The Portland daily press., 1894-09-05

decided to give himself up to save
bloodshed, and addressed the following
letters, one to all Samoa, ana one TO me:
To All Samoa:
On account of my great love to my
country ana my great aMecIlpn 20 an
Samoa this is the reason that deliver
up my body to the German government
mat government may do as they WISH TO
me. The reason CT this IS because do
shall be split for me. But co not know
what is my offence which has caused
their anger to me and my country.
Tuamasaga, farewell, Manono and
family, farewell. So, also, Salafai,
Tutuila, Aana and Atua, farewell. IT
we DO not again see one another IN this
world, pray that we may be again to-
gether above.
May you be blessed. / am,
MALIETOA, The King.
In the Bush, near Apia.
In the bush Saanapa, Sept, 49,, 1884.
His sHighness H. Nj. SeWall, United
States Consul General.
|, 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 COM
menced 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 Brit
1sh and American consuls. For assis-
tance and protection was offered to me
and my government it l would not do
anything 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 Germany, and they have
made Tamasese King of Samoa. The
Lar &c 0f
Tamasese threatened to make war on all
my people who would not acknowledge
Tamasese as King. | do not know
what wrongful act / have done and do
hereby protest against the action done
by Germany. But-the German governs
ment is strong, and indeed am weak
therefore | yield to their strength that
my people may live and not be slaugh-
tered
I shall now obey, and put myself to
morrow 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,
assurances to come to; pass in order to
cause the lives and liberties OF my chiefs
and people to be respected.
| 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
EsTamasese as King. If write mye name
on paper it will be under compulsion
and to avoid war being made on my
people by the German forces.
May you live, I am,
MALIETOA, King of Samoa.
You have heard much of late about a
certain protest written by discrowned
and
DIsCREDITED WOMAN IN HAWAII,
and you have Seen enlisted in her behalf
the President and thewhole administra-
ton. You have seen every effort ex-
hausted 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 ter
rorized for months for fear that even this
would be done. la
But of the protests I have read you,
you have not heard. Here was man
whom Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Bayard
had betrayed, through myself. as an in
nocent instrument. ."If he could have
dealt with the insurgents alone the re-
suits would have been unmistakable.
But We had allied ourselves with his en-
emies.''
By Mr.. C1eveland's direct and unsolic-
tied interference through the instruc-
tions had obeyed, Instructions which
the record shows were sent at the re-
quest of tile German foreign office,
through the tohtplicity of Great Britain,
the governments sJfI Malietoa had been
overthrow, and 7Malietoa himself had
become an exile. What did the
| HUMANE MR.. CLEVELAND
while the German war ship that carried
Malietoa steamed away from his beauti-
full islands to deposit its unfortunate
prisoner att the deadly Cameroons? I'm
potent and insensible, not finger did he
raise on behalf of this man whose faith
in his word had brought to him apunish-
ment worse than death in the eyes of 7
Samoan! What mockery sounds now
the lofty reproach of this same Presi-
dent, who in his eagerness to win SYM
| pathy for a discredited queen, whose
downfall was brought about by her own
wicked act, has DETAINED the character OF
honored officials of our government and
lmperilled the lives of our countrymen
| in Hawaii!
said Mr.. Cleveland did not raise a
| finger for the restoration of Malietoa, but
by the grace of God, and by the efforts
of President Harrison and James G.
Blaine, at the Berlin conference. this
man was brought back to Samoa,
though only a wreck of his former self,
to the birthplace of which the interior
| ence of
1
MR.. CLEVELAND AND MR.. BAY
ARD HAD ROBBED HIM.
| He is there now, slowly recovering
! from the ravages of the disease and suf-
fering of his cruel exile.
But hardly is Mr.. Cleveland again in
power when again come to us stories Of
war and bloodshed and of foreign intrigue
And the government for which we
more than any other power are RESPONSE.
BILE, established in the cause of Justice
and vindication of onr own honor. no,
only is left without our moral support
but Mr.. Cleveland leads in denunciatior
of it, while our rivals there exult at the
prospect of our withdrawal from the isl
| ands.