The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-22
TROUBLE BREWING IN SAMOA
GERMANY THREATENS TO AN
MEX THE ISLANDS.
Death of King Malietoa May Be Used
as a Pretext - Mataafa Will Be
Brought Back.

San Francisco, Sept. H.-The steam
ship Alameda. from Sydney. Auckland.
Apia and Honolulu, brought further par
ticularS concerning the death OF king
Malietoa- The kings death was due 10
typhoid fever. He died on Monday. Aug
-, and was buried on the 24th, a large
number of natives and whites attending
the funeral. Revs. ]. e. Newall and j.
Marnott, assisted by native pastors, con-
Quoted the funeral ceremonies.
Shortly before his death, Malietoa had
moved from Apia to Vaillama, the resi-
dence of the late Robert Louis Stevenson,
which is at a considerable elevation on
the slope of Mount Naca. where Steven
son was buried. The change from the
sea beach to the more salubrious locality
of Vaillama was expected to improve the
old Kings health, but he gradually sank
and died The aged monarch OF Samoa
was convinced that his time he'd come,
and he accordingly resigned himself TO
his end with the fatalism characteristic
of the Polynesian races. In appearance,
Malietoa was a hne-iOokins and StaIwart
man, with gray, grlzzleG moustache.
According to a report current, 1T was be-
Geved at Samoa that if II. NJ. S. RinSdove
had not been at Apia the Germans would
have hoisted the German flag there OF.
Malietoa' s death, and have proclaimed
the annexation of Samoa.
Malietoa leaves a daughter, an attract
i've girl. named Faimoa, who is II or is
years of age, and who was educated at
the London Missionary society's school at
Papauta, which is near Apia. He also
leaves a brother, an elderly chief, who
lives at Apia
Speaking of Samoan affairs today, Pur-
ser Smith of the steamer Alameda. said
There is trouble expected there, and the
Germans are bringing back 10 the islands
King Mataafa in a man-Of-war. The En-
glish have a gunboat there-the Ringdove.
The British, American and German con-
suls, the chief justice and the president or
the municipal court of Apia, have formed
themselves into board of control, pend
ing the election of a successor to King Ma
lietOa of the Samoan group.
.Mataafa was deported by the powers
islands, to the northwest of Samoa, owing
to his presence in Samoa being a dis
turbing political element. He was induced
to surrender himself to the powers on the
understanding that it was for the good of
his people that he should go away. The
eXiled chief was conveyed to the Union
group in a German man-Of-war, together
with several of his relatives and friends.
A recent cablegram from Europe an
nOunced the likelihood of Mataafa being
returned to Samoa, and this Will no doubt
be done. as the consequence of MaI1etoa 5
death. Mataafa and MalletOa were related
to each other. Mataafa is popular in Sa-
moa, and no doubt a large section of the
people would be in favor Of his appoint
ment as king.
There were several opposing sections
amongst the Samoan natives one of the
largest being headed by TamaseSe, and it
is said that each party has nominee for
I'm view Of these conflicting opinions, it
will be seen that the position of affairs in
Samoa may again become very serious,
and that a civil war may as likely as not
result between the rival parties.
During the war of 1SSS-S9, the German
authorities named the chief, TamaSeSe, as
king but the only authority he exercised
was that backed by the German guns.
Tamasese is still in Samoa, living az
AAna. amongst the disaffected sections,
of which he is the head