The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-29
LIEUT.. GAVE HOOKED /
DESERTED LANSDALE AND THE
WOUNDED.
Startling Story from Samoa in Con-
nection with the Fight in which
British and Americans were Killed.

David Macgregor, a Scotchman who
has been in Samoa for the past six
months and formerly resided there
was a passenger by the Moana. Speak
ing of affairs in Samoa, he said: The
business community is anXiously
awaiting the arrival of the Commits
sioners from the powers. The situa-
ton is as bad as il can be and can
only grow worse until someone else
besides the 1Sresent representatives of
the powers who have all committed
themselves to fixed opinions, come to
straighten out the tangle. Mataafa is
the real king of Samoa. He has the
allegiance OF by far the majority of
the Samoans, and is in actual control
except at Mulinuu, and in part of the
municipal district of ApIa. In all the
fighting while he has sustained the
larger losses he has lost little ground
The British and Americans have not
even succeeded in driving him out of
the municipality of Apia, and Malie-
toa is king only in name
1T must not be supposed that the
policy inaugurated with the arrival of
the Philadelphia meets with the ap-
Eproval of all the British and Americans
there. That is far from the truth. In
fact the only supporters of the policy
are the crowd of "Jingoes' from New
| Zealand, beach-combers and fraudu-
lent bankrupts who want to get con-
| troll in Samoa. and the little coterie
! connected with the London mission
who are sincere and honest, but who
desire that Malietoa shall be king be-
cause he was educated in their schools
and they think it will be better for
! their work. The foreigners who have
| real interest in Samoa are almost
without exception in favor of Mataafa.
The action of the American
and British commanders in repu-
dating the provisional government
| pending a final settlement by the
powers is considered by all except
the coterie that hopes to profit by the
disorder and what may come of it, as
an effort on their part to get II little
| glory at the expense of the Samoans
ADMIRAL Kautz thought he saw an op.
portunity to do something like Dewey
or Sampson did. There was no excuse
for disturbing the provisional govern
ment until the matter could be inves
tigated by the three powers and "A una
nimous conclusion reached. Captain
White of the Philadelphia was very
much opposed to the action Admiral
Kautz took, knowing as everyone else
there did that it could only result in
war and bloodshed, and would finally
have to be settled by the home gov.
ernments of the three powers. 'Wher
the commission investigates. am sure
that many things will be brought tC
light which have been suppressed anc
which will put an altogether different
aspect on the matter
THE whole truth has not been tolC
about that fight. in which Landsdal,
was killed. The party was in com
mand of Lieut.. Freeman. They wer,
out recOnnoitering and We're EXTENDED
in skirmish line. They saw some ma
tives ahead of them and fired on them
The first thing they knew they wer,
being surrounded. The Colt gun go
iammed and out of working order
Freeman was killed and the command
devolved on Lieut.. Cave of the Por
poise The Americans in the party will
not say anything about il, but tn,
British marines say he hooked it, h,
ran for the beach. The men them
selves tried to get him to let then
make a stand to bring off the wound
ed, but he ordered them to go will
him and led them at a run. Even afte
they got to the beach and out of dan
ger the men volunteered to go bacl
for the wounded, but he would not lie
them saying they would be comm.
along pretty soon.
''H. j. Moors, an American has beel
practically prisoner in his own hous
for several weeks, by orders of Admir-
al Kautz. There is guard at hi
house and he is not allowed to receiv
visitors or go anywhere except on tn
orders of KautZ. He has always bee
a friend of Mataafa and has never de
MED it, and is one of the most infiuen
tial men in the Islands,"