Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-25
SAMOA STILL SUFFERS.
BRITISH FLAGSHIP ORLANDO
RECOGNIZES MALIEToA.
Union OF Factions Advised--FOurth
OF JuIy--Samoans Improved by
Foreign Tours.

German ship Bussard. The British
flagship Orlando had made a
brief call. Admiral Bridge visit
ed and entertained Malietos and
saluted the Samoan flag. The
Samoa Times says this official
recognition OF Malietoa as king
should carry weight with the
malcontents of Atua and Aana,
but, on the other hand, it says
there are those who will say that
Malietoa is expected to fight his
own battles without other than
moral assistance from the Powers,
because the open defiance
of the government existing is APP
parently considered fact of not
sufficient consequence for another
naval demonstration. The same
paper says "the sooner the King
and Faipule realize that they
must rely on their own resources
the better, and the sooner they
adopt some measures that will
bring them in touch with their
political opponents the better al
so. As the matter now stands
the country--to the whites = is
not worth living ia. Trade is alb
solutely at a standstill, and aliens
are taxed heavily to support
government that cannot or will
not help themselves, not to men
ton pay for permission to live by
their losses.
In another article the Times
advocates a combination between
the Malietoa and Mataafa factions
for securing a stable native gov
ernment. For this purpose it
would have Mataafa brought back
from his exile, assuming that
by this time all ambition to sit on
the throne has died out with him.
A rumor that the Orlando had
hoisted the British flag, on the
occasion Of entertaining Malietoa
with sham fight at Mulinuu,
caused some excitement and con-
sumption of liquids. "Unfor-
tunately the yarn had no founda-
ton, comments the Times, land
we are left in our original state of
confusion"
A "fono" of rebels at Luflufi
issued a manifesto to the chiefs on
Mulinuu and the foreign repre-
sentatives. They asked for a
conference to discuss proposals
for settling the affairs of the
country. At the same time they
declare that the many years Of
disorderly rule under Malietoa
have convinced them that, under
that chief, Samoa cannot be
united.
The Samoa Times advocates a
street watering system to mitigate
the dust nuisance, which is not
only disagreeable in the extreme
but destructive of property.
Referring to an item in a Ha-
waiian paper that the game birds
imported from Samoa by II.
Whitney and other sportsmen
had not been seen since let go in
Waolani valley, the Samoa Times
says, I'VE cannot find any game
birds in Samoa, although we
have been cunning a bit"
An editorial in the Times des-
cants upon the woes of allie IS who
marry native wives from thecustom
ofcommunism amongthe Samoans.
At first the husband is rather
gratified at having his w:fe's rela-
tives visit her, bringing presents
of food, ETC., but, when the
number increases until he finds
he is related by marriage to all
Samoa, the case takes on differ
ent aspect and a serious one so
far as dollars and cents are con-
cerned.
A boy ,wasltried by the magis-
trate at Apia for splitting in a
bakers cart. The evidence was
inconclusive as to whether or not
defendant had spat on loaf, and