The Globe-republican., 1899-04-13
mALIEToA CROWNED KING

mAllET0A CROWNED KING
sansas New Rslse Isssallsa e Muainus
= March ~
Aria. Samoa, March "a. via San
Francisco. April a-On March "a,
King Tanumadii Malietoa was
crowned king of Samoa at Mulinuu.
Admiral Kautz and Captain White, of
the Philadelphia; Captain Stur1ee and
Captain Forlesse. Of the British cruis-
err Porpoise and Royalist; the United
States and British consuls and tho
chief justice were present at the
ceremony. which was attended
by all the representative Ameri-
cans and British. One hundred
sailors from the American and British
warships composed the guard Of
honor. The procession marched all
through Apia, headed by tho band Of
the Philadelphia. The flagship and
Porpoise fred the royal salute Of
twenty-one guns, but the German
cruiser Fake lay in the harbor as il
she and her captain had mot the
slightest interest in Samoa The
German officials were conspicuous
by their absence Everybody is
anxiously awaiting definite news from
the three powerA It is thought that.
If Germany Acknowledges Tanu as
king. the rebellion will b broken.
If not, Admiral Kautz will take
stronger measures than hitherto
II. NJ. 8. Tauranga arrived to-day.
making three British warships here.
At present there are ON shore ITS
men from the Philadelphia and $50
from the Porpoise and Royalist. The
TaLranga has q complement of near
400 men. and this reinforcement will
enable the admiral to take offensive
measures So far he has been COM
PEELED to act on land ON the defensive.
There have been lively times in
Samoa during the past few days The
United States and British warships
have shelled Mataafa's forces repeat
eddy. and sailors have been landed in
Apia to protect property. Numerous
casualties have resulted on both sides
Admiral Kautz and the commanders
of the British ships are anxiously
awaiting advices from their govern
ment, and in tho meantime the she'll
ing proceeds daily. When Admiral
Kautz arrived upon the Philadelphia
he spent two days in making in
quiries and then called meet
ing of all the consuls and the
senior officers of all the war
ships in the harbor. As q result of
the meeting proclamation was made
by the American admiral, declaring
i that the so-called provisional govern
raent under Mataafa can have no legal
status under the Berlin treaty and
therefore cannot be recognized by
| the consular and naval repre-
sentativcs, and ordering Mataafa
! and his supporters to quietly go to
their homes and respect the laws
! of the Berlin treaty. 1t was further
ordered that the people elected from
their homes be returned, and the
power of the naval force, it waSss
stated, would be used against all who
disregarded the rights of peaceably
disposed people. The authority of the
chief justice was upheld by the proc
lamation and the admiral closed by
saying that he trusts that there may
be no occasion to use military powers.
The proclamation was signed by Adj
miral Kautz.. This proclamation was
taken to Mataafa and read to him by
Flag Lieutenant Miller 1t was re-
ceived in silence and no answer was
made. Mataafa and his chiefs quietly
left and went to the western portion
of the municipality and it seemed
as if they were about to obey the COM
mands to return to their homes. The
German consul however. issued a
counter proclamation in the Samoan
language, which was distributed
among the Mataafans. This proclama-
ton reads as follows:
BY the proclamation of the admiral
of the United States, dated March IL,
it was made known that the three con-
suls Of the signatory powers OF tho
Berlin treaty, IS well as the three
commanders Of men of war, had been
unanimous to no more recognize the
provisional government of MataafA
and the thirteen chiefs.
! l therefore make known to you that
this proclamation is quite false. /, a.
the German consul general, continue
to recognize the provisional govern
ment of Samoa until have received
contrary instructions from my govern
ment-Rose, German Consul General
Apia, the 18th March, 1899.
The German war ship Fake at
tempted to leave port on q secret mis-
! sion, when Admiral Kautz ordered her
captain to stay where he was aud bes
ready to afford help to his count.
men. The Fake remained
For several Gays tho Fake persist
emily kept in the way 90 Is to in
commode the fire of the British ships
Finally Admiral Kautz compelled her
to move inside the harbor entrance
out of the way.
There is intense feeling against the
Germans here and they are accused Of