New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-31

.xr..rorasrce uar vessels are hurried to the SPOT
and the ; 9SSm sSs sshes e The
the King TO the boy who pipeclays ~, ,nr and In
Osp all ARE a Eee Of rG
ability which can be commitment OILY daarkness
some sr for or asamst the Go arnmen the Sa-
moan spends all his waxing hou'H anu
IN here was no particular surprise at
one OF the residences Of officials AL me cas- rn one
Anita when King Maetoa Iaupepa drove ny w va,
npb Hyben the darkness had settled down in sucn
way to encourage plols ah3 rog, Of history
~ Was the King and he had called by steam or
one Of his foreign friends and trus oeoat some
There was rumor of active Iebeil9n -, 40 vii.
thing IN the native schemes whicA had 70 90 w, on
the partisans of this Mataafa' VINO haS,Sna's SON
Waletoa Tanumahl There was sunlc!eno va Lilo
Gus tension in the situation 70 aSouId syIy CON
gether reasonable tha' tic '9
When the hrst situations had pas assoc
asked somewhat anxiously If the nau' mai there
had gone home, and Z 1t were cerIalm. nc house
was no possibility Of eavesdIoppfrs drew his chair
into Closer proximity and pued hard on me one
which is by courtesy invoicea as ars e the German
arm Sill the deep politics OF the yis t OH
appear Then the King asked ae Long the road or
siong the water highway just oeyond nd dnv and
Acting this hint. the doors door c p11
Not even afte ali these most unusual Grand
had been taken did the kns Sefore and confined
re renarks 10 mere trivialities. Whch Wbich they
all worthy Of the would be quite con-
trarv to etiquette to ask even S SAM 70 Wait on
10, i,ei,ese vas and n necessary " - +, or
m unburdeninc his soul OF the danger9tts crew
With which Il was charged sun M, VI I'm the for
WI ~ Il ING asked 10 be left alone VIII b,s
WIN ,cia1 THAT looked Ike some seIlouhs The
ness perhaps the King had me esraped from his
German prison Jau' Rs sr2sp Vas wealth Of
contemplating abdica ton. ihe MIR samoan politics
pc scnmnetcly biunts the sense OF sHrplST nerson
one were TO hear rum9r III apalnst his own
was II would be worth oong into T., nssugn
as such thing has before TINS h"Ip'"''
MYSTERY REVEALED.
when all these precautionary measures nau n'.'
taken the King tiptoed 10 q door ana S"u"s " 49,
49, .orrd no listeners outside and he displayed an
,atn.arco with practical politics which Is q'''e
oonn,,endable when one considers his limited OPP
.or,urities Then he was ready 70 make his erraiiu
known. =, .o,,r,rv.
samoa he said was most distressful country
I, had never amounted 10 anything eAceP' ""'
arao, Governments had extended their mighty pro-
,ection over the feeble people OF TIE lsIdhuS' IN.
fore IN this his hour Of need he mad come 70 ~
friend NJ the great Government This Is not ~ y"
taken in any way seriously II Is iaS GnverD
speech often the lips or sam an ~ anvthing
r55ental positions but they do not mean an; .rS
S ,bn sor,' in his own heart the Samoan KNOWS
himself tho superior of every WmIe man, ooooded n
IRON, mis- dreary preamble the King pI , ai
IOn Seta,jed statement Of his woes and persona
trihulations The ruling authorizes 81 nv iondon
>ftseion Society had come all the way from LuIuv y,
~ see him and his people. and IT wa hecttsH ant
IL was vet many days to the next payaay ana W.
~ &C moi cent in the royal possession
49, bte frjend come to HIS rescue and adNanCe
sT'Sreni TO allow OF entertainment ot tne dlTtln-
,is,nd strangers? The amount which was 49, ~
f,,eiv necessary TO keep him lro D open shaHle III
The sigh; of the world was go ,, =, o,o,bor
I'll ROY al touch has become historic IN AMI
onso :, ir ono Of the earliest instances or propIle-
tary medcne and even pr Johnson b was o ibd cure
~ The kinrs evil But this royal touch Of Mane ca
had nothing medicinal about n Inc samoa v,iie
toa had no expectation Of accomplishing me Wi.o
Of that sum in fact he seemed SO wei I,,a1,ied
v,itb the store order for kee OF SAT- peel NaIuet
~ q % that an impression was left that even AT
mai Tho King of Samoa regarded his frlend OF GGe
ereat Governments an easy marx anu inv -
moan equivalent Of a good thing .-. g.. .
10 matter how that may be, the nyeS}nen no 80
Sho can speak Incidentally Of how his MAJ. slF
tonched me for twenty. hut broke loose AT tnree-
INV That has its compensatory advantages