Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-05

and family farewell. So, also, Salafai,
Tutuila, Aana, and Atua, farewell If we
10 not again see one another in this world,
pray that we NAY be again together above.
May you be blessed. l am,
MALIEroA, The King.
In the Bush, near Apia.
In TIE BUSH SAANApA, Sept. 16, 1884.
His Highness II. N. Se,caI, United States
Consul General.
I, Malietoa, the King of Samoa, | write
this letter to you because am now in great
distress on account of Tamasese and other
chiefs; also when they commenced these
troubles my desire indeed was to punish
them and put an end to the rebellion which
they had raised, but yielded to the advices
of the British and American consuls. For
assistance and protection was offered to me
and my government if l would not do any
thing that would cause war in my country.
Relying upon these directions did not put
down the rebellion. Now war has been
raised against me by the Emperor of Ger
many, and they have made Tamasese King
of Samoa. The German forces and the
adherents of Tamasese threatened to make
war on all my people who do not acknow-
ledge Tamasese rs King. I do not know
what wrongful act have done and do
hereby protest against the action done by
Germany. But the German government is
strong and indeed am weak, therefore
yield to their strength that my people may
live and not be slaughtered
shall now obey, and put myself tomor-
row in the hands of the German forces to
prevent the blood of my people being split,
and because of my love to my country.
desire to remind you of the promises so
frequently made by your government, and
trust that you will cause these assurances
to come to pass in order to cause the lives
and liberties of my chiefs and people to be
respected.
l desire to make known to you this:
[ fear, indeed, that Germany will desire to
compel me, as they are now making my
people, to sign papers acknowledging Tam
asese as King. If l write my name on
paper it will be under compulsion and to
avoid war being made on my people by the
German forces.
May you live, am,
MAL1EToA, King of Samoa.
You have heard much of late about
certain protest written by discrowned aud
discredited woman in Hawaii, and you have
seen eHIisleu III ueE Dcldll tue ITesiueHt
and the whole administration. You have
seen every effort exhausted to re-instate
that woman up to the point of using the
armed forces of the United States to do it.
and you have seen the American city of
Honolulu terrorized for months for fear
that even this would be done.
But of the protests have read you, you
have not heard. Here was a man whom Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Bayard had betrayed,
through myself, as an innocent instrument.
"If he could have dealt with the insurgents"
"alone the results would have been unmis-"
"takable. But we had allied ourselves"
with his enemies"
BY Mr.. Cleveland's direct and unsolicited
interference through the instructions | had
obeyed, instructions which the record shows
were sent at the request of the German
foreign otiice, through the completely of
Great Britain, the governmen mt of Malietoa
had been overthrow. and Malietoa himself
had become an exile. What did the hui
name Mr.. Cleveland while the German war
ship that carried Malietoa steamed away
from his beautiful islands to dep ,sit its I'M
fortunate prisoner at the de ably Cameroors?
Impotent and insensible, not finger did he
raise on behalf of this man whose faith 10
Lis word had brought to punishment worse
than death in the eyes of Samoan. What
mockery sounds now the lofty reproachl
of this same President, who ia bis eager
ness to win sympathy for a discredited
Queen, whose downfall was brought about
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