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Repression OF Independent Native Govern.
neat In Samoa Always n German Ais.

| Repression OF independent Native Govovn.
msnt In Samoa Always n German Ais.
WARRINGTON, Jan. &.--Four years ago the
German Consul at Apia, DR.. Stuebel. caused an
armed force TO land from the German war YES.
eel Abatross and haul down tho Samoan nag
at the Government House. This was done, az
ne said with aVlew to reprisals; at the same
time the Germans encouraged the rebel chief
Tamasese to prepare to seizS the throne
Alarmed at these proceedings the King few
months later put himself under the nag OF the
United States Consul. whose action IN accord
ing this protection was promptly dissVowed at
Warrington. Asa result Of these complica-
tions special Commissioners were sent to ApiA
py Germany, Great Britain, and the United
states to report to their respective Govern
ments UPON the condition OF things there, and
,S IS suggest remodles. The views taken By
terest now In their bearing upon The treaty ne-
Eotiated at Berlin. "''O1 '''' '.'"'' n'-
:, All three Commissioners agreed that their
adminietration OF the islands, But there was
q marked difference between the views both of
Bates, and the Britlsh Commissioned, n, the Hon,
Snnnn ySnn =; ilhprst9n' Acting governor OF FILL and
Tas at that time Consul. General St SIDNEY
Lhis difference is thus expressed at the outset
OF the report OF Mr. Bates:
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that The SG.S. ~ view was 20 eonpass the establish
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atorS d not eommonoss 81 to Que S se M Mr.
Of me- insIusttons on this point He wah hoWsvsr
msnt was at all praotOSble"
,nSi:h Mt Th1Fston,s report, referring to the same
fundamental difference In view:
Like myeet the American Commissioner conceived
GoySR n; upon an improved footing At sai
/. The German Commissioner had no hope for any such
SS%ps SnS and yh not refusing to informally discuss
nclipss % Tie conviction that poution OF daicuy
@en Of I u ans e N the M nsSnmp9n m Of The So,er
Spa%ns as n SsS ou sd L. Ras the power
Turning to the report Of Mr. Travers, this is
found 10 be largely occupied with arguments
to show that the Government of the country
treaty, powers. by the consent Of the others"
and that sqeh control properly belongs to
basis OF administration Mr.. Travers puts down
as the first condit ion that the Sam0ans are to
be restricted to the control Of their own inter-
nal afairs;" secondly. that the new Govern
ment must be homogeneous, possessing ex-
ternal strength. and control by one power;
tions to this end must be deflnitiye and final.
Going on with his programme, the German
Commissioner lays down these propositions:
Of not either The or tse american m
% o on In nH S%Sas soSe
Influence in the subsequent control OF the Government
and iHss say %SsS Po s
concluded on this subject Care must be taken that
less Independent Rovernm or be that
SSses or BE- It Sody S n decid5s p
vote shall have no part 10 the orRaniES-
as history teaches be the foreign hand In the central
Government OF the country The office of king. more.
SSn purely nominal dignity upon It's posse5so4 more
In the details of his scheme. Mr.. Travers un-
doubtedly differs from many OF the conclusions
reached in the Berlin treaty. For example no
proposed to abolish the municipal district Of
Government, whereas 1t is now continued under
q local administration. Again. he proposed
that the chief officer the Government should
and that the Chief Justice should be distinct
functionary. whereas, in the treaty. the latter
is practically the ruling. power. Under Mr..
plans 1t was the Foreign Resident,
appointed by GermSny. who was to have the
is not in the hands Of other authorities" and
to appoint the officers Of Government. with
the exception OF those to be appointed by the
and Gases F the
accordance with the basis actually adopted
In the treaty. 1t being accomplished
by "a commission of one. officer ap-
DoRss DoRts sY the ss esos Se Of S 5 Be- % hfS
by a special court, to be created under the
Chief Justice OF the new GOVERNMENT"
1t is less. however In particulars than in the
general theory that the plan Sf the German
Berlin treaty Of 1889. In his proposition that
' the duties OF the King must be OF purely
character" the analogy be-
as well as In the fundamental idea OF putting
the administrative control OF the islands into
foreign hands.