The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-06-07
KING MATAAFA TO KLEIN.

a Letter From the Samoan King-scenes
Behind the Curtain-The Native PO-
Icy, Etc.
The following items are condensed from
a letter written by King Mataafa of Sa-
moa to John G. Klein, the correspondent
OF the Examiner recently returned from
Apia:
MAGIAGI, February 6.-John c..
Klein, United States OF America:
"My Friend-Dear Sir: | write you
at this moment letter of affection, re-
mem boring the message OF encourage
ment and counsel, and also the love you
sent me in your farewell letter when
forced to leave Samoa on the American
man-of-war to escape from the German
marines and sailors. 1t is always the
wish Of my heart that we should live
together again as we did At Laulll when
ever it becomes possible to obtain peace
IN Sdn1oaj-dnd in waiting for that time
10 arrive it is always my desire to see
YOU again when the present difficulties
have passed and when we have obtained
the object OF our desire. As to the other
things which are passing in Samoa, l
shall now tell you.
The German Consul is continu-
ally using all his efforts to the end
OF making peace with me and Samoa,
and then inducing me to drive away all
Americans and English from all of Sa
moa SO that then there would be no
white persons allowed to live IN Samoa
excepting Germans. | easily under
stood his designs when he wrote to me
on February D, 1889:
"Samoans shall govern SamOans and
Germans shall govern Samoa and all the
Europeans in Samoa, and they (the
Germaus) shall have all power LOT Ihelh-
selves"
l did not reply to letter so full Of
Nv very dear friend, am very joyful,
and / thank God that the Grand Chief
Kimberley, Chief Supreme OF the Pacific
Ocean, has arrived. l consider now that
my Government will soon be established,
ana that nv people will again begin TO
live. And ii the President, the Senators
and Deputies OF the United States have
constantly the courage, and II tney VIII
strongly pursue their desires and wishes
in the conference OF the three great
Powers, if they will not abandon samoa
to the Germans dor Samoa will not be
Lo,,,,v with them, then it will be our
desire. and be Just, that Samoa should
Inc pIaced un.ler the protection oil the
Tinted States, and then our JOY Will be
THE reason why The Samoans replied
60 H. fire. Of the Germans WAS because
the Germans fired first and killed.
S,velii Chief. The soldiers OF my army
believed i'm the darkness that 1t was the
soldier of TamaSese whom tue Nerhlal
were Transporting for the purpoSe
huiIdiur "A tort, and so cutting on d
Communication with LauIl, where l wa
with my army, and prevent my re"C"lul
Ania. That is.thC reason why you @i''
NV soldiers left Apia IN the night "'I'
why they did not send me !eIIeI III
ro,pcinG that the German soldiers "er
-; - tho village, and the reasOl
Srbich caused the Germans to plac
TaTrsalyas in a position where the ~
,,N,ns fought with them. My soldier
a,'t mo NOT one word to make me aWar
OI their movements. ,,.I
Thare were repeated calls IN Engusi
nv Yourself and in Samoan by my so
airs when the boats came close 10 IN
- ,t the first river early IN the nl5til
asking what boats they were, ana Ieu
inc the people in them not 10 com
ashore. The people never ah9"cleu
More than that, when the GERMANS WEI
ON the point OF getting out OF 'leIr pG 5.u
at Fagali, and while IN the Sc" "'u III
fo shore, they began to fire at my so
diers and continued doing SO t %aen a+ img
reached dry ground, while me o' tha
were throwing up trench. ~ was ~ y,
tL,t,nv men approached niue ana u'
,,,dod who they were. The UeIiild
,,;Inrs answered with shots from the ,I
INNS and it was then that they III ~
g. S,vaIii chief. 1t was not unIil u,
S S;lT 1r', made use OF their guns that II
Germans unmasked and showed "h
they were. NI,r,AFA.
'o'N' - King of Same