The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-22
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nLm = nne. Wnale me snfee c0osuiss tne
nnis.sonas1es ana the pee9oent ana cna.3
lnuce .QuaDoied ose1 snis technlcAi uu-
nouity. tne country grew turbulent fe!.
noeo tnen proposed mat AataAIe she0ie
% mace KING pro tenn. vniie eacn coesul
se1eSred tne matter 20 nis own country:
Inis was agreed 70. ana AateafA retired
Y the quaskest ana most friendly manner.
Then W was thar the missionaries put Iof-
ward Tanu. boy OF no family. no h
moan backing and IN hopelesa minority.
TO the surprise q tho whole country ana
tho very natural Indignation OF AataAfA
and his followers. TSnu was made King at
Nuitnuu. There were present the chief
justice. Chambers, the captain o. the Phil
adeiphiA and the Engltsh ana Amesacan
oonsulA It was mot agreed to BY the
Samoans. ana 70 smah was Tanu's foalow-
Ing that it could all BE- entertained u
the mission house afterward. Even then
the samoan people remained Quiescent.
waiting for wopd from the three great M
lions. A proclamation was issued insist
ing upon 1ataafa ana his powerful chiefs
coming In and paying their tribute TO
Tanu. tho new king. This they refused
to do AT this time party q marines ana
sailors went up - lar A. YAKIMA On .
reccnnctter1ng trip. The Aataafane saW
them and surrounde0 them, ana couo cas-
ily have killed every man OF than, but did
not. - they hoped for q more peacefui
solution. Then. ~ AataafA and his men
still yeeased TO bow the knee . Tanu. the
Enostsn snip Porpoase ana American snip
philadelphia. without the siighteet warm
Ing to the Inhabitants, either white o.
brown. began shellink the town. ana
steamed up and down the coast. throwing
their shells into peaceful villages ana Kill
Ing wouseA and children. Ihsn = was thai
the American ana Eneatsh soldiers feu
Into the hands or the Samoans . second
time. but On this occasion they we're SHOWN
no mercy. Private letters from white PEG.
pie who arc Aafaata sympatnisers. ana
from samoan cnsefs OF rank 70 thear
friends In this country. give vivid ana
terrible picture OF the havoc wrought by
the bursting OF shells In innocent samoan
villages; OF women and children. wounded
and bleeding, crawling on the sands. with
the ocean before them and the woods.
where shells were exploding every min
ute, behind them. And this butcher. from
the two most Christian Of natious-En-
CLANS and America. The papers say that
the SAmoans hsheaded two wounded white
men. Il was an act dieavowcd by MAta~
ala and forbsdAen by his chiefs. but Il II
an cid Samoan custom, and the natives
had seen their little children, their wives
and mothers lying manSled and bleeding
and helpless. and the old savage fury took
possession Of them. In the last war the
president forbade the ships flring upon
villages either Ia Cuba or the Philippines:
and why was II done on defense.ess 0R-
moaY What difference does II make to
us. living comfortably at home. who II
king In that far-ofP, beautiful landg Sure
~ We. a free people. should hold that the
majority rules, and n IS per cent Of the
popu, alton isn't 4 majority, what IN!