Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-20
BAD FOR SAMOANS
THE POOR NATIVES ARE BEING
GOVERNED To DEATH.
ceasa Cenerai MailiEna. In . Re-
port TO the State Department.
says That Inaer the rrtparttte
Government OF the raated states
Great Britain and Germany. the
Conaftien Of the Natives Grows
Worse.

Washington Aug. 1S-Coasul CEN
eral James l. Mulligan. Al Apts. Ss-
ul0a. has made a voluminous report to
the state department upon the eoRdi-
tions az the islands A portion OF the
report is devoted 10 8 review OF the
government OF the islands by the
United States. Great Britain and Ger
many under the Berlin treaty. This
treaty. Mr.. MulIEgan concludes. was a
mistake, and To maintain il is To per
si>s IN a mistake The present
status he says lis an injustice 10
the people OF the United States and a
grave wrong TO those Of Samoa IL it
be Said that the treaty. SO far as IL
concerus Samoa. has made matters no
worse. il can be claimed with equal
truth thSt il has failed % make them
better in any particular. The admis-
sion OF either postrlate is 10 confess =
failHre."
As 10 the present government Of
Samoa. he says.
"A recOgnizeSt AMI reignjng king is
dependent for his support on the vol
untary contriburiels-tie charity. in
fact-of that portion OF hts family or
tribe who adhere 10 him. while foreign
officers OF his government enjoy sal
aries from his revenues far in excess
OF Iae value OF services performed.
When Il pittance OF his nominal salary.
long in arrears. is dOlei out 10 him. il
comes through the hands Of the for
eign official. who exercises his pleasure
20 pay or withhold: his lawful wife is
in no sense queen. not no more entitled
10 consideration than the half-clad wo-
men who file hack and forth along the
beaches A struggling village. within
and part of the Kingdom. levies import
and export duties on every dollars
worth of merchandise brought into or
shipped out Of the kingdom. lending
Urt 90 ms revenues To the Kingdom
barely enoa-h To pay the most meager
expenses and the salaries OF foreign
officials
All the machinery OF government
perhaps IL is not too much 20 a OF
several goyeFnmentS-is in active OPP
Grafton within the precincts of this lit
tie town The guns of men-of-
war. year in and year oct. frOwn Of
iciou>ly upon the shore IN support of
the government and the law which
does not exist within their effective
range; and vet an offender within half
a dozen miles of the seat of so many
authorities deiies the processes OF the
court and rebuffs the power OF the in
yalided government. In the midst OF
all. white clad messengers of the
crown aud consul Hit To and fro along
the blazing beach. the bearers OF Inn
posing envelopes In which are covered
the stately communications that round
out the measures OF time in this kin
dersarten OF diplomacy.
In the meantime no clearing is made.
me- plantation is extended The coun-
try which. at best. under its many
disadvantages. needs all the stimulus
OF peace. all the security that govern
menV can eur yisibly languishes.
There is Nc immigration. influx OF cap
iUal or suggestion Of enterprise. All
wait for that underlined something
that change which is To come. wait as
they have waited for thirty years:
wait for the abrogation OF the treaty.
as they and their fathers waited for
its coming"
only a small part OF the islands. he
says. are under control of this %
ernment. Rack from the shore and the
town. the people do as they please.
The treaty made by three governments
for the government OF a third is not
considered a success