The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-24
GERMANY'S MAN IN SAMOA.
GENERAL NOSE IN NEW rORK
ron 4 FEW DAYS.


~ ,or severn days In Washington. whore he
w, s.crr,ary Hay aud was presented to the
n'.,,.oo, No In, been for a Tow days at the
,Nor,,r,s ltata In this city. Before return
-. p.,un he wiz take = trip 20 Niagara.
Tsrhop.nnd islands Montreal and posaibiy
"lo, THIS lie not his Ars. Visit 70 this
,,,.v Int IL 10 ;ha arst time that he has had
,toIs,.nte 10 visit American resorts. and ho IL
,a.lirc forward h the experience with nn!ici-
patton,
,,,o,oc,y a 10 30 measured By tho cstima-
,,,r n Ers own Government which has pro-
,,o.ed him to his present rank so rapidly. He
zoe served extensively i'll the tropics. as Ia
,a,;ics.ed Lr the bronze which hot suns have
,',,a,, sE,q Ono Of his posts was among
IN, fur, u,"nt negroes Of the 'amcroons III
,tJ,n r,'pro Lcing DESPATCHED to Samoa hc
iaIL,., Stationed at MoEo IL The New Britain
,r,hi,cp,:a. whore hc was administrator ofthe
1,.,'..,. colony which extends over that group
.rl,nn : 5rumon Islands. communities for the
r,.,r.,r, rnGt Tor publication Suoh service
nix made tho assignment to duty in Samoa
lam Ike A he,terment OF conditions. an
',f,,..Ig nhf,l. could never be acquired except
IN somo su'h way
T.rr yuar, u uninterrupted service Is set to
,bsre,orl - MI Rose in Samoa. and now he
t,-,....i,cl a ch-needcd leave OF absence
i,t,re returning to the discharge OF active
,g,cs m the scryi"e Of the German Foreign
An,oc Tie ast few months of turmoil in tho
i.lpl.h,vo been enough in them selves to make
,,,,,ti.,, "A tn nc to be desired and as heartily
sp,rrca'"l whcT obtained. Mr.. Rose did not
i,,,er..,.! the trouble was quito over and tho
commission had no further need OF his stock
a. ,cInantanrc with the island conditions.
,,rsp,-Gruerai Rose is naturally reserved
a., ,hc samoan question. His work has been
ycror,cI t. his Government. and beyond that
rorort he is not expected to say very much.
Euf he looks back with much amusement to
his first American experience with the intcr-
viewers when he landed at San Francisco few
day, ago Al that time it was telcgraphed that
he was arrogant and refused TO speak"
dcsrrir.ion which has heartily amused him to
whom it was applied Tho circumstances. as
Mr. Rose rnrouuts them. are these: The Ger
man mrml er OF the commission wrote his re-
mort M t. the very last moment before the
steamer led. and put it into the hands Of Con-
.ul-TeEoral Rose fol despatch to Germany. aud
I'm so doing he saved timc by postroning tho
translation Of tho report into the official cipher.
On the DAY OF his arrival in San Francisco Mr..
Ec.e was not able 10 get ashore until nearly
noon. owing to the delays Of the lido on the
bar As soon as he landed his first duty was to
take this report made by Baron Speck Won
stcrnbcrs aud at the German Consulate put it
Into cipher for transmission to Germany. 1t
takes long tirle Tor one man to operate the
intricate ciphcrs employed in diplomatic bus-
ness and this work occupied Mr. Rose all OF
six hours OF continuous labor. When at last
the report had been ciphored and put on the
wire for transmission it was dinner time in the
evening and Mr.. Rose had his first leisure 10
look, after his, own comfort When he
reached his hotel he found ia
seemed anxious to ct an expression of his
opinion OH the samoan topic. and it was
wanted at once. But that az once was period
Of time which for six nng hours OF hard WORK
without rcireshmcut MIR Rose had been dedi-
eating to dinncr, nt the two tho dinner seemed
tS'iils tie HSiIoait' Fla; they Should confuse
aIntr"sant. va. hungry" '''' "'' NV "
consp-General kosG was one OF the few suf-
{. curse was Quite by az acciHeH client 'G sh"i
from the Philadelphia exploded ahead OF time
anIa fragment invaded the consular, premises.
