Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-22
GERMANY MUST STOP IT.
Otherwise. She Will Have a
 Big Fight On Hand.
ENGLAND WILL JOIN AMERICA.

Once-The Terms of tho Treaty Of the
 Powers Must Be Faithfully Adhered To.
 Later News from Sanloa-
 LONDON, Jan. 22.-A dispatch from Auck- Eber arrived from the Samoan Islands The Eber reports that the fighting had ceased when she left Apia, and that the German consulate and two German stores adjoining had been destroyed. by fire.
 This news from Samoa causes commotion in the foreign office at Berlin and is begin ming to attract the attention of the British government. There is an apparent contra diction between the reports received via San Francisco and those via Auckland. the former having it that three American houses were burned by tho Germans, and the latter that the German consul's residence and two German houses adjoining were destroyed, presumably by Mataafa's people It is pro bable, however, that both accounts are cor rect, that brought by the German gunboat Ebcr to New Zealand being necessarily of a later date, as that vessel was reported to be still at Apia when the steamer Alameda, which brought the news to San Francisco, left the islands.
 Mataafa had threatened to destroy German property if the Germans continued to fire upon his people, and in all likelihood he had occasion to carry his threat into execution after the burning of the American houses in Matagafele by the Germans
 England is quite as much interested as the United States in the affair, now that British property and subjects are imperiled. In the absence of official or authentic advices from the scene of disturbance the British govern ment has not followed the course of the United States in taking decided action, but it is reported that Lord Salisbury has assured MT. Phelps, the American minister, that England will cordially cooperate with the United States i'll putting stop to German aggression in Samoa if international law and treaty stipulations have been violated.
 If the German government has received any official report of the latest proceedings in the Samoas from the Eber at Auckland it has not thought best to make it public. The meager press dispatch received over the New Zealand and Australian cables is all we have and it simply states that the German con. sulate and storehouses had been destroyed and that fighting had ceased.
 It is quite evident that the prompt action of the American government in ordering men of war to Samoa has perplexed the Ger man as much as it has pleased the British authorities.
 It is stated on trustworthy authority that the British government has decided to up hold the treaty by the terms of which Flu 1 ropean powers are precluded from obtaining | CT attempting to obtain dominance in Samoa | The government has been fully informed o1 and shares in the United States government. views on the subject. It is agreed that the action of the German agents in Samoa i opposed to the letter and spirit of the treaty and that it violates diplomatic etiquette ane endangers the good relations so necessary for Europe to preserve when dealing witt semi -barbarous nations. Dispatches to thi l effect have been sent to Berlin.
 | Lord Salisbury's latest news from Apia i 1 of threatening nature. In consequence o these advices the British feet in the Pacif
 will be increased immediately by at leas two powerful vessels.
 After MT. Phelps had left Lord Salisbur. Count won Hatzfeldt, the German ambassa dor had an interview with the prime minis | ter