The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-07
UNANIMlTY PLAN ADOPTED
samoan Commission to be of Entirely
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Washinton, April 6.-Herr Solf, who is to
1 succeed DR.. Raffel as president Of the
! municipal council at Apia, has left Wash
ington for his post. He intends to stop
| in Chicago for a day or two, and also at
| Colorado Springs, Col, planning his move
ments so as to be able to take the steamer
! al san Francisco some time between the
! 10Th and 18th Of next month The state
! department has not yet selected the rep
resentative on the Samoan commission but
the president is giving the matter his per-
sonal attention. Nearly every American
who had anything to do with Samoa in
representative capacity in recent years has
turned up as an applicant for this place.
But the state department does not feel
disposed TO choose from among them, prin-
cpally for the reason that it is deemed
proper to name some person who has not
been involved in any manner in the past
difficulties on the islands. If there is any
real Intention of securing an amicable
agreement between the three powers in
terested in Samoan affairs it is believed
that some such policy as this IS essential.
Therefore the Berlin intimation in ONE
of the press dispatches that Herr Schmidt
has been selected as the German commits
sioner does not meet with credence here,
for it is well known that while he was at
Apia, first as vice consul and afterwards
as president Of the municipal council, Herr
Schmidt, by his uncompromising cham
pionship of the German interests where
cpy1af afa ed nit Of
became involved with our consul, Mr. Null
ligan, to a degree which led to the re-
tirement of both of these officials If it
is deemed essential that the Commissioner
should be experienced in Samoan affairs
however, that fact viii undoubtedly color
the selection of an American representa-
tive by the president It is possible that
there may be misrepresentation regarding
the German commissioners, owing to the
large number of Schmidts in the consular
service, one report being that Herr
Schmidt IS consul at GARAGES.
The German ambassador, DR.. Won Hol-
leben, called at the state department to-
day to feEcitate Secretary Hay on the sat
isfactory adjustment of the Samoan affair
Even as late as yesterday afternoon the
possibiitie of hitch had not disappeared
but late in the day official dispatches were
received from Berlin stating that as a re-
suit of conferences between the German,
British and American representatives, a
settlement was assured. The main fea-
ture of this conference was in a determi-
naoitn that the high commission would act
by unanimous vote and not through a
majority. This is on the theory that the
delegates will be of high character. that
unanimous agreement will be certain, al
though there is, of course, the possibility
of a deadlock. The present tendency IS
not to provide a final ar arbitrator, but
to assume that the commission viii agree
among themselves. This eliminates for
the present King Oscar of Sweden, who
has been mentioned for umpire. The Ger !
man ambassador and members of his staff !
also made a call today at the British en- /
bassy, thus further evidencing the agree |
able relations which have suddenly taken !
the place of the rather strained conditions |
heretofore prevailing in regard to Samoa