The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-08


rebels Fighting by night is an en-
tsreiy new departure in Samoan war
rare, ana everything points TO German
teach1ng. One Marquardt. who has
peeh drilling the natives, has been ar
rested. He was sent on board the Fake
under pledge of the German command
er that he will not be allowed to land
a half-caste named TAYLOR has been
arrested as spy and is in irons on
the Porpoise. H. J. Moors. an Ameri-
can. is confined to his store under sus-
plclon of being a Mataafa syrnpathizer.
Saturday and Sunday We're quiet. The
iiFoii hotel has been mined. in case it
becomes necessary to blow it up, and
two green lights from the shore is the
signal to shell the hotel.
PILLAGERS AT WORK.
Sunday afternoon body of native
foragers came upon q Mataafa crowd,
killing eight and wounding twenty of
them, when the rebels fed. The forag-
ers returned laden with booty and
bringing the ears Of several of their foe.
Among the wounded was a nephew of
M2taafa and one of the killed was Lee
lena Muda, second in command of Ma
taaIa's forces
During the past three days there has
been no fighting in town. The defenses
have been strengthened by the mount
ing Of an additional gun, and q. couple
of mines were laid, in case of rush
into the town The Porpoise has daily
made a cruise along the coast, bonn
harding the native villages. Six of them
have been destroyed. Captain Sturdee
does as little killing in these expeditions
as possible. The destruction of houses
anu boats is his object.
For several days the German warship
Fake persistently kept in the way. so
Tr he af l16 ,-it
ships, and finally Admiral KautZ COM
PEELED her to move inside the harbor
entrance, out OF the way.
EfALIETOA CROWNED KING.
On March %, Tanumafn Malietoa
was crowned king of Samoa at Mulinuu.
Admiral Kautz and Captain White of
the Philadelphia; Cantain Sturdee and
Captain Forlesse of the Porpoise and
Royalist, the United States and British
consuls and chief justice were present
at the ceremony, which was attended
by all the representative Americans and
British. The German officials were con-
spicuous by their absence.
Everybody is anXiously awaiting def
mite news from the three powers. 1t is
thought that il Germany acknowledges
Tanu as king that the rebellion will be
broken; IL not, Admiral KautZ will take
stronger measures than hitherto.
Admiral Kautz spoke quite freely on
the situation and considers he has been
grossly insulted by the German consul
general issuing his counter proclama-
ton. The admiral takes the stand that
The Berlin treaty. which he is instruct
ID by his government TO uphold. does
not make any provision whatever for a
provisional government. His instruc-
tons are . carry out the treaty in ac-
cordance with the views of a majority,
Of the consular representatives. The
admiral is very wroth with the German
consul and blames him entirely for the
present attitude of the rebels, as the
natives We're obeying his command to
retire to their homes when the German
proclamation was issued.
Later on. Rose put his views in writ
ing to the admiral, and stated that Ger
man warships could only act if German
props"ty or life was TO be protected
against danger or in the case of the
supreme court issuing Il warrant for ar
lest against individuals. He also pro-
tested against the issue of the procla-
nation by Admiral KautZ pending in
:.tructions from the treaty powers; also
against The return 20 Apia. of the de-
ported Maiiet0ans. which was menace
10 the peace of Samoa.
The admiral replied that he must be
governed in his actions by a convic-
ton Of his duty and not by his fears;
that in mis- proclamation ne meant ex-
actiy what he said, and was not speak
ing hippantly. and what he had pro-
claimed he would do.