Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-08-22
TREATY WAS A FAILURE
.uoAN ISLANDS NO BETTER FOR
NEW GOVERNMENT.
v.ited states, Great Britain and
Germany Must Get Together
and Adjust Matters.

Washington, Aug. 16.-Consul General
Tomas H. Mulligan, at Apia, Samoa, mas
made yoluminous report to the state
so,ortment upon the conditions of the
Islands. A portion of the report is deyot-
a. to review of the government of the
islands by the united States, Great Brl-
toin and Germany, under the Berlin
treaty. This treaty, MuIligan concludes,
was a mistake, and to maintain it Is to
persist in mistake.
The present status" he says, is an
Injustice to the people of the United
States If it be said that the treaty, 50
far as it concerns Samoa, has made mat
ters no worse, it can be claimed with
eoual truth tnau II mas failed to make
them better in any particular The ad-
mission of either postulate is to confess
failure"
AS to the present government Of Sa-
moa, he says:
"A recognized and reigning king is de
pendent for his support on voluntary
contribudons-the charity in fact-ot that
portion of his family or tribe who ad-
here to him, while the foreign officers
of his government enjoy salaries from
bis revenues far in excess Of the value
of the services performed. When the pit
lance of his nominal salary, long IN
arrears is doled out to him, it comes
through the hands of a foreign Official,
who exercise his pleasure TO pay or WITH
hold. His lawful wife is in no sense
queen, nor entitled to any more constd-
Grafton than the half-clad women VINO
file along the beaches. A struggling VIZ
lage within and part of the kingdom lev
les import and export duties on every
dollars worth of merchandise brought in
to or shipped out of the kingdom, lend
ing out of it's revenues to the kingdom
barely enough to pay the most measer
expenses and salaries of foreign otil-
Gals.
"All the machinery of the government,
perhaps it is not too much to say, sew
eral governments, is in active operation
IN the precincts of the little town. Inc
guns of the great men-of-War, year IN
and year out, trown ominously on shore
IN support OF the government and law
which does not exist, with their effective
ranges, and yet an offender within halt
dozen miles of the seat Of so many au-
thorities deties the processes of the court
and rebuffs the power of the inValidaccd
government. In the midst of all, white
cad messengers of the consulS tilt TO
and fro along the blazing beach, the bear
ers OF imposing envelopes, IL which are
covered 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
winch at the best, under its many diSad-
Vantages, needs all the stimulus of peace,
all the security that the government can
secure visibly languishes. There is no
immigration, influx of capital or sugges-
uon OF enterprise. All wait for that I'M
oehned something-that change which is
70 eome-Wait as they have waited for 80
years. wait for abrogation of the treaty,
d. Ihey and their fathers waited for Its
coming
only small part of the islands," he
says are under control Of this govern
'Nent' Back from the shore and in the
l0"n the people do as they please. The
oeaty made by three governments, Cor
He government of a third, is not con-
9'ueFed success. The different forms Of
government sought to be brought to-
ee'ner are lrreconcilable. There is too
Iuch friction. 1t is said that before any
can be taken, three republics must
Init Then oftentimes reference must
~ MADE to powers on the other side of
,1 Ae globe. There is a diversity OF opin-
va O. conflict Of interest and a clash
of rights"