The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-04

1889. having been concurrently incorpora-
ted In the statues of the United States anu
Great Britain, have been announced 10
take effect March l. 1895, and invitations
has been extended 10 all maritime DaUlons
to adhere to them. Favorable responses
have thus far been received from aus
tralia, France Portugal: Spain ana
Sweden.
GOVERNMENT FORCED UPON SAMOA.
In nv last annual message / referren
briefly to the unsatisfactory state OF al
fairs il Samoa under thu operation OF the
Berlin treaty, as signally illustrating the
policy OF entangiing alliances Hi'h ior-
eign powers and on May y, 1894, III re-
sponse 10 a resolution of the senate sent n
special message aud documents to that
BODY 0n the same subject, which empha-
sized my previously expressed opinions.
Later occurrences, the correspondence In
regard 10 which will be laid before con-
press further demonstrated that the gov
ernnent which was DEVISED by the three
powers and forced upon the Samo-
ans against their inveterate hostility,
can be maintained only by the
continued presence of foreign military
force and at no small sacrifice or lie anu
treasure. The suppression OF the MataaIt
insurrection by the powers and the suose-
unent banishment Of The leader and eleven
other chiefs, as recited in my last message
did not bring la.tiug peace TO the Islands
Formidab bic uprisings continued ana nnal-
Iva rebellion broke ont III The capital
island, Upolu, headed in Aana, the west
ern district. by the younger Iomasse ana
Va Atua, the eastern district, by other
leaders. The insurgents ravaged the coun-
try and fought the government troops up
To the very doors of ApIa.
APPEALING TO THE POWERS FOR AID.
The king agin appealed TO the powers
for help and the combined British and
German naval forces reduced the Atuans
TO apparent subjectlon, nos however, with
out considerable loss to the natives. n
few days later, Tamassee and his adherents;
fearing the ships and the marines, profess
ed submission. Reports received from our
agents at Apia do not justify the belief
thgt the peace thus brought about VIII be
of long duration. l. is their conviction
that the natives are at heart hostile TO the
present government; that such OF them as
prOfess loyalIv 10 IL do 80 from fear OF the
bowers. and that II would speedily go 10
pieces If the wsrsbiDs were Withdrawn. In
reporting TO this government on the unsat-
isfaclorv situation since the suppression
pf the late revolt by foreign armed forces,
the Germau consul At Apla states that
it i hardly to be presumed that peace VIII
be lasting The lesson given 10y The firing
on Atua was not sufficiently sharp and in-
ritive 90 have "A lasting impression on the
forgeiful Samoan temperament In the
face Of conditions existing which show
that peace will not last aud Is not seri-
ously Intended. MaIietoa, the king, and
his chiefs are convinced that the departure
of the war-hips will b. signal Tor IA re-
newal Of war.
REASONS To FEAR FURTHER TROUBLE.
The circumstances that the representa-
tiyes Of the villages of all the dis
avi nnn0ze1
government have already withdrawn
TO Atua to mold meeting, and
That both Atau and Aana have forbidden
inhabitants of those districts which fought
on the side of the government TO return to
their VILLAGES, aud have already partly
burned down the latter, indicates that a
real cOnciilatIOn Of the parties Is still far
of, aud In note OF the lOth ultImo, in
closing copy of that report for the infOr-
nation Of the government the German
am bassg Tor said: The contents OF the re-
ports awakened the imperial governments
tpprehension that under existing clrcum-
stances the peace concl uded with the reb-
els will afford no assurance of the lasting
lest GRAFTON of tranquility in the islands"
This present governme utterly failed to
correct # indeed it has not aggravated,
the very evils ii was intended TO prevent.
1t has not stimulated our commerce with
the Islands. Our participation in its
tablishment against the wishes of the
natives was in plain defiance of the con-
seryaJiye teaching and warnings OF the
wise AMI patriotic men who laid the foun-
dation of our free institutions. and L IN
viue AN expression of the Judgment of con-
gress on the propriety OF steps being taken
by this government looking TO the with
drawnl from its engagements with the
pther powers on some reasonable terms not
preludiciai 10 any of our existing rights.