The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
THE TROUBLE IN SAMOA.
EUR0PElN DIPLOMACY as APPLIED
IN TIE sOUTH r.


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d. ornr ali tho i.onds .ccor1,ng IN notive b,.
1S.s, ava or.tor. for Mamie tho Mac ,yb.rc
A.. rvorld ,T.. crootnd and m. homo NJ rho erst
Nrood NJ hum.ntind h,.its ovn King ga
crod and ,acerdotaI fupctionarv II Ia how.
ever no.s;b,o for one man m ru,c supreue over
che otber is,onds from Tutuila westward m
9avaii. and he might he considered King NJ
Aa.moa ~ hi, n~osition ware pot subiect IN a NO.
ruli.r ana cbnrocteristicanv samoan st NJ
, ohan9es. This supreme rule may come into n
.nip0,e noir NJ hands nv deenite delepatiop of
sTvbat the Samoanu conside err the highest author.
iatv nm eartb. IN their ovn formal and sacred
Enhraso Tunun ma PuIe n ,SoIofni nm, di1a /
Uni. the forefronts of battle GLueluA and Len.
Iumoepn IN ITpolul the constituted might of
gayaii Tsafotul and the:family in the sea MA.
tnouo and Apolinal"
In the Samoan social state. n comnlote dovel.
,inpment of tho patriarchal commune nil M.
tkhpritv Ia consid ered az vested in certain fomi.
Mica. The exercise of this power IN deIerated
INV the family 70 one of its members and this
tdeleeation 1. made by comforting upon him dur.
hing the pleasure of the family the name which
Represents the headship of the family. Accord.
ing to the traditional power of the family the
Holding of this name may make him elder of the
lIamily, orator of his town. CHIEF of village.
Tfown, or district, or even that shadowy officer
who seems n king. In all Samoa. emitting
Manu-, -four of these names are held to he
ROYAL. and he who holds all four NAV he looked
as King of Samoa. AZ least until one or more
,pf his ROYAL names ia revoked nv tho mower
(which conferred It. These royal names are
Tuiaana Natoaitele and Tara.oali'i
Tgbe 6rrt name /, conferred Inv four town. IN rho
Of Atua, at the east end Of Upolu. and
with it the rule Of that district and Tu.
1v;I. Tho,ooond nouo 80. go
luna" Inc secohu hahe comes lrom TOUR towns
In Aana, at the west end of Upolu, and gives
Dowor over that district and a consId cradle mart
e CO., Tho.a 80 t,am,.o 1877
Soo"n"a t,ar y, tss e.none.nt names &c ' so,caloa
The other two names are conferred INV n .,nols
~.-.. -. - o'HAo
oown eSsn On inc Two COASTS 0, inc manassas,
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lima In the strait between Upolu and Savaii.
Ancient custon has practically reatrictnd tha
Two strong names 10 the Iupua family, of which
tho headshtp has at the dealing OF German pol
icy been shuffied about between Mata'afa and
T.~-~.. s,SuI~ " ""u
iemasese. similarly the Two female names
have belonged to the Malietoa family.
[ wbsr tho Rerl;p not n sirrod hv .ho L...
~ ZOO IN e.v "" sSnsu pS 'he tnree
powers IN 1871 the Samoans had made a great
step toward permanent peace by conferring all
four roval namos on the mat m. s,ronn ,ho
80 r,. Vi u - Il e'ronk lug
'amiaole Mata'afa. Protesting the most SOL
-emn regard for the ancient customs and la WIS
a. the samoans of which their ,pnoronco No
1890 81. I.nI,ot.nt.nioa -, ~ nS.N ""1
uenSo' the pienlpotentiaries OF the Blunder of
Berlin, as the treaty has been called, declared
Malietoa Laupepa the King of samoa, Hnr.
-i1,,"" nN - VI o".oa nW'
riSoly the Sanloans undid their work. Mata'afa
assisting with all hio might, and Laupepa yainly
protesting against being forced unwifling into
offce, an act which he knew would Keen alive
the troubles OF his people. BY the time the act
came out for its ratification by Samoa. MaIies
toa was King OF Samoa, as the treaty proyided
in one clause, and the ancient Samoan custom
was fully observed by his possession of the four
royal names. From that day to this, eight
years of worriment and y~eNation in a remote
Dpeck on the seas, the great poWcrs nave cIun1
to an idea of a King after tho model of lie Roi
Soleil, or George the Third. or of the German
monarch. The Samoans. confdIng in the clause
as to their ancient customs and laws, have nm
d6rstood that they we're at liberty to revoke
any or ali of the royal names which thew so hnro
~iIdI- g.