The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-27
PEACE PERFECT PEACE |!


said Judge Bartlett Trip, the Amer
lean representative on the high COM
mission to Samoa. How long 1t will
continue it would be hard to say. The
Samoans are an impulsive people, and
they may break out in factional war
fare at any time. But the commission
accomplished it's purpose, and left the
country with a provisional government
fully established and the two factions
in perfect amity.
when we reached Apa we found the
Malietoa and the Mataafa forces drawn
up facing each other, separated by a
neutral zone perhaps half mile wide,
the Mataafa men numbering probably
5000 men and the Malietoa men nearly
as many. Nearly thousand of the lat
ter were organized under British Off
GERS and armed with British rifles. Mill
tary works of considerable Importance
had been thrown up. Martial law pre-
vailed in Apia, and the houses indlcat-
ed that there had been considerable
shelling The two parties were in this
nosition. resting on their arms under
the terms of the armstice awaiting our
arrival,
our first object was to dsarm the
Samoans on both sides. Everybody,
IIllssl ' Si Ies, ~ HoiS +tis Gould NOT he
iioN I a. 49, H. Son1oan nrized his fire.
uoIIe' 'ln - oil things and would sur
render everything before he would sur
render his rifle. Not a single word of
ENCOURAGEMENT did we get from any
source III ~ op,,, tLa,e TO secnre naace
eNei we n.'u - ao,,I,1 h., no neoca
anu i., we "a i.,',i,'ar nc
"ttnout ul9al f,r Nto+oafa and his
| lnails We ,t.,oiraI nhjafs nromislnp
tilIteen ~ my 20, 1iha,,, ca,,,e We
thelli ediS Se .,,at ~, bis ret,,rn
c recdlleu " Ni9 9I,,it ~, rod n,ada nrom-
from eNlle d. JateI. ne T., i,oo V,olitice bot to
| Ises hoI W ~ - PgtNreora ,,.itb
IoIHeLt t llouDI' W bera he 1,,as at tha
tlle SoN seiti,,, 80 a stote of var
e neau oi t8G'ios ~ ,,,,daI,ad J1 fbot we had
preNalllhS' W. eNP'e'i''S P. ~ 1ot,tad o,,t
come 10 secuie PI ", r. ba,Tor
tne seven wa NeS'olS ,5l',,,ll,,l1 70 ao,,,,e
Wnlcn were az oul &c 81 ,,o,.oI ond
| IT, anu a9 @ e ~ +hroo noyvars os
| hililIdly ~ ~Iolee9 81 W ~ ',,,,',I, 70 oo,,1a
| % %Mas Ieceoo'iS ~ w, 1 1rI,1C,I &c q frst
! II IL II was was, ueSr' i'e w 4hi,,I, 80 ttot botb
| step anu pei'lT olis ''''iIS SS.ae o., ,,a,,Iid
sides shoulu uisarIn' .SlS Lis foI
.nal the Srll's III tlie '.ar,,,,,a,, ,,,nnarty
! ,oNets were ny ny - ,,,,SiIi,p,,I ,b
pul siiS ~ ~ 49, ~, bo \ 40 ,o,,,ey
carried men ai'I. ,'i.,,3 tol6 rim
~ ~ toiip ,il IL, his fnliov.a,,s n ,aa.
tte tllat we Moutu ,, s,,rrn,,der @ tbeir arms
solIa 'iile ~ q VI ',,,,,,,1 - AMI, o.
anu anu 'mat e,eIS ;S,il ne i,, rncainted For and
| that In I'M Nou' N|ei,is ~ +i,,la tba,. would
ma diIei d '1 a., ,id fo,. az reo
eltIleL oe 1', ~ bnt ~ ftar tba tin,a
oDn1,-aS u r,,,s FnrnI in tbair hands
alloM " 80, IGsoltod ond those Who
W "ouiu % We ,i,,iI ~, ,,,,arai,, nunisbed
nov Ite tieili 80 III. oliafs coneuItad q
tH d taala "Iiu NJ -, C,,,,o,I1oed tbat
lev @ P,r" 70 od,.isa tbair folIow
my Neie I,,,.re,lis,. tbei,, anus on these
ela 80, ~ oui IS,,t,lCr 49, ha hod No
,i',,ni his foiiowers to take
-" ~ ,.i,e rG I,.d told hin, to cali meet
tllls w to,t taI, ~ e,,, v'bnt we
s ils VI a. ma ma p,.t ~ ne W. m,ornine
mdu sa,u 1I,Inio 1iiCt H.. hod cnn1a r. Nevf
Via @ ueI iHioii .1. 80 SStoI 49, +I.,,, 10 4
ulUi , ms ~ eIiSs 80 .teat +bair o,,,o,s
Ste go h,t tbat r. woi,id
80 -, ti,,l ~ oret the,,1 oil toeethar
an SitS ,tii STa9 q to roalra tbe s,lr.
,l,o7a,, 90 w, go fbar1 tbie lime and
- ~ PoSoar soiiad oround to the
49, etrT rrIoad 90 thera tbey We're vail.
Pc. aei IT, ~, o o a.+t,i,otad tbot tbe
nIss Ne lot S,,,a,., ho5 oha,it SoSo riaas In
III - NIay 2i tbex delivered to ms
100, III .I,nlai,,.d II Of come h al haer
l o1i 4 ,>i, 80 H. otta,, isIands a ND
- :. .o,,id ,oI,,,ira eor,a tin,a 10 eyat
na. tiiau ~ e n,tao1ad tba tin1a !,
49, uiieii az L. ,,I1 - ,.aooi,,ad and rn
nita MnItii ~ s W ~, % thot tiroa w.,
UeapiS.ad H. an 80 SioN Snns frorn III,
NIotaofa Fo,,aas ohort 1aon fron, tbf
( NIoiiotno fotoos ond ToO Rritisb riAa,
l go tt'o NJaiiatoo foroe. In ali obou
= IaO6 o'Ine sror, ~, Sanoosns
Co., i s,,ncess IN disarming tbe Ga.
, ,,oo,oa 49, H. ooI,,,o1issio,e in Tho oe
tir,'atio,, nF oil M ainn1ents In Ania
TbaI, no 1onoa,. lool,ad on ne os a sat n
n,an atta,,,ntina tba inonoseihIe w,
had done wbat tbev ali said could no
he dona ond yat H,bot II y,,as odn1itta,
: vas necessarv to he done From the
tinna on we b9d The most cordiaI coon
grafton Of everyhodv in samoa
"Hoving disarn,e1 tha Samoans c,
= that hostiIitiae could not he resumed
y co that n was to the interest of averv
hodv to ra-estahlish order and povern
mant we cot oIrsaIvas to tbe iaels n
: organizing a nrovieional government
a There was no govarnmant DR. Snif
president of the municipal council wa