The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-03

We iffaFnt fuiIIIrHi IsUfti ~ ANHlfa
Ihsfr
. iaiu nitios r. rtal Hi Arin ~ Oh.
commander ut tile uumau wafalif
. lulko Seem o. Indicate thni ul will lp
poured uu tho waters which have lately
t huun troubling samoan waters.
~ speaking ul the ptcsont situation of
affairs There the last issue of the samoan
Ima snysi
T There can bo mo- longer anv doubt that
iho feeling IA steadily riuWlup boa The
United States against tho Inmriitp
control NJ the affairs at Samoa which.
30 Far as the chances Ut good useful
Government are concerned hos resulted
IN a little nure than hluudprs aud dis
asters. II h clearly evident that seu-
tion-hy no means smdll-of the lcgis.
laiurs ct that country would gladly spe
the States Withdraw from an alliance
which they accurately describe as en-
tiugling. The fact that Hawaii will
hHncpiurth be practically colony of
America may also cause AN increase
ui such feeling. owing tu the increased
responsibilities which that milton
must assume from its action there [:
II cannot be said that America. ia her
actions regarding Samoa since the treaty
came into operation. has borne out what
was generally expected from her con-
/ duet Ia respect 10 these islands Tor the
/ few years previous to that time. so that
on the whole it would be much
better for that country to be released
/ from obligations. the fnltilment Of which
/ she seems DESTROYS OF avoiding.
In connection with the probable
future settlement Of the Samoan uues-
ton, the views expressed 10y the IOs-
siche /eitung - paper OF consider
able importance in Germany are,
at the present juncture, extremely sig
nilicant, and would appear 10 show
that the trend of public @! mon is in
the direction of allowing Gceat Britain
TO be- the controlling power here That
| factory solution of the present diff
Guilty. there can he but little doubt. Il
would be entirely in accord with the
wishes of the natives, as 1t would with
the majority of foreign residents The
argument i'm regard to the predom-
nance of German interests. has, in this
connection but little weight
The posmsster at Apia, has received a
new issue of fivepenny stamp. Tho
design is very tasteful one.
The Eureka, Captain johnson. reports
the total wreck of the barque Strauss,
S35 tons, Captain Larsen, which vessel
| left here on February l2th, to load. Ii
appears she was entering the passage at
Wallis Island when between two small
islands the wind died away, ana a strong
current running at the time she was
carried on To the reef where in short
time she became a total wreck. The
crew, after "a stay OF about tea days on
Wallis Island were taken to FIJI by a
schooner bound for that place.
! Tahiti news TO hand is to the effect
that the Council at Papeete has de-
cided to support Mr.. Henri Mayors new
steam line in connection with the San
Francisco route through the Union S. S
Compano, with the proviso that shonl,i
succeed in organizing n line between
Sydney, NOumea, Papeete, and Sar
Francisco, via Samoa, then the subsidy
to Mayors line would be discontinue
at thirty days notice. NJ. Cochelet, in
spector of Messageries Maritimes, hac
made visit to Tahiti in con
nection with the projected service. Tn,
service with its branches embrac,
Raratonga, the Marquesas, Tahiti
Samoa, Wallis Island, FIJI, Noumea
Auckland and Sydney, connecting al
Samoa with the present San Francisc,
service, via Honolulu, and at Sydney
with the mainline Messageries Mari
times steam service to Marseilles. TIL,
French authorities at Wallis Island pro
pose to refund TO the foreign RESIDENT
the taxes that were levied and collecte,
from them in connection with tn
French protectorate. The French war
ship Durance, from Sydney, arrived "A
Tahiti on the Goth of February.