Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-23
THE SAMOAN rKHArr.,
Fhe ''aines'' searas nc as a nIasp of
fsrtrnctiOns.


'Ehe 'ssi"hes'' scores Ht as a Mass of
RrtrnctiOns.
New YORK Times, special.
WASHINGTON, Jao. 10. IF tiIa published
reports VI the pending convention with
Germany and Great Britain for the rogu-
laticn Of Samoan affairs be correct-apd
there are good reasons for regarding them
80 true-thers nowhere appears to have
been any ground for cry of victory on
the part of Mr.. Blsine's friends.
What was trumpeted last summer as
piodigious aecomplishment-so great q
triumph, in fact, AZ TO provide for enc OF
orr negotiators tho immediate appoint
mant Of minister 10 one OF tho courts in
terested proves, upon examination, TO be
very considerable breakdown from the
fitia and just demands made By Mr..
Bayard. Mr.. Qlevaland's secretary of
state was persis.sntly but mechanically
considered as feeble, yet his demands, as
representative Of tho Unitsd States Cor
the Samonns, and for this government az
ore friendly to the Samoans, wo1ld, il
| adhered to, have SERIOUS results, Ut once
| moro honorable 10 the reputation of the
| Uaited States and less susceptible of the
rhsrge OF surrender Of che most vital
| principles commended for than the pend
lug convention.
The convention, as printed and not yet
| ratified, appears to be msre memo
rnndum of concessions that we were
anxions to make. through our commits
sioners, Messrs. Klsson, Phelps and
Bates, in order that Bismarck, perhaps,
| would think better of ris az people.
| The Germans have secured more by the
hGnds Of Or, BiaIna'a loudly advertised
commissioners than they apparently
hoped 10 be able TO get rom Or. Bsysrd.
lhe reputation Of ny. Blaine es q
terroriz.r could scarcely have been feared
when she conference Of 1887 adjourned.
Ibsre il no record in the dooumsnts to
show that they eyur intended TO renew
the autocratic dsaands rejected AZ once
by Mr.. Bayerd " the time % their pro-
poFal.
TIE convention Yields every vital point
made two and hGlf years ago by Won
Alvenslcbsn for sha German empire, and
1t rev ais unexpected additional "erow"
that Kasson, Phelps and Bates ssem TO
haYe swallowed with the avidity OF . io0-
tered appetite. Bismarck was certsinly
q gaiaer by securing the transfer of the
sanuer case from Washington to Bar ia,
and he is to be congratulated, II it is per-
/
upon having msda pElatable to AwsFl-
cans Hent to Berlin What IN American in
| Washington I5uid not DO much rs taste.
10 compare all thu poiats in order to
show what RGa Loaf by w. BI ine's com.
iaissionbrs. ,sou!d be n long at ~, The
(irst thing that the United States does
through Mr. Blsine ia to secure o general
agrsciaen! Of the powers that the SHmpRns
shall be independent and choose their
Owl king End chief. That is ahout oil
tho United States gets tina. MIR. Beyaxd
COMMANDED for.
But tho king Is to be only ga vice of
kings" The zeal ruler is to be chief
Justice. The conditions for his selection
would sCrely make him the choice OF
Germany or Great Britain or sweden,
acting for tine three powers in case Of o
disagreement. This is the Office do
Inandsd by Germany through Mr Won
A.rsnslehen when, on Jaiy %, 1887, he
BuReested, as the only course acceptable
to Germany. the permission to Samoa OF
the empty favor OF naming king, while
to Germany was to 30 left the matter OF
selecting his 'adyiser," who was to be-
his regulator" and superior, Us the chief
Justice of the much bs.pfRlsed Blaine
treaty would be.
After the first act IN the play, accord
i0g &c the Berlin yeraiou, tue kings dis
appearance il about Rs complete and
tiaal as that of the fabulous MoGinty.
The chief Justice 10 the king. The king
nurse" appointed him: the chief justice
in turn decides Who shall ba king il Gas
OF dispute. The chief justioo is not alb.
goiuteiy described when referred to as "a
tin god on Wheels" but he is one es COM
pared with the RACED king permitted to
the Samoaps.
In land matters the convention ap-
proved by MIR. Blaine's commissioners
looks very like an Hmplifioation of the
German snglieh protocol laid before
the Washington conference in July, 1887.
The Germans we're then determined to
have tho land thsy held, by whatever
right, and Mr.. Baynrd was unwilling that
the helpless ignorance of the Samoans
should bs imposed upon by Hubjecting
them to the rules OF English litigsnts.
Mr.. Bsyard did not win; psrchsnos he
Wonii ntt yield. MIR. Elaine has yielded
to German possession. The land court
acheme of the German minister, emp.
ported by Lord backvlle for Great Bril-
saln, is elaborated in the vsuntsd 'tri-
umph" OF Kssson, Phelps, and Bates, Spd
it will held to German claimants every
foot of the samoan isles worth Ger.
mans owning,
Ia the municipality scheme the Ger
mans have had it ell their own way, too,
and in the tOurth article Of this treaty,
providing for internal aud import taxes,
there is an slmoat literal reproduction Of
Won hlvenslebsn's tax soheduie, found in
,, the protocol of tho conference of July
I'd, 1857. Beer, boats and gunpowde,
are all taxed ss dermar5's iigu OF made
them.
There is ncthIns new or American
! abouI tbs convention, apparently, but
the evsnesoept halo Of Blaina's brilliaucy
and the names OF the negotistora, Kasson,
Phelps and Bates. It will be necessary
for some enc to point out, if possible tc
d. 20, Just tie bright dots over the = i's'
;; or til. hold crossings Of the "t's," &c
which the United States ara indebted st
tho Joint efforts Of Harrison's brilliant
diplomatic nlen. Bismarck has giv6r
nottins. All that Mr.. Bayar6 insisted
should not be yielded hes boon snrren
desed by tho "brlllisat" Blaine with {
great flourish and regardless Of expense
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