Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-02-14
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Coz ofilclai minutesl of the confere~s OF the
coufsrenc~ on samoan affairs. held in this
city in Isl, together with additional cor
rsspcndsne- On the subject were laid BE-
fore Congress yesterday afternooa- In his
letter % transmittsi President Cleveland
-ay. the Governm-nt. os Germany and
Great Britain have CONSENTED TO their pub
icatiou
The protocols Of the arst conference. ss
which Sas rr~ssn; Secretary Bsysrd Mr..
Alvsnstehsn and SIR L5oues West. eoutains
the propositions Of the three diplomats as
20 the form Of Government that shoaid be
provided for samoa Ths Ger
maa representative set forth that
Nalietoa, having nosorioasly violated n.
treaty rights with Germany. and having
bat small minority Of followers ausoag
the natives, Tsmas.s> having the support
of a great majority. an election oe n new
Niag must take place. Then. IN order TO
secure Peae~ aaG order in the ISLANDS. .
foreign Representatives should b- appointed
As advisor to the King. and 10 act as the
manda'cry Of the three treaty power. He
also suggestet a renewal Of the principle
Of absoia ate equality Of the three powers
on the Islands
Secretary Bsyard suggested . scheme
u.
with a native Legislature. securing il. in
dependence and autonomy. including an
acknowledgement of Nalietoa. as Kinsi
and Tamassss a. Vice. King.
The English Government, through Sir
Lionel West, suggested an agreement
among the treaty powers that one % them
should. a. the mandatory Of the osherswo.
act as advisor OF the Samoan Government
and in view Of the pEepOnderanes Of Ger
man interest there. was willing to let Ger
many have the first term Of i've years
England agrees With Germany in ackno~l-
esiglng the necessity fer the election os q
new King All the representatives pro-
posed the organization Of land court or
commission TO sestle the question os titles
No discussion occurred at this conference.
A, the seeond meeting Secretary Bayard
stated the points upoa which he under
stood all were agreed.
Then followed long discussion OF the
details Of the Government to Be created
Secretary Bayard consented to a new
election hut insisted 10 should b q u.tioa-
a. election. free and unawed: that the
customs OF the Sampans should prevail in
i'. and that the result Of the election
should be announced TO and declared By
the three Cousuls who shoald not other
wise participate in the procsesiinsx
SIR Lionel West said he could ss.~r, 90
that proposition The natives must elect
King and the election b~ fre. Mr. Won
Aivensteben inquired ~ h~ther they shoaii
nOs take into consideration the probability
of ths natives not arriving at an election
should nOs a certain time be tixsd With In
which an election shOald take place. Ifn
should not take place within that time
then the three powers should gree upon .
King.
Mr.. Bay.rd thereupon proposed to eoa-
tinue Nalietoa in Office. bat Mr.. West and
Nr. Won Aivensteben united in opposition
to this The latter also inquired whether
the newly elected King shoald not be ap-
proved by the powers to which Mr. Bay
ard replied in the negative, insisting tha;
there must be a free election.
Mr. Won Alvensteben then read formal
statement Of the position OF his Govern
msnt- in which b. say. there - only on.
c0uTse-to place one foreign officer At the
head OF the Administration aud TO invest
him with sufficient powers TO take meas
ures required for the maintenance OF peace
and order. as well as foe the prosperous
development OF commerce and intercourse.
Germany having the largest interest
should nominate the official Mr. Bsysrd
said the native Government WAS to pre-.
serve its own existence. The idea OF the
United States was that there should be an
equality OF rights between the power.
Mr.. Won Alvensteben said that was In
tended
At the third meeting Mr.. West read a
paper IN support OF the mandatory scheme,
and said that the British Government va,
vii rkas -
should act as the mandatory Of the
other two powers for the first term
Of i've years At the next session Mr..
Bayard said he had not the slightest de-
sire TO exercise any prsponderancs over
Germany and Great Britain, hut b. did de-
sire TO see the native influence upheld by
the three powers equally and for COM
mon purpose. He desired also 20 advert
10 the Importance Of the practical neutral
ixatioa Of the islands
At the Eth meeting Mr.. Bsyard declared
that the German plan would result in ar
inequality which woald grow larger, bat
Mr. West would not eoaesde this point
At the last session. on July NJ Mr. Bav.
ard, in reviewing the German proportion
said: The plan as proposed and ex-
planned by Mr.. Won Alvensteben is sub
stantially q foreign autocratic govern
ment based on mercantile interests: anc
all experience has shown what must nee
essariiy result from such an attempt
and that uudsr il the defeat Of the OBJ
jects we have all distinctly proposed Il
certain l do not see why we shoulc
not recognize ~ the outset. and encourage
IN Samoa, q spirit Of self-soveFning free
dom and seif-respecE Germany and the
United States have heretofore given strons
indication OF their desire for this by their
prompt dI-AvOa al Of the arbitrary and un-
author K=d acts Of their respective Consuls
tSssubel and Greenbaumb- And it is no
tieeable that the conduct Of foreigners hs.
been the cause Of more disorder and dis
eoatent IN Samoa than any spontaneous
act on q the natives who, " henever they
have acted improperly and immoraIIy. |
would appear to have done 50 upon the in |
stigation Of some foreign agent We can |
not therefore, condemn native =lf-goyern-
rnent In advance. for il has not been tried |
and a plan containing such an element Is |
entitled 10 favorable confederation. and ts |
be fairly tested Would il not, therefore, b /
well for us to adjourn this conference un-
til the autumn and thus give time TO ths 4
Ministers OF Germany aud Great Britain
to submit their protseois TO their re-
sPectiye Governments in order that in
struetions may be received by them Of
which We may be enabled TO come TO az
sgreement." Mr.. ayard's proposition te
adjourn until autumn was then agreed to
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