Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-02
MORE NEWS ABOUT SAMOA.


 The President Sends Another Message to Congress ContafnIng Further In- formation About Samoa.
 | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The President to- day sent the following message to Congress: February 1.-As supplementary to my previous messages on the subject, have now the honor to transmit report from the Sec retary of State relating to affairs in Samoa. GROVER CLEVELAND" MT. Bayard to the President:
 "As the question of German action and American rights is under consideration by the Congress beg leave to transmit herewith, with view to their being laid before Con- gress, copies of the correspondence touching affairs in Samoa which have taken place since January 30, the date of your last mes sage to Congress on the subject. This con- sists of telegram to this department from MT. Blacklock, vice consul of the United States at Apia, dated January 31, and par aphrase of my telegraphic instruction of the same date to our minister at Berlin. of which @ copy was also sent to the charge d'affairs at London, and my note of the same date to Count Arco Valley. To-day was waited upon by the German minister at this capitol who read me 8 note from his government
 
 now enclose copy of it's text.
 The enclosed telegram from MT. Blacklock reads:
 AUCKLAND, Jan. 31. German conRul declares Germany at war with Samoa under martial law.
 The paraphrese of the note to Minister Pendleton is as follows: "Mr Bayard instructs the minister of the United States at Berlin to inform the German government that advices from Apia state that the German consul had declared Germany to be at war with Mataafa and Samoa to be under martial law. Mir. Bayard informs Minister Pendleton that the German minister at this capitol under in- structions from Prince Bismarck had already acquainted this government of the declara- tion of war by Germany against Mataafa and had accompanied the notification with the statement that Germany would of course abide by the agreements with America and England touching Samoa and pre- serve under all circumstances the rights of this government establish- ed by treaty. But in view of the advices from Apia, Mr. Bayard instructs Mir. Pendle- ton to say that this government assumed that the German officials in Samoa would be instructed carefully to refrain from interfer- with American citizsns and property there, since no declaration Of martial law could extend German jurisdiction so as to include control of Americans in Samoa. Such pretension conld not be recognized or cO0c6U6Q py GnlS government.
 The remainder of the correspondence as transmitted by the President reads as fol- lows:
 Department of State Jan. 21
 Mr. Bayard to Count Arco Valley-Informs him of the receipt of telegram from MT. Blacklock and says: " Not knowing what construction might be given to his authority by the German consul at Samoa in said pro- clamation of martial law deemed it expedi- ent at once to communicate to our minister at Berlin informing him of the precise Ian guage of the telegram from MT. Blacklock and stating that the declaration of 8 state of war by the German empire sgaint Matsafa and his party in Samoa had been previously communicated through you and that Prince Bismarck in his instructions to you also stated that the German government would of course abide by the agreement with America and England with respect to Samoa and pay due regard in all instructions to the rights of those powers established by treaty.
 Our minister at Berlin was therefore in- structed to make it known at the German foreign office that the United States assumes that German officials in Samoa would be in- structed scrupulously to avoid all interfer- ence with American citizens and their prop erty in Samoa, and that no increase or ex- pansion of German jurisdiction over Ameri- | can citizens their property would be caused by the German declaration of martial law, nor would such jurisdiction be recog- nized or conceded by the United States.
 Count Arco Valley to MT. Bayard, under instructions from the prince chancellor, Feb. 1.-As state of war was declared against Mataafa, the commander of the German squadron issued proclamation by which the foreigners established in Samoa were subjected to martial law. In ternstional law would to a certain extent not present such a measure, but as Prince Bis inarck is of the opinion that our military au thority has gone too far in this instance, the military commander has received telegraph orders to withdraw the part of the proclama- tion concerning foreigners. In negotiating with Mataafa our consul at Samoa has asked that the administration of the islands of Samoa might be temporarily handed over to him, which demand not being in conformity to our previous promise regarding the neu- trality and independence of Samoa, MT. Knappe has been ordered by telegraph to