The San Francisco call., 1898-08-06
PACO-PACO TO
 BE IMPROVED
Washington Aroused at
 German Aggression.
PROMPT ACTION ORDERED
THE LONG DISUSED CoAL1NG
 STATION NOW NEEDED.

On the arrival of the Mariposa last week The Call was the only paper 10 chronlcle the important news she brought rom Ht' moa The Germans evidently oeenaine that the Spanish-American war was tnell opportunity, have been carrying matters with a high hand Despite all the clauses of the Berlin treaty, which gives the limited States, Germany and Englano joint control over the group, the GeEhah nresident of the Municipal sCoun- oil has openly defied the American Chief Justice He has. refused to aoiiiit Judge Chambers Jurisdiction, anu as a conseouence the English and American oonsuls have appealed to their respective powers for redress
 The effect of this piece of news at Washington has been very marheo- Ano administration has moved Wltn eAli rapidity, for yesterday we puplisheu en9 announcement that the Presiaeht na'' siN,. shseh hof . coaling station at Pago-Pago harbor, on the island or Iutulla, +bor
 The idea is not new one loI iiiote ob9oinsd i. twenty wears ago Admiral Meade oplalneo froyI, sMen'f ihs samoan Government the conee5- sion of a coaling station at this poliieii ii, .e right was formally empoulSsu1 GU la beIW.een of the Washington treaty or lefo, pel%t;ein oh tha 'i'I ITnited States and Samoa. which reads: Naval vessels of the united states shall have the pFiYpaege M psa age Si and estab- fishing therein and on the shores tlnereoL e a station for coal and. other suppiles io1 their naval and commerciaI .I1 ititii s fta. neitber exercise nor authorize any Ju.lS
 diction within said port adverse lo @ suen rights of the United States, or reSIrlcliloIis ii thereof The same vessels snaIl atso f fi% 1i. he the privilege of entering otuei po- o- 'Ao Samoan Islands. h, ,,
 Al inc time of the Tamasese trouples m ,sso when the war vessels of Uncle sam and Germany so nearly exchanged shots mraclxed wholesale in the famous hurrlo Zane Congress voted the sum or SzOo .9vo to maintain American prestige III tue Samoan group. What became or tnls ine hevond landing a few thousand tons nf coai was ever done at Pago-Pago. snali wharf was built at the tune, put II has long since fallen into decay, the coal has been consumed ana nolnlhs IenislnS n.iS to denote that the place is American prapTt resident of San Francisco, who re centlv visited Pago-Pago. fdescrlbeS the harbor as one of the most remarkable Tn inc Southern Pacific. It is really ford, or deen indentation in the land, nearly cutting the small island of Tutuila in two. It has deep water anchorage Sufnclent to accommodate ac the whole United states navy for 1t runs back some, three miles. There is good anchorage all the way, in from thirty to forty fathoms, though, as the wind blows very strongly through. tnls gorge sound ground tackle Is necessary. The shores of the bay are very steep, high, green clad mountains tower on each side. and around the tops of these peaks the trade winds rage in a continuous storm. It always blows and nearly always rains in Pago-Pago harbor. Squalls are of al danger from these minor climatic disturb ances as the harbor is securely land- locked The huge rollers of the Pacific break with tremendous force upon the