Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-07
ALLEGED TROUBLE IL SAMOA.

OF COnplicatlOn. IN samoa
a recent cable from Sydney, y
). W, stated that Samoa was a-sir
the scene Of b civil strifa, which
was virtually reOpening Of the
Fight between the rival chiefs who
claim authority over the native
tribes. The condition OF affairs /.
the result OF the tedious delay Of ths
governments OF England, Germany
and the United States In carrying
out the provisions q the. Berlin
treaty. The new OF the outbreak Is
COrrobcrat,el by the following letter
ffom the chronicle cOrresp1n lent al
! Apia, dated July 18th, which pre-
diets n civil war and gives the
causes leading up 10 il:
When the Walnut arrived here
on July 18th from Auckland And
brought the news that the carryisg
/ out OF the treaty had been inuefin-
itely delayed on account Of local
/ difficulties, and that the Chief Jus
tice and president of the municipal
board hal not been nominated, there
WAS an intense feeling Of anxiety,
! irritation and disgust felt 10y the
whole community. There is little
! doubt hut what Samoa Is ON the
verge Of another civil war, which
may break out any day solely
I through the delay taat has taken
/ place in getting the provisions Of
Z the treaty put in force. The three
great governments that have taken
upon themselves the political cor
troll Of Samoa ought surely to have
known that il W-as almost impossible
for the two UOnteDding uarties to
settle down quietly unless some
outside pressure was brought
strongly 10 bear upon them, especi-
ally As neither party had completely
beaten the other. The knowledge
or the belief in the powers having
entered into treaty relations regard
ing the future government Of these
islands, aud the hearing OF the said
treaty read 10 them by the order Of
the three cOnsuls, has kept them
quiet FOR a time and caused them to
be satisfied with the provisional
government that was then estat-
lislei. But months have elaiSed
since the final ratification Of the
treaty, and no sign Of the men
arriving or even being appointed,
and the majority Of the natives
have evidently come 70 the conclu-
sion that the whole proceedings are
simply \ Tuse got up by the three
consuls 10 stop the war.
The only step taken 50 far has
been 20 appoint kind Of iTrespOns-
lille collector Of taxes and customs.
! say irresponsible because = was
stated by the cOnsu!s at the time Of
his appointment that 10 bonds or
bOndsmen would be required, as he
would be simply acting under the
Ccnsuls, and one Of those gentlemen
would sign all receipts. The COR
suls named constituted themselves a
revenue board for the purpose OF IL
structing the collector.
The whole thing became so mani
testify absurd at last that the three |
consuls, or rather the revenue board, |
landing officer 10 20 on |
board ships nj see that goods were |
not smugEled ashore without having
duty. This is all the action that |
has been taken by the /
Of the great |
powers toward starting the |
Of Samoa. They |
have done nothing whatevpr-at /
least nothing that Is visible to the
cOmmuniTy--in assisting the king 4
and provisional govern uent in nut
ting the new machinery in motion
throughout the islands. The result
Is political chaos and rarity in
tTigues that will soon result in civil
war. II the governments Of Ger
many, Great Britain and the United
States are under the impression that
The organization Of the government
u Samoa in accordance with the
provisions Of the Berlin treaty is
being proceeded with. then they
ire mistaken, for such is net the
use. so far there has been abso-
utely nothing done b convince the
samoans that the treaty is not a
myth but an actual fact.o
The same issue OF the same PAPER
las the following, which appears as
dispatch from Apia, Samoa, dated
July Is:
''SOme very ugly rum0rs are ailOat
bout the treatment Of the laborers
n some o. the German Plantations.
Managers sOd overseers are permit
Ell T. Hog the boys whenever they
hink II necessary. 4 number Of
be boys have run away from the
.isntaliOn and are now in the bush.
wing in a wild state. As these {
oysare from Islands where cannibal- {
IN Is practiced, there are all sorts
[ rumOrs about them killing and {
2tlng some Of the other bows be- '
)nS!nS 70 the station. As one IL
OF two boys have Teen found muir 2
cred lately, there are some grounds :
" the ugly reports that are floating
bout. The German consul {
eEeral, DIR. Steubel, held an Z
lguiTy the other day into the {
1udurt Of one OF the plantation I
managers who had been accused O. 1
ruelty to some OF the hands. The {
oys are afraid 10 give evidence in ]
lese cases, because il they do they r
" they are severely punished for d
ping 80 when they go back to the 3
alton. Up 10 the present time {
lese matters have been entirely n
nder the control Of the German n
liberties and nobody else had any Q
ght to interfere. /
The -nObtcaR is still here. She is q
lie only man-Of-war in the harbor. u
Re have been expecting the British
Rapid, with the COVER e
1r OF FIJI ON uOard, but later al ]
ces say il is doubtful whether he "
III come at the present time. The I
'yeTnor is now at Tonga, where he t
Is been enguiring into the actions t.
the premier, Rev. 5. Baker. IL d
pears that ne Mr.. Baker, has got a
5 choice either 10 20 back to II
uckland, beg and baggage, by the y
turn Alainui or be taSen to Fiji in il
e man-Of-war. That he must il
We IN his position in the govern II
ent and leave Tonga at once is a
e decision Of the high commits Il