The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-17
OPERA BovFrE GOVERNMENT.
Samoan Treaty Alleged 10 he Not Works
Ing successfully

WASHINGTON. D. c.. August 16.-
Consul General james II. MullIgnn, at
hpla. Samoa, has made n voluminous
report TO the state department upon the
condition OF the Islands. a portion or
the report Is devoted TO a review OF tho
government Of the Islands by tho United
States. Great Britain and Germany, I'M
der the Berlin treaty. This treaty. Mr..
MulllIan concludes, was 4 mistake anu
to maintain II Ia to persist In n mis-
take. The present status" lie says
''is an injustice to the people OF the
United States md a grnve wrong to
those OF Samoa. II It he said that the
treaty, so far as II concerns Samoa, has
made matters worse, It Can be Clniined
with equal truth that II has failed 20
make them better In any particular.
The admission OF either pOstulate is 10
confess a failure"
As to the present government OF Sa-
moa, he says:
~ recognized and reicninE king Is de-
pendent or his support on The v0lun-
tary COntributiOns-thG charity, In fact
of that portion Of his family or tribe
who adhere to him. while the foreign
officers OF his government enjoy salaries
from his revenues far In excess ot the
value Oh NtINlCfS DfIlbI lllFu' wien "
pit;ancc OF his nominal salary, long In
arrears. Ia dolcd out to him. II comes
through the hands OF u foreign official.
who exercises his pleasure 10 pay or
Withhold: his lawful wife Is In no sense
queen. nor more entitled to considrra-
ton than the half clad who
file back and forth along the beaches.
4 struggling village. within n part
Of the kingdom. levies Import and e&-
port duties on every dollars worth OF
merchandise brought into or shipped
out of the kingdom, lending out OF It's
revenues to the kingdom barely suiii-
Client to pay the most mcager expenses
and the salaries OF foreign officials.
IAN the machinery Of the gOvrrnmen.
perhaps II Is not too much to say OF
several govcrnmcntS-iS In active OPP
Grafton within the precincts OF this little
town. The guns OF great mcn-of-wnr.
year In and year out, frOwn ominouSly
upon the shore IN support OF the gov
crnmcnt ind the law which does not
exist within their effective ranEe; and
yet an offender within half 4 dozen
miles OF the seat Of SO many authorities
detieS the processes OF the court and
rebuffs the power OF the invaded gov
eminent. In the midst OF all. white
clad messenger Of crown n consul fit
to and fro along the beach. the bearers
NJ imposing envelopes. In which Rre COW
cred the stately communications that
round out the measures OF time In this
kindergarten OF diplomacy.
In The meantime. no clearing Is made
no plantation Is extended. The country.
which at best. under It's many disad-
v%nntages. needs NIL the stimulus OF
peace, all the security that government
can assure, vlsibly lanEuisheF. There 10
| no Immigration. Influx OF capital or suS-
geStIon Of enterprise. All walt for that
underlined somethlng-that change
which Is to come; wait as they have
waited for thirty years: wait for the
| ahroGatlon Of the treaty, as they n
their fathers waited for It's coming"
Only Il small part Of the Islands, he
says. nrc under control OF this govern
mcnt. Back from the sore n the town
the people do as they please.
The treaty, made by three govern
ments for the government OF a third.
Is not considered n success. The differ
cnt forms OF government sought TO be
| brought together have been lrreconcila-
BILE. There IL too much friction. II Is
| said that before any step car be taken
the three representatives mus unite;
then oftentimeS reference must be made
i, toIpowers on the other eide Of the globe.
There is n diversity OF opinion, a con-
ilict OF interests and a clash OF rights.