The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-08

which seem o have heen always obscure and
81 Rns Ps e sft mu IF
OF the conduct Of affairs and continuing to re-
eeye much Of the attention and respect beflt.
/ many causes OF disunon, dyeit aud met to-
Gethsr IN the same town IS kinsmen.
which Secnsea mi let se
samoa for its adherence; Mataafa definitely
lie bore with him the respect and admiration
OF AL but the &c rmnns. and the secret SYM
Foreigners who. for the sake Of peace. sup
had been badly treated s and in fact he be
sf s 9o ~ Viii eh had been violently @ s
| breaking up the Washington conference, the
United States. true to itself and TO its declared
and consistent policy in Samoa, should have
choice Of King. In words the Berlin act did
The prelude to the not recognized the indie
penGcnce OF the Samonn Government. and the
free right OF the natives to elect their Chief or
| King. and to choose their form OF government.
But this was false and criminaily tpisead-
show that Mataaia was, expressly excluded
from any choice that might p bemnde by the sa;
STn Would
king and Sir T. Malet. British representative.
the Phs
british Malesty's Government would sustain
| tho German direction. This was as Steven
No one is more swift to smell trickery than
samoan: and the Thought that unde, the long.
| some trickery lay lurking filled him with the
breath OF oppositon.
e, ssep Nth by hts the s
a!is' had sasss as'f psG
| turbing political element always in these re-
mote localities had put him and his. followers
must be elassed the di stinsashed d' and CITED
%F tsP to Th s.nry have Is Tsefs
Iut. to the credit Of stevenson be it said;
that he has done for the encoSpagement
o: Matnata. he has been honest and animated
inspire AZ his acts, as those who know him
can testify. His study Of German intrisues
nnd pt a%dan I Ssdry for had dGis sd nm
thy for the interesting and warm hearted,
his Sonee For MaaS nersdnay he Saa
the highest admiration. as. indeed. has every
Hs xfs a' MS
person. 20 years Of age. white haired and with
s sn S and %hs
gives him something q the, expression
% Se nes as his
a vow q chastity to live as our Lord lived on
fhis EARN; ana polynesians report with bated
Bat even THIS dsserlption does not DO
self-possession inspires respect. the warmth
OF the expression OF his face inspires love.
From n bis eyes there beams light most spirit;
ual. Ike the radiance from the eyes OF holy and
consecrated women. His voice is soft and his
diction deliberate in the extreme as in the
IN ne function master s3srcs efr'15y
S as.a But really h ans
orator. eloquent. masterful. and when neces-
and set to the
-, 70 suSh ~. man; s especially in view q
70 sssss1sls synDetsy ana nstS
irresistibiy. Where Stevenson, is, 'cuipable
is that he oysres,ma'ed his tbsn 0Ta
e.; herman Emperor himself from his unrelent;;
tie possible candidacy for kinsship Be-
neope shou nave bsen
apnarent - A blo9dy struggle would some time
f IN ssss sss RS
the 81 that e5%
samoan blood would go Tor nsnght and tho
ata's head: This was inevitable equally
through his triumph or defeat
The result, has been most happy for Ger
many. She has allowed her enemy to work
S Sus hf IN bne
ground. A British ship took the Consuls
TO the scene Of surrender. and from the
ha hnN NJ f,aor in fha dam and
for Matna'a' : surrender The German Consul
alone was absent; BY erery means and with
to iavoid the revival of the ancient
p Pni,gG and giving offence to toro the
Office has ioressen exactly what has come Hi to
PASS. and tho quiet and acqnlescent attitude
Of their representative in Samoa since the
plained. But today and for some time ono
NAV bs sure 'hat the imperial Government
enGer claims upon its Continental ally TO be-
come til" custodian Of its coveted prey.
their de- Iarntions that Germany would Yet be
avenged. and that Nataafa's body would some
day in n, the near future swinG frGni the yard
or all the foreigners who have at any time or
in any way spoken word Of epcouraGement
tsh purpose. His heart is, clean. IL his
hand; mt s work has
rather than among his pe"ple at home. with
whom he has comparatively little inhuence.
moore. an American Iraher VINO mas tnrlyeu |
on every calamity that has come upon these
islands from war to hurricanes and ship
wrecks. who came here an iron moulder
from san Francisco. and is now a rich
man through tho misfortunes Of others /
and through his earnings in the slave
In Dor trade was for time influential with !
Mataafa. and in consequence Of the atter's re-
bellion has largely pronted BY the sale OF am
10th sides a. he did during the preceding war ~
He il at present in Chicago
Above all In influence with Mataaia have I
been the Catholic clergy. They are French
Their natural anti German sym ,
pnthies and their desire as good Catholics TO |
gain temporal power through the elevation IT
" accounts for their attitude. In them
Mataa'a has. perfect trust and confidence. 1t .
can be positively asserted that they were the !
first and have rem ain ell throughout the CHI OF
instigators Of his secession
The Berlin act was signed in May 1880. but .
the hief Justice Appointed under 1t did not
reach Samoa until II year from the following
December: The second official under it; the adj
visor Of the King AMI the President OF the .
municipality. did not reach there until six
months later. So that it was over two years
after tho signing OF the act before IL went into
operation IN the distracted country whose woes