This iiere was picked up later. and found to
weigh al. Of nine pounds. so that it ls an aston
thing piece q good luck that It's damage was
caused loss q ne, A. it Eel. out. the damage
was confined to the tableware in a closet which
the niece OF shc traversed. as many rs 40
pieces being smashed. either by tho direct i'm
ctoi the missile or by the conclusion and
the wind set np The only other damage done
In Apa was ut the American Consulate a mile
away ana II the Catho,,c cat hedral.
AMONG the natives. Mr. Rose says. the bonn
parchment was little more deadly. only one
death being credited to the ships This was
az o 9II woman at Salqa'ata. the German nayal
bullet from Maxim, But buildings suffered
I raNI (n on the whoIE north coast Of upolu,
from hpa up TO Tiavca almost at the extreme
east end q the island. the British ships shot at
every native village. with the purpose Of set
Sertion 0: worry few Isolated houses pointed
HGt 10 me sGnnners as belonging to supporters Of
along the whole coast The communities Mt the
east end Of tho island are particularly asso-
Sa,ed with Mataota Atone Of these Aleipata
which . peculiarly mr:xcd UP irwin With the for for
tunes Q, he Oh chief. The partisans Of the
ioses, Thich are strung along for several
sho S1 T IN tns general name OF Aleipata
. .a PROJECTION; tho reef extends far out at
sea' ana shirs must remain beyond range Of
runb St.t wHrs "1,c with which tho British
rssi G 70 E .nLs" enough among the corals Of the
even - !, / ha9 OF III" passage Of ships boat
Mh hiiaH' a, influence escaped all the hardships
nv Wn'S W, nave fallen even on villages devoted to
s,rny y Sispute as to the succession brought out
s".b br,sing evidence. according 70 Mr.. Roses
wrou.i, 'l' great cNdlsr Wnlch mas been
.,WnEh, IN breaking down tho ancestral con-
~ ~ NslH o. the SamOans. In one NJ the VIII
i,seSS Whirh are Included within the m unicipal =
49,. VI AVA TWO Old chiefs cast all their intiu-
touE tne >'de OF Mataaa. The old mon had
1891 the native custom, and had resigned
NJ ,utlces IN favor Of Younger SUCCESSORS.
49, Wo Young chiefs we're out for young
6t"cu"iloNIl, while their fathers were in the
tsrrrsSI1in GWlt PARTY, The only way in which to
, ,H 'uch condition is that hereditary al
un-, .at'l"werlu! with the old Samoaus
yo, 'v 10, as i"wer!u all incentive among the
yeli""ErI generation as thc demands of their
H. 49,; uehomlratiOnalism. Such a change
w w es mas never before been observed In
on, T mI aocuc!ng It IA a politica, argument,
(rHs"T ~! as a statement Of historical fact,
Sro 'N"a,ueHeral Rose says that all the Samoans
w"ro "a" "'e tueeh ~ all prominent OF recent years
"n %" mo eite ot Mataafa. Ask" he says,
amorn,S az sam ,NtI chief, or talking man. who
oil Ma ME- 10 ANYTHING in the government OF the
mH,letoA you will find TINT they were not
iuIpe, 'nR ~ son. There was Lemana OF Leu
N"sfDisEa' re wac with Mataafa There was
Thc,"" S ' o. LuHun; he was with Mataafa
EsyAI TTNs tLa' very important talking man Of
tIaiA o !.alat was hiA name-he was with Ma
GI'sncS III, IN Tough lie was under hereditary
JSnTc NJ n The Malietoa family. Practically
nsses- IAN" had only the party Of young Tia
nI,.o9iH ,Ih2Hsul. icnerai Rose left Aria the de.
G.AI ne work OF the commission had not
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