The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-13
GERMANY's VIEW.
Englnnd Mostly HInmcd--,fore EN-
counters Are Expected.

cpunttFs are expected.
Berlin. April 12.--The correspondent
here OF the Associated Press has had an
Interview With foreign office official
who is authorized TO speak for the min
lister of foreign affairs. Baron Won Blu
low. He said;
I'VE have received several official dis
patches saying that the Tanu people for
fortnight past have been raiding and pill
laying around Apa destroying mainly Ger
man property They are armed with
weapons furnished by the British.
eve also received today dispatch from
the commander of the Fake confirming the
ambuseade and the loss OF the Americans
and British, substantially tallying with the
dispatches OF the Associated Press. The
ambuscade may possibly have been on a
German plantation, ~ nearly all the prop
4 erty around Apia Is German. The gov
! eminent regrets exceedingly the occur
! renee for which, however, It Is in no way
4 TO blame. Such hostile encounters must
/ be expected when the Anglo-American ac-
/ ton In GROWING Tanu has made nine
tenths OF the Samoans their enemies. II
/ shows strongly how necessary Is the
prompt departure of the commission with
adequately full Instructions Although the
! German commissioner has not yet been FOR
mally appointed, he is ready TO start for
Samoa within half an hour of the three
governments clearly defining the mode o
operation and the powers OF the commits
sion. Why does England needlessly della,
agreeing? 1t is the only way to prevent
ceaseless bloodshed in Samoa. Unless th'
commission starts soon such encounter
may reoccur any day.
"Of course now that fresh blood ha
been spilled. the excitement of the .rheri
cans and British may Increase, but Ger
many is blameless. The same thing hap
pened TO our men In 1883. The Samoan
also cut of the heads OF the German vic
tins then. That Is one OF the SamoanS
. pleasant habits, II ADMIRAL Kautz had Tia
: power TO re-establish peace all might b
we'll But he needs a much stronger fore
than now available under his and Il
British command at Apia to subdue Ma
taata and his warlke hosts"
The correspondent OF the Associate
Press also saw United States Ambassadc
white who said he had received no o.
fetal news OF the recent occurrences
q Samoa, and therefore was unable to cou
! ment upon the ambuscade,
The Lokal Anzeiger, the only aternou
y newspaper here containing the excltl'
9 Samoan news. does not comment upon H.
!, Tho correspondent Of the Associate
Press hears from an authoritative sour
that the Washington government - ST
: in doubt as to how far unanimity Is to pr
Vt vail within the commission. Germany u
II sisting upon absolute unauimlty ana '
* United Suites desiring unanlpity on IL
y portant questions only while on the pr
r iiminarias and immaterlal ponts 8
c United states deems q majority sufnclon
+ An official dispatch from Apa dat
+ Aprtl 3. says: Tho British have been bon
y harding Samoan village daily and inc az
$ herenls OF both THnu and Mataata a
: phnderlng foreign property,
. On April I an Anglo American Rldl
. marty Of seventy men fell into an anI~l
2 cade near Vaslele, Three officers VIC
&c killed and two light guns were capture
:, Tho warshps afterwards renewed the nou
i, hArdmeut
y The officials here point out that the g,
y gsgemont appears to have occurred AZ I,
:, same place that a landing party IRON u
- German warships Olga, Eber and Adlef NJ
a an encounter with the natives 10 1883
sydney. n. S. w. April ie, The brit'
;. cruiser Wallaroo and the British guneo
IA Goldanoh have been ordered 10 proce
to TO Samoa.