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1.,t Of the New Treaty Arranged
by the Commissioners
AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEFS.
nj. Iimitod system OF Native Cow
eminent Insiiiuted-rhere VIII be
n Native Council.

can Francisco. July sO.--Thc cail pub
Names the report ot the iripartito COM
-i..Ion sent to Samoa, making Vafl-
~. concentration regarding the
I'D, form OF government decided upon
y, them as most suitable for the ISL
..t.rs. These recommendations are
t..st upon the best features OF the
p.-ln treaty and include the principal
,.,tursa of the proposed new treaty
smsnd,d and modified by the COM
..i..f,ners. The official report Of tho
.,wmlssionern. and the draft Of the
r,oposed amended treaty are said to
H. now on the way to their respective
governments. The report of the com
mls.ionefs r. as follows:
THE REPORT.
We have the honor TO submit here
with t1 the consideration OF our thtec
,,ternmenta the inoloscd draft OF a
,,,Gidel and amended version OF the
s,t M Uerlln. IN preparing these mod.
igg,tioua and amendments our method
baa boon to consider nrat. what are the
"eul which have caused the recent
t,.,tias ia Samoa. and the generally
,tgastiufactory condition OF the Islands
ana secondly what are the measures
nioat likely to remove or minimize these
evils. The chief evils may be- IN our
opinion. grouped under four headni
THE CHIEF EVILS.
rirt,-Thoae which appear TO lncvit-
abiv attend the election nf KING IN
samoa and his subsequent Efforts 10
erert his authority.
sSSond-'rhose which arr due 20 the
byairy of the foreign uutlonnlitlca pe-
tween themselves ana the disposition
=, take sides In the native politics, anu
linus Increase the Importance ana Dit
tsrres of the disputes which WlHr'
Thlri-A large part NJ the evils have
ttelr origin In the fact that Tor many
,aara there has been no law OF
.,.iar In eamoa other than native Gus
IONS outside the limits OF the munich
piIty. Murder and other .ellouA
crimes have remained unpunlshed Wren
committed by persons OF rank, anu tno
supreme court and the nominal gov
.rnmont nj Mulinuu have been equally
powerlcss To exert any controlling
Fourth-The insufficient enforcement
OF tho customs regulations has allowed
interruptions traders 10 distribute large
numbers Of arms among a nauNe pop,
uintion rent by political factions ana
ready 10 nght both one another ana
Europeans.
REMEDY FOR THE EVILS
To meet the first Of these evils w
have temporarily abolished the king
thip. and recommend that II be pctmn'
nsntiy abolished. The action which W,
have taken In the matter does not up'
pear to have aroused any hostile teel'
Ing among the natives. No doubt many
great chiefs regret that they VIII ne
longer have an opportunity OF graf
flying their ambitions and INDUCING
that pnsaion Tor rank ana ccrcmon,
which n innate In the breast Of ever,
Samoan.
nut even the chiefs have acquicace,
IN the change. some OF the most I'm
portant have stated that they think u
4 for the good Of Samoa, and We be
lleyc that the population, unless
worked upon by cXtrnncoua Influence
(which o.. unhnppily not imposHiblc)
viii assent 10 the abolition without
murmur and without regret.
Every white man. German, EngUal
and American alike, who has given cNi
dsncc before the commission with "a
execution Of one or two lawyer. VIII
had private interests In the casel. ha
recommended the comwisHlon TO Oh
away with the kinrship and we ma
also refer 60 the opinion of Sir 4. Male
recorded In the protocols N the confer
ence OF Berlin and OF Mr., Bates In hi
report on Samoa,
4 USELESS OFFICIAL.
Il seems impossible TO say Of the onic
any good whatever. u n comparative
~ modern 40 an institution. u serve
no useful purpose. In recent years, n
any rate, the king had no authority a
practical power 90 oven collect take
h.V.rN th. limit. 80 a.. ,,,ttuteIp.Itfs