The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-31

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Spo'o' OHON Despeeee oUH
AUCKLAND. New Zealand. Aug. ~30.-AdvieeI
received here from Apia say that KlnR Malictos
, Of Samoa died on Aug. ~.
Pending the selection OF his successor. the
Government is being conducted by tho British.
German and American Oonsula. with the
Chief Justice netting as President.
/, Laupepa. Scrap Of Paper" as tho English
meaning goes. was the twenty-seventh In sue
oession OF the Malietoa family. a family that
has been intimately connected with Samoan
history for an uncertain number OF centuries
and which has at times given Ki..gs to all
Samoa. 1t is not q royal race In strict accord
ance with Samoan ideas. The first Malietoa
In the twilight OF history conquered a place for
himself by the victory which he and his broth
ers and the shrewd son Of their sister gained
over the %tyrannous race of the Tongans, who
were driven out and peopled the other islands
OF the Pacific. even as far as Hawaii. When
they sailed ava their canoes were halted in
the still waters Of the Mulifanua lagoon and
their conquered leader. Talaaifeii. set up tho
chant in honor OF the brothers who had beaten
him. 'Hurrah for the heroes" which In the
Samoan is U MALE toa." The elder brother
6ayea took this call OF tho vanduished for his
name and the name OF his race. 1t has come
down through q line OF lighting chiefs to Lau-
pepa. who is dead.
The late King OF Samoa belled the savage
history Of his race. They gloried In their abil-
tty at driving the enemy and coming to their
homes with a cruel tale OF heads chopped from
human trunks In battle. Laupepa was in
no sense fitted to be a warrior. Ho was q wise
counsellor for o race emerging from barbnr-
lam for ha had AniOvad all thu A6wanfaOaa
which education at the Maula College OF the
London Mission could give him. But he was
not q man OF blood. When his chiefs danced
before his house after the battle OF Male. which
settled tho last war. he shrank from the sight
of.their recrudescent-savagery. He was fairly
dragged out upon the town green OF his Gov
Ornment. and tainted when they held mp before
the heads dripping with blood. His weak
ness as a ruler Of Samoans was due to his as
Bimilation OF the Christian virtues. He sought
peace In all his public acts. he recognized far
better than his native council and far better
than his adversaries that the only safety for
his land was to walk in the paths Of Guietness.
Ever on his lips he had the words some good
thing for Samoa 1t was the principle OF his
public life. When he failed. and he had his
failures and paid bitterly for them in exile
and . broken heart he failed because he did
NOT ace that sometimes peace can be attained
only after travel along the road of war. He
he goes down to his death with a sense Of re-
t asS; Of %t their Isl speech SSG' the q lord I'd the King Is housed
- H.Hn 49, n.oSihits -. $50
because Cneir custom pLonioiNS 1nom saw
a man Of rank merely that ne is buried a.. But But
Suc~aI 81 oo"a5aano -htah ~ 800 80
scauired the confidence wnicn No lree,y gave
nb~ose was no nmntT ritual. no him the orave
: the ThS P history gt Of sS, %Siietoa,s reIrn-his reIrn,.
,ndesd. for he has been samoa,s Kine mora
than cnce-is written in the BLU books Of
s 1pssa Pr'atH. SuD %as'O Of T0t the q U HdAf Staten tns
During his reign ne mad to see MS feeble
Of confused diplomacy fmiehty european
powers seeking It's dismemberment ana the
red reduction to q harsh yoke Of free sanoans;
tho mock Of consuls and Of officers ofmen-of-
inc nor NOV hi HE sI land my His ssA own sT0 pson II, we're SeT fooi-
my upon ~ ianu an OWL peopio Mere .uoi-
ISM ana tney were MED with jealousy OF mis-
Of interested foreigners. and only their King
co,,ld sse that thew ware dsncine = time which
ne mao put one nope IN al tne turmoll. tnSre
seemed put one nghC In the darkness. The
hrst civilized nation TO reeognize Samoa as a
p9tion am9ng nations MaSthe gnitedlStases In
1873 tne nrst treaty wae maoe Whlch samoa
entered upon IN hs exercise OF soverelgnty
Snsn Tec9gal1esa a Ia ne mstr9menG IL Was
MrltSen tnat tne EmItea staHss wonld use lts
good oniceS 70 ADJUST Any qinerenees WHICH
mmAens involYe Samo9 WIN otner hat2ns. 10
ShS reVSTed inenasnip OF America Lnupepa
f!unGi he kneW may u WOULD not IAN him.
Y aid mo-. ana u vas tniS 1romise which
Rro9ghG anout me ac{ OF 1S n &usranteelng
&heAuDonomy OF the Islands; 10 samoa and its
6the mere Mas . slmpie eonnaenoe IN AMERICA.
QtherS mlghg seek 70 annex the Islands;
AmerlcaiYaS the pledge that those Efforts would
IA4, as Lal tney diG: III IT.
LAupepa was during all his reign involved
"a warsI The first was with his uncle. Ma
te9oa Iaiavou: wnom ne suceeeded. they
nad Q common Rranolather, malieto0 Vail
pupo, or Drink Water by Night. He took at
Peptlsm 2 ChEistian name Of Iavlta. and was
explored the group in 1888: This Valinupo
married the iady Ann2fo, who bore him his
successor, Malietoa MOL, or orange, He mar
Tt0Q o. second time the lady EuntRi, who Wa9 |