The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-03-09
SAMOAN AFFAIRR
Germ ans Still Ass sting Natalie
in his Fight for supremacy

IN MS FlEHi lOI s'upItHh'1
Apia. samoa. Feb % via san Francis
CO. Mar 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
Malictca and those OF Mataafa During
this time samoa has been free any Ac-
tive warfare The provincial government
under Mataafa has not been success.
10 has estranged the feelings OF many OF
Its own supporters by the deportation OF
the Maiietoa chiefs. All Malietoas adhCr-
ents who we're not deported have been
fined. and inoffensivc NATIVES the scrEapts
of whites. who had been nniyacwoo --l,
of whites who had been iu noway cpn-
nectedwith the lighting have been lrres,-
ted A sharp remoustrance from British
consul Maze" who now has two men o,
war supporting him, has prevented rc
currance of this annoyance. The natives
cf TNi.ia have declared in favor of Tan ls
and the deported chiefs are having q pleas
ant picnic among friends. Malletpa seems
to hc gaining strength every day and sev
erai of Mataafa's chief adhercuts nave
gone over to his side. There are not m ich
more than half the people on Matlafas
! side and it Is doubtful If more than ON,
thrid OF the population are his active sup.
porters. Among the British and Americans
here 1t Is not seen how the powers can
act in any other way than TO stand b,
Tanus as king II Is argued that 10 fhey
do not they deliberately break the Per
| lin treaty and cast a slight upon theu
| nominee. the chief jutice. and in the ease
of Great Britain and the United states
| they go back on their consular reprasen.
tauves here who have acknowleds Ia.
nus as king Mataafa and his chlct'
know all this and are most anxious tt
keep their followers conciliated ana pre-
vent them from doing anything at pres.
eut whereby Mataafa's chances OF being
king may he endangered. Mataatl hin.
self is perplexed and uneasy.
GERMAN CONSUL WRONG
The German consul has received cl'de
from Germany directing him TO recognize
the authority Of chief justice Chimb,Is
and 10 withdraw from the stand he and
Or. Raffel had taken. This news has dis.
couraged Mataafa and I'm addition M
| United States consul has written him 70
the effect that the consul has noti ms or
the matter from his government ani Is
awaiting dispatches. In addition % these
Idisduietng facts Mataafa has had a itU,
trouble with the British warship Porpolse
The Porpolse went for a cruise around
| the groud. When she returned Capt stun
dee found that no natives came near hs
ship and that taboo had been DECLARED
| against his ship. lie al once sent note
20 the provincial government demq 1dira
an apology and a withdrawal of ths boy
! colt To this DR. Rafrel as executive nea,
replied that the boycott was not agalns
the man Of war but against the chef ius
tice who was on board. A sullshape
note was sent by Captain surdee to th'
effect that ne would take decisive actor
at once and the boycott removed.
STILL HAVE TROUBLES.
Thee hief justice is being thwartc1 =
every way possible by the Germans. Dr
Raffe was cited by the chief Justice III
contempt but declined To come to cour
and placed himself under the protection
of the German consul. lie was arrested
by the marshal Of the court but on Mi
refusal TO go no attempt was made e
| force him The chief Justice rested con
tent with having brought the matter q
|
cited for contempt and disputed the Wris
diction Of the court on the same ground
as DR. Ranel. The German consul inter
posed his protest but Buelow has never
theless been summoned 10 appear in tw
weeks
H. Moores. an American apologizcd. O
the court for writing a threatening lc ie
and was purged for contempt Her, Gross
muhl still remains in the German co1aul
tate and will not venture out for fear %
arrest bv the court officials. Every bod
IS anxiously awaiting the decision OF th
powers and In the meantime As no
thought here that there viii be any ga.
ther disturbances.
The Associated Press correspondent
shortly after the seizure OF the S)m11
government by Mataafa, had an inta'
view with the noted chief Mataafa wne
asked why he had been proclaimed hn
said that Malietoa L2upeta, being dea.
the samoans had the rlgh; to select
new kingan he was chosen Accordin
J TO Mataafa's view. this was not In vic
lation OF the Berlin treaty and IN M
version Of the treaty printed in Sam
ther is no stipulation made by Count ~
marck that Mataafa should never he ma
J king Mataafa admitted that he had be-
warned that there was a stipulatiC
against him being king and had approach
ed the German consul on the matter WI
said the German government had torgo
ten the past and now had no obiect ~
TO his becoming king The protocol wac
:, contains the stipulation, was not attac
B | ed to the trtaty printed for the Samoan