The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-09
Officials at Apia Checked In Their
Wild Career.
ORDERS FROM BERLIN
MUST RECOGNIZE AUTHORITY
OF CHIEF JUSTICE.
Provisional Government Has Deport-
ed All of Malietoa's Followers
Commander of British Warship
Raises a Boycott = Germans Ar
rested For Contempt.

Apia, Samoa, Feb. % (via San Fran
cisco, March S).-Four weeks have
elapsed since the last mail dispatches
left here for San Francisco concerning
the outbreak of civil war between the
adherents of Tanus Malietoa and those
of Mataafa. During this time Samoa
has been free from any warfare. Inc
provisional government, under Mataa-
ia, has not been a success. II mas
estranged the feelings of many OF It's
own supporters by the deportation OF
the Malietoa chiefs and the banishlng
from Apia of, all male Samoan adults
who were on Malietoa's side All Ma
| lietoa'S adherentS who were not de-
ported have been fined, and lnoffenslVe
natives, the servants of whites, VINO
had been in no way connected with the
fighting, have been arrested. A sharp
remonstrance from British Consui
Maxse, who now has two men-of-war
supporting him, prevented recurrence
of this annoyance. The natives of Tu-
tuila have declared in favor OF Janus,
and the deported chiefs are having a
pleasant picnic among friends
Malietoa seems to be gaining strength
every day, and several of Mataafa
adherents have gone over to MS SIDE
There are not much more than one
half the people on Mataafa's side, and
it is doubtful il more than one-third
of the population are his active sup
porters. Among the British and Amer
leans here it is not seen how the pow
erS can act in any other way than
stand by Tanus as king. 1t is argued
that if they do not, they deliberately
break the Berlin treaty and cast
slight upon their nominee, the chief
justice; and in the case of Great Brit
ain and the United States, they go back
on their consular representatives here,
who have acknowledged Tanus as the
king. Mataafa and the chiefs know
this, and are most anxious to keep
their followers conciliated and prevent
them from doing anything at present
whereby Mataafa's chances of being
king may be endangered. Mataafa
himself is perplexed and uneasy.
The German consul has received a
cable from Germany, directing him to
recognize the authority of Chief JUS
tice Chambers, and to withdraw from
the stand he and DR.. Raffel had taken
in regard to the supreme court. This
news has discouraged Mataafa, and, in
addition, the United States consul has
written him to the effect that, notwith-
standing rumors around Apia, the
United States has not recognized Ma
taafa as king, and that the consul las
nothing on the matter from mis- gov
eminent, and is awaiting dispatches.
In addition to these disquieting facts,
Mataafa has had a little trouble with
the British warship Porpoise. The Por-
poise, after matters had settled down
in Apia, went for cruise around the
group. When she returned, Captain
Sturdee found that no natives came
near his ship, and that a taboo had
been declared against the vessel. He
at once sent note to the provisional
government, demanding an apology
and withdrawal of the boycott. To
this DR.. Raffel, as executive head, re-
piled that the boycott was not against
the man-of-war, but against the chief
justice, who was a guest on board. A
still sharper note was sent by Captain
Sturdee, to the effect that he would
take decisive action at once, and the
boycott was removed. Her majestys
ship Royalist is now here also.
The chief justice, although now rec
ognized by the German consul under
instructions from Germany, is still be-
the Germans. DR.. Raffel was cited by
the chief justice for contempt. but de-
clined to come to court and placed
himself under the protection of the
German consul. He was arrested by
the marshal of the court but on his
refusal to go, no attempt was made to
force him. The chief justice rested
content with having brought the mat
ter to this issue. Herr Won Bulow was
also cited for contempt and disputed
the jurisdiction of the court on the
same ground as DR.. Raffel The Ger
man consul opposed his protest, but
Bulow has, nevertheless, been sum-
moned to appear in two weeks.
H. Moors, an American, apologized
to the court for writing a threatening
letter, and was purged of contempt
Herr Grossuhl still remains at the Ger
man consulate, and viii not venture
out for fear of arrest by the court Of
ficials.
Everybody is anXiously awaiting the
decision of the powers, and in the
meantime it is not thought there will
be any further disturbance.