The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-07

9TH, and should arrive at Apia about |
March or sooner. The Trenton is |
due about the same time, then it is !
thought there may be some fighting. !
Secretary Whitney reposes great
in Kimberly, and has
given him full authority.
Secretary Bayard thinks the Amer
lean people should lead the nations
in substituting pacific methods for
force in the settlement of interna-
tional disputes. The military spirit
should be discouraged, except for
d sfense. If not, the army will be-
come a permanent establishment,
and with an ambitious leader dom
inant force likely to lead to dicta-
torship and despotism. He did not
believe the people wanted war over
Samoa; if they want war they must
get another Secretary Of State. The
United States guarantees the neu-
trality of Samoa, because it would
expose the country to the danger Of
embodiment in our relations with
other powers. Bayard looks upon
the rejection of the Chinese, fisheries
and extraditiOn treaties as unfOrtun
ate for the country. He, however,
does not regard the action of the
Senate as involving reflection upon
the actual merits of the treaties
themselves. Bayard still insists
upon the restoration Of Samoan in
dependence, and this condition has,
so far, been ignored by the Germans.
The Germans In Samoa are furious
over the escape of the American,
Klein, to San Francisco.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has decided that 1T IS not
polite to take further steps In the
Samoan matter pending the proposed
Berlin conference, This determine
ton was reached as the result of a
telegram from the editor of the New
York World, asking if the committee
desired the testimony of its CORE
pondent, j. G.. Klein, now in San
Francisco.
The Cologne Gazette says Ger
many will demand that the United
States arrest and punish Klein, the
American correspondent, on a charge
of leading the Samoans against the
Germans.
The Standards Berlin cores
pendent believes a change will be
made in the representation of Ger
many in Samoa, and that new and
very detailed instructions will be
sent to the German officials there.
The German papers assert that
Klein, the American, was born at
Lair and served as sergeant in the
German army during the Franco
Prussian war. He was, so it is
stated, subsequently compelled to
leave Germany and went to America.
The Secretary of the Navy has
contracted with NJ. E. Pickering q
Co., Of New York, for the delivery of
1000 tons of coal at the cOaling sta
ton at Apia, Samoa, at $1325 per
ton. The coal Is purchased from G.
CT. Barber q Co, of New York, at
! S3.62J per ton. The ship Sachem of
Boston will be used in transporting
the coal, and it is expected to make
! the voyage in four months. The
vessel is being laden at New York
The shipment will cost the govern
ment $4,000.
The NLonongahela left San Fran
cisco on February 21st, under tow OF
the tug Relief. She is heavily laden
and will 60 directly to Samoa with
supplies for the fleet. She was
accorded the usual gOod-by saluta
tons from the ships in the harbor.
Bismarck is said to have beer
greatly annoyed at the Consul's pro
| posaIs to annex Samoa, and the
Vossische Zeitung's question as tC
what would be thought of a Consul
who telegraphed proposal to an
mex Zurich or Luxembourg is be
lieved to be identical with the opin
ion of the Chancellor.
In an article on Samoa the Berlin
Weser Zeitung says: whether Ma
taafa's people were led by an Ameri
can or not is of no consequence, a!
the American Government canno
we'll be made responsible for the &C
tions of individuals. The German
Consul, however, by his actions I'm
dOubtedly burdens his Government
with such responsibility"
The Cologne Gazette, violently at
tacking the Freisinnige Press, re
peats its demand for the punishment
or extradition of the American
Klein, as a common criminal. The
North German Gazette publishes {
map of Upolu, one of the Samoan
islands, the study of which, it de
clares, leaves no doubt of the pre-
ponderance of German interests il
Samoa.
The German squadron that ha
been ordered to Port Said consists
of the Stoach, Moltke, Charlotte anC
the Olga. Owing to their small
coaEng capacity, it would take thes,
vessels three months to reach Samoa
The German training squadron vii
proceed from Port Said to lambda
to replace the Pacific cruising squad
ron now engaged in the blockade OF
the East African coast. The latter
will then sail for Apia
The London Times Berlin CORE
spondent says: At dinner given b,
Prince Bismarck to the members o
the lower house of the Prussian Die
the Chancellor said he regarded it al
an impOssibility that the Samoan
question should have the effect of in
terruptiDg the friendly relations be
tween Germany and America which
had existed for a century. The geo
graphical situation of Samoa anC
the imperfection of telegraphic com