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

( In opening the Supreme. Court The
S9rtSa hHs GsSa ' Saarme there to
taaia- HIS relations; more eager than
family pride t and the nrests steashIT revived
| an am bition which apparently had for a time
been honestly laid aside.
yaiala. almost under the, caves Of the United
come visitor. On the morning Of the 30th, Of
May two years ago he called and informed tn Q
Se thH' oSs sS g Ma 1s
! jections to this. for the. full sieninoanco was
mot understood; but Male has, according
tho name aaiietoa: aud when the next M mo- rH n.
ing Mataafas house was found deserted and It
iiticai prisoners from the Government jail had
gone to this small. but In samoan eyes most
Important village. sensation was caused
To the natives. however. this movement was
only what had happened often in the chron-
Ber in act as the only present means
peace OF the. islands Il was fearful:
y omnous The Immense popularity Of
the n TIE Gat
The newly arrived Shlei justice. Who in ali
once been com pared to Christ Himself coming
Many Of hose aho haS Sss
friends saw a danger to him and the cause he
sn% i'F DID TAiss Sfn
Her consent to the Sesamntion q Mr. BAY.
Which her Breach Of faith and Tho subsoSqent
and sI in
She had no faith in the, tripartite control. and
her representatives had SO announced at the
at Berlin Nothing would please her more
than to have the Berlin act proved failure,
very man to whom moro than to anybody else
1t owed its creation.
To the world a. large Germany bad Appeared
United States. The independence Of the ISL
% had been sSsny
washington .AdminIstration was NOR.
ally responsible. had been restored.
ranS rtpeatediy Upon Upon that eIi,terins deeep'
ton, the right of the SaI,oans to govern them
selves But Herbert s%e%n res
throne and tho puerile assent OF the American
position thus announced gave the lie TO the
whole document ard gave to Germany. as her
most powerful weapon she could dasirs to
encompass Mataafa's destruction. What was
tbs s ths st s hsNS Fry
landed In Samoan, And then it was but step
never again be hauled down. ~
ne1 wheh no FL .Ss Sesa
and 66:oo0ooo OF people can never have
a foreign policy worthy Of the name"
Gssman the dc SSast the pFAn Sdsn , as
tumbled to pieces there would never, be. puhlio
ipteres. enough in the STAYS to call foE an.
nance q order in the islands would be
gladly shifted upon German shoulders: and
events IN Tins far nrOyai the Iron ('hunrpl-
lor to have been nearer right than wrong.
, From every aspect. then. to the American
t%Sn intimsyy With the secedins. chiei and
tds for t"s the hSd saes
and its moral support and sympathy to the
in Their for d;
visit TO ,!ataafa to impress s, upon him the
upon. and at once they set out by sea for
maiieS each e1nsn ar In Drscsd s9"t fly
Samoan Government. It may have been
undignifed thus to treat with incirient rebel
lion. but there was no means OF coercion avail
able. and it seemed a case where the situation
demanded concessions to secure the desired
Mataafa received the visitors with royal
grace and aSnty But regard9f his main
Rowesrsr was H na var He was e sad
by the choice OF the samoan people. Malieton
was at Mulinun. placed there nv foreigners
there I'm m oil sted and those who placed him
there were welcome to do him homage.
Ma ietoa. But let it be understood that did he
wish to do soIrassng his right arm and bring
nF snss Sow a sSpd d fFSsh h him
ana his out over the, reef and into
beyond he s not alone
pie as expressed through the forms OF imme-
mortal usage. hut he was there. and King.
itself which gave to the Samoans the right to
choose their King according to their own
customs.
Az he spoke he half turned with il-conceal-
ed disgust from tho German Consul and sur,
veyed the others OF the group with the air Of
In vain did Sewnll remind, him OF, the dan
gers to his country for F, waiGh he had done
and @0 Of hna re n"Ss e fS paa
DID he point out the dIslIeasure
by the Admiral. for whom heihad expressed
The deepest aiTsetion and by the gallant little
hemmed in ut Lotoanuu his enemies
pressing him on flank and rear, and German
cleared his own ship Tor action. ran out out his his
guns. and notified the commander Of the Ger !
man Acct that The moment he opened IRE on
From the timeof this refusal to yield to the !
intercession Of his warmest friend speaking ,
lost. and deserveily lost. what SYM !
patty he had thus far retain ed: and the con-
sular body. with nearly all the foreign rc5l-
dents. Joined the Government unte,,ly against
him. Thencefotth it was only a matter Of time |
when the great chietain should bring upon
himself the fate which il now his.
Mataafa yielded In so far that he agreed to
return to Apia to con or with the Government.
and to send back the pursuers- But the Cow
ernmet WAS obdurate. He was not treated
withthe courtesy he felt he deserve ed. The
pris oe RS ware recommitted. and, with his
proud spirit grievcl. but hnughtior than ever
and rmer in his resolve. he returned to Male.
never to leaye 1t again until as u fugitive he
led from it's moking ruins.
BHt neither defeat nor humiliation nor
such as his. lis retreat to Manoto through
The district OF ,Aana. which was In arms
}! royal progress than tks flight
lours OF captivity Il, not Of death. The people
made way before him. even bowling to the
ground, receiving his lutations In return:
md In his letter OF surrender ltself
he great covers. there rings out from his
signature d bold note OF defiance, for he pre-
likes to his name the In itials Of two names.
me given him ny his clerical conspirators. the
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