The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-05
SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
Mataafa Brought to Terms by
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AUCKLAND. NJ T., May 4.-Advices
received here from Apia, Samoa, to April
n, state that the rebel loss by the she'll
ing of the Mataafan stronghold at VaiIi
ma, by the Warships of Great Britain and
the United States, was quite heavy.
Many Of the rebels were wounded The
mouse In which the late Robert Louis
Stevenson lived was riddled with shot
On April 22 there was sharp sl1lrmish
between rebels and Lieut.. r. A Gaunt's
brigade. near the town of Vailima. In
this engagement one Mataafan was kill
ed. The lines of the friendlies were at
tackled IN the darkness at two points.
but none of them Were killed
On April 23 there was some fighting.
Lieut.. Gaunt's brigade, numbering 800
men. advanced under a hot fire. The en-
envy lost several men, the bodies of the
dead being dragged away OF the friend
hes one was killed and three wounded.
The British ieutenants, Innes, Shuler.
Hickman, under Lieut.. Gaunt. led the
loyalists
The New Zealand government steamer
Iutanekat had arrived at Apia with dis
patches announcing the requests Of the
international peace commissioners that
the Inhabitants peacefully await their ar
rival from San Francisco. A meeting of
the three conSuls, in view of this mes
sage, was held, but without result the
German consul dissenting from the prop
oslt1ons of the other two consuls.
Admiral Kautz, u. s. N, and Can't.
stuart, OF the British cruiser Tauranga,
wrote and dispatched through a French
priest to Mataafa, ordering him to with
draw his forces outside of a line ten
miles long and six miles broad. Mstsafa
replied defiantly, refusing to withdraw
unless the German consul and the cap
tam or the German cruiser Fake agreed.
AuInlrai hautz and Capt. Stuart there
upon sent an ultimatum to Mataafa.
threatening to compel the withdrawal of
MS forces. In support of this ultimatum
a plan OF action was decided upon Ideut
Gaunts brigade was strengthened and q
heavy gun was landed at Mulinu and
war rockets were gotten in readiness
Being informed Of these preparations
Mataafa made prompt reply, agreeing
to withdraw immediately
On April % an important meeting of
the king and his chiefs was held. They
were informed Of the action that had
been taken by the British and American
naval commanders and gave it general
approval. Lieut. Gaunt's brigade is now
patroli1ng the prescribed area King
Ianus visited Admiral Kautz and Can't
stuart on board the American and Eng
hsh cruisers, respectively, and was re-
ceiVed with the customary salutes on his
arrival and, departure HufnaseI the
manager of the plantation upon which an
attack was made on British and Ameri-
can sailors resulting in the death Of
Lieut. Freeman, of the British navy.
Lieut. Lansdale and Ensign John r
Monaghan, of the United States cruiser
Philadelphia. and two others. is still de-
tanned on board the German cruiser
Fake.
The gun carriage from the PhiladeIphia
Wnlcn was lost at the time of the engage
ment. has been recovered. but the gun
Is still In the hands of the rebels.
WASHINGTON. May 4-The following
cablegram has been received at the navy
department from Admiral Kautz:
"Aucklund. May l. - Subdate Apia.
April N.-Secretary Of the Navy, Wash,
lngton; All quiet at Apia. Mataafa and
his chief agreed to keep outside
lines prescribed by British senior officer
present and and to until
commission There will be no
fighting -''Keutz
The cablegram was mutilated In trans
mission over the cables and In the pro-
cess of resolving the cipher It's mean
Ing is plain to the naval officials, as con-
f1rming the press report that truce has
been agreed upon in Samoa, and there
will be no more hostilities pending the
reaching of conclusion by the commits
sion now on the way to the islands and
due there in about two weeks