The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-02
ENGLAND WOULD LIKE
To Undertake the White Mans
Burden in Samoa
AND SHOULDER 1T ALONE
Anglo Colored Dispatches
Which Resemble "FeeIers."
AND SHOULDER 1T ALONE

sydney, n. s. W, March I-Advices re-
ceived here from Apia, under date OF Feo-
ruary ID, say that affairs there are stsi
unsatisfactory The provisional govern
ment. it appears, is interfering with native
and British subjects and also with the Ger
wants Of British subjects and is taxing the
Maiietoa people 81 and Mataafa people 81
each Dr.. Rafel. the German president
NJ the municipal council at Apia, az the III
stieation Of the British consul has apo
eized for boycotting the British tflrd-
class cruiser Porpolse and for insulting the
chief justice and Maietoa's lawyer "lii's
they were guests on board the Po'Iiolse'
A landing party from the Por2oise. Feaoy
with machine guns, was therefore nVt
sent ashore. though plan % make an
attack on Mulinuu had been al arranged
Several of the Mataafas have oied d
wounds, including a woman who was sn0'
in TIE breast. There is much indignation
al the act OF the provisional government
in keeping in exile prisoners whose on'y
offense is loyalty. The house OF Chief Sua-
manu-, whose bravery in saving life dur
ing he historical hurricane was reward
ed by the Americans with the present OF
a w-haleboat, has been burned and looted
and the whale5oat has been stolen. Sua-
manu- is still in exile.
The German consul continues TO pro
tect the Germans from the jurisdiction OF
the supreme court; but Herr Grovesmuhi
paid $50 for contempt Of court when the
court advertised the sale Of MS property
Herr Grovesmuhl remains at his consul
ate, fearing arrest and having to serve
sentence Of loo days Imprisonment. II IS
added that he is also afraid Of being az
rested on the charge of drunkenness. Dr.
Rafel has been adjudgef guilty Of con-
tempt of court but has refused 10 come
forward for sentence. He was formally
arrested without force but sought the pro
lection Of Herr Rose. the German consul.
Lieutenant Won Rulow, a former Office, in
the Geraman army and organizer Of the
Mataafan forces. is still at Savaal. He re-
fuses TO come 10 court on the charge Ct
contempt in breaking Jail. and claims that
he should be tried by German mii:qrv
court at Berlin. Mr.. Moore an American
citizen. who is said to favor the Germans,
wrote threatening letters to Chief justice
Chambers. He was found guilty OF con-
tempt Of court but was discharged after
making ample apology. The feeling in
favor Of Malietoa Tanus is growing. and
Mataafa's following is disintegratin The
whole of Tuhiela and most OF Savaal now
favor Maletoa Tanus. Generally. the dis
patches assert, there is a strong see'ing
in favor OF British annexation. The Ger
man vice-consul mas returned here from
Tonga or Amsterdam Island. one or the
southernmost OF the Tonga ISLANDS and the
residence of their sovereign. after having
unsuccessful,y urged the king to dismiss
his premier.
The natives are heavily indebted to the
Germans, but are unable 70 ay. The treas
ury Is depleted and salaries have not been
paid for six months.
Eight hundred thousand dollars suppos-
ed to have been lodged in a safe at Haapi.
one Of the Tonga islands. Is missing. The
treasurer has been imprisoned az Tonga
and the arrest OF the native chief justice
and the native president. who were joint
custodians Of the keys of the safe Is being
discussed