestge by reading II 10
him, snG TO leave a copy OF IL with hiss II
he reqnesf Il. RIsxAReE-W