The age-herald., 1899-05-05
MATAAFA FORGED
 TO WITHDRAW Deiiantly Refused to Obey Kaulz'S Or
 der to Do So. ADMIRAL ASSORTED TO ARMS He Complied Hith AlaCrity When Guns
 Were Ordered. BOTH lNS0LENT AND ARROGANT Says the American Admiral of the Ger man Consul In Anoth er One of Those Private Communications To
 a Friend
ADMIRAL ASSORTED TO ARMS
BOTH lNsoLeNT AND ARROGANT

Auckland, N. E., May 4.-Advices received
 here from Apia, Samoa, to April 27 stated
 that the rebel loss by the smelling of the
 Mataafan stronghold at Vaiima by the
 warships of Great Britain and the United
 States was quite heavy. Many of the
 rebels were wounded. The house in which
 the late Robert Louis Stevenson lived was
 riddled with shot.
 On April 22 there was a sharp skirmsh
 between rebels and Lieutenant R. A.
 Gaunt's brigade near the town of Vailima.
 In the engagement one Mataafan was kill
 ell. The lines of the Friendlies were at
 tscked in the darkness at two points, but
 none of them were killed.
 On April 23 there was some bush fighting.
 lieutenant Gaunts brigade, numbering 300
 nsen, advanced under a hot fire. The
 enemy lost several men, the bodies of the
 dead being dragged away. Of the Friend
 lies one was killed and three wounded. The
 British lieutenants, Innes, Hinman, Shuler and Hathcoat under Lieutenant Gaunt, led
 the loyaists.
 The New Zealand government steamer Tutenakai had arrived at Apia with dis
 patches announcing the request of the in
 ternational peace commissioners that the Inhabitants peacefully await their arrival from San Francisco. meeting of the thrcs consuls in view of this message was lie d. but without result, the German con-
 sul dissenting from the propositions of the other two consuls
 Replied Defiantly. Admiral Albert Kautz, United States navy and Captain Stuart of the British cruiser Tauranga, wrote and dispatched through a French priest to Mataafa, or- deI sng him to withdraw his forces outside | of an area ten miles long and six miles | broad. Mataafa replied defiantly refusing | to vithdraw unless the German consul and | tho captain of the German cruiser, Fake agraed. Admiral Kautz and Captain Stu | art. shereupon sent an ultimatum to Ma | taafa threatening to compel the withdrawal Of his forces. In support of this utimatum | a plan of action was decided upon. Lieu | tenant Gaunt's brigade was strengthened and heavy gun was landed al Mulinu and war rockets were gotten in readiness. Be- | ing informed of these preparations, Ma ] taafa made prompt reply, agreeing to with | draw immediately.
 On April 20 an important meeting of | the king and his chiefs occurred. They | were informed of the action that had been | taken by the British and American naval | commanders. Lieutenant Gaunt's brigade | is now patroing the prescribed area. l King Tanu visited Admiral Kautz and 1 Captain Stuant on board the American and | English ships respectively and was received | with the customary salutes on his arrival | and departure.
 | Bufnagel, the manager of the plantation 1 upon which an attack was made on Brit l ish and American sailors, resulting in the l death of Lieutenant Freeman of the Brit l fsh navy, lieutenant Lansdale and Ensign | John R. Monaghan, of the United States l cruiser Philadelphia, and two others, is | still detained on board the German cruiser 1 Fake.
 Rebels Have the Gun 1 The gun carriage from the Philadelphia which was lost at the time of the engage l ment, has been recovered, but the gun IS l still in the hands of the rebels. Officials | and leading residents of Samoa, who have been interviewed unite In saying that the ] charges of inhumanity on the part of the l British which were made by man named l LaRoche are untrue. A majority of the in- habitants are highly dissatisfied with the 1 cessation of hostilities. They say thai | Mataafa Is beaten now and that the l trouble would be ended in a-Week or ten
 days were the advantage pushed. The reb- l els are delighted at the delay which vii l give them time to refill their cartridge | shells and build more forts. It Is the gen l eral opinion that the islands will be un' 1 inhabited except for German and French 1 men unless Mataafa and the rebel chlets | arc severely punished.
 1 It is doubtful it British and American | subjects will give much evidence before 1 the international commission, owing to tho 1 fear that to express themselves candidly 1 would interfere with trade relations. Fol this reason the evidence before the com | mission is likely to be one-sided. The statement by the German minister oi l foreign affairs, Baron von Buelow, thai l Mataafa was unanimously elected kine oi
 the Samoan Islands, is denounced ir l Samoa.
 The rebels admit that the result of thu l battle at Vailima was the gre; test reverse | they have ever experienced. They were as | tonished by the manner in which Gaunt's 1 brigade sustained it's position in the fact 1 of continuous fire. They were also as l tonished at the final smelling of Vailima l by which many of the rebels were badly | wounded.
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