The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-07

conditions which IL cannot antIcI-
pate. Until a decision Is reached
IS to the policy 81 this government I.
regarding the Independence Of the /
Samoan islands, no judgment can be /.
formed upon the subject Of possible /
expenditures. Up 10 the present /
time the department Is not aware /
that We have had any national p0- /
Icy upon the subject. Neither the /
Monroe doctrine nor any other ax- /
preston of national policy is under /
stood to apply to the islands OF the +
Pacific. One by one they have been
taken without cur interference. II |
there Is to be nC departure affecting
this group OF islands, [ conceive the
department Is quite able now TO per-
form every duty now arising out of
the existing conditions. Unless
there Is Il conflict between the policy
q this government and that Of some
other power, the difference could
doubtless be harmonized, aud no ex
traOrdinary expenditures would be
called for. Having brought TO the
attention Of the Appropriation De-
partment the circumstances within
the observation Of this department
seeming to call FOR definite instruc-
tions to Its officers, and the whole
matter having subsequently, been
Laid before Congress by the Presi-
dent, it would be preferable that this
department should not anticipate
conditions beyond It's authority or
control"
A copy Of Whitney's letter to the
Secretary of State, asking that de
finite policy be announced was in
closed. In il Whitney says develop
ments at Samoa make it evident that
Germany intends TO make a con
quest of the islands in behalf OF a
commercial company; that he has
ordered vessels to be III readiness to
sail for that point from San Fran
cisco, but that, under existing condi-
tons, without a definite announce
ment Of the governments policy,
commanders would be at a loss
what course to pursue and
that, if the conquest is to
be permitted, additional vessels
will be useless, as the Nipsic could
protect the consulate without aid.
He adds that the American harbor at
Samoa will be Of national conse-
oueuce in the future unless Ger
many takes possession, in which case
it would be useless.
On the 28th inst. Representative
Ford Of Michigan offered resolutions
calling on Secretary Bayard to pro-
duce all the correspondence or dOcu-
ment bearing on the Samoa question.
Consul SewaIl is still in Washing
ton, and he does not know when he
Will return TO Apia.
Two things more have served to
intensity the feeling against Ger
many. 1t has been discovered that
that government has a spy in the
East reporting on the condition of
the sea-coast defenses, the army and
the navy. This but adds fuel to the
fame
On the Doth inst. LIE Temps, of
Paris, published a dispatch from
Zanzibar stating that an American
sailing vessel from Zanzibar for
Madagascar has been fired upon and
disabled by d German man-ofwar.
The particulars have not been OBJ
tanned.
The cable from Zanzibar caused
the New York World to foam at the
mouth under the glaring headline,
+" With German Shot" while the
Herald asks IN half inch letters, $ Is
! Germany Mad2"
The sun has two editorials, one Of
them reproducing President Cleve-
land fer not having consumed the
surplus Ia certifying American sea
/ ports. while the other hurls defiance
at Prince Bismarck. This editorial
/ Is what might Oe called ''rouser."
| Il says that German intrigue as sim
/ ply getting ready 10 throw off its
mask. 1t is not a question Of Ger
| many's violating an agreement maze
with Us, but that Geruany's action
iufrinCes our rights under our treaty
with Samoa. 1t is our business, and
! II We don't look after It nobody Will
r. Fl. Orion, the Adjutant-General
/ OF California, is receiving appica-
lions from volunteers for service in
case OF war with Samoa. John T.
Ford. late Sergeant Of Company II,
/ Second Cavalry Volunteers, at Red
wood City, IS the first to apply
General Orton says at the present
rate 10000 men could be raised in
thirty days.
shipping.
Arrivals an. 10, S. S. Alameda,
6 days, u hours from HonoluIu;
Jan. ., $. 5. Australia. = days from
Honolulu: bkt. w. H. Dimon6, 23
days from Honolulu; Jan. %. bark
! Cevlon. > days from Honolulu: brig
j. ID. Spreokels. 10 days from Homo
lulu; brig George h. Douglass, -
days from EanuIu; schr. Anna. q
days from kabului; Jan. Is, brig
LurIue. Il days from Hilo: brig
Courtney Ford, Is days from ha-
/ hulm.
DzrARrURzs-Jan. 10, S. S. Zeal
andia. for Honolulu; Jan. Is, bark
". b. GodfraeSfo pr Honolulu: Jan.
10, sclr JenuSa yalker, for Homo
lulu and Gilbert Islands; schr. Glen
dale, Cor Eureka 10 load for Homo
lulu; Jan. u. bark Alden Besse. for
Honolulu: bk5ue W II Dimond. for
Honolulu; Jan. -, bktne. Discovery.
for H0nolulu; bktne. 5. y. Castle,
for Honolulu
Projected DEPARTUREs-t 8,
S. 5. Alameda. for Honolulu; bark