The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-11
Herr Roses Version of the Trou-
BILE in Samoa.
CHAMBERS WAS TO BLAME
Rose Alleges That Hs Did Not Lead the
Mataatans Captain Sturdee
Threatened to Bonn
bard Apia.

patches from Samoa Herr Rose tua
t,arna,, CONSUL =, ,i,, ,a,,+ - ,,
eNehtS prior 10 January t. dated Jan
uary %, says the decision of ChleS
Justice Chambers in favor of NaI,etna
ra,,s ,.o,. t,,,,,, T.. ,,... ....,..
az ' i''S A'''-
eiec'' lhaShuch as IN written state
ment dated October !. 1895. Nlr. Cham
bers declared there wa. No sround r,,.
,,,,,,.,,;,,r ,1a..,,e,.
''''e h''"'ia assumption u ''e
sovereignty If he was elected king.
During the course of the discussion
prior to the olthreal, rtsoectfna ,h..
g " '' aoo4''e" " ASSUME pun
lie security, Mr.. Maxse, the British
consul. and CAPTAIN Sturdee of tn.
pr;t;sb o,risar por,ri,o aro ra,,,rt.,,
'N
as NstllnatlhS ihelr intention OF lorclhty
preventing any advance of the Mataaf-
ans and to actively nrn,ect tn. ranus
ties
While the Germans nnl,, announce, .,
such military measures a. yv-r,.
prompted bv the necessity ia protpr,
the lives and nronertv Of tho Whites
the British Guards STATIONED at Nh,
Chamhers' Tesiden, wonld owine tn
The locality. have heen drawn airect,v
conflict with the natives
Herr Pose rhnn relates how ha roia
ON the afternoon of Iannarv ro the
Tivoli hotel in order tn watch events
and how an his way tbara ha ha1 In
traverse a body of Nataafans +, whom
however he did nor snnaE Shnr.l,,
after four the German consul cnn-
Times he rode win J,;aut.n,nt Eral-
inyha,ls of the German varshin Tr,l,x.,
TO Song,i and home again Tins The
that he rode at the head of a trnnn e
Mataafans AT 4 40 when they att.c.ed
tba rrivoli hotel iS .p,,ra ;n,antior ), &C
proyed bv the written testimony Of
Iieutenant Era,nphaus Tha ronsuI
adds that the tirst Two SHOTS wara fireI
nv the Malietoans
Recountins thp establishment Of tha
nrnvisionsl snya,.f,nent uarr poso
'savs Dr Raffal of the C,e,,nan runini
pal government at Aria hy his 1rtiv;tv
soon won universal annrova1 an1
quotes the thanks he received f,nn, thn
British consul and the captain of Tho
pornoise Tbus rba co,sr1 continues
the provisional government was already
an accomnIishpd fact on January =
Relating to the att1tude of tra war;
shins the consul saws mr. RafTel too,.
measures for the nrotection of thn R,it-
ish mission and he conc1uaas WIEN dn-
clariug Mataafa did NOT take nart il,
the fighting Moreover he noints out
he was recoenized on the English side
bv a letter published in the ADia news
panprs
According to ConsuI Rose Nata,fa
was NOT resnonsible for the way h,It nm
fo the last endeayored to preyent il In
another rpport Herr Rose describes the
events hatwaen January too ua savs
Dr. Raffel closed the supreme court on
Isnuarv o bacause he ,hougbt Nr
Chambers was nrecluded Nv law from
exercising the functions of cbirf i,,etice
as 1onp'as tha povernmant was instalI
cd contrary tn his decision and he va
manned in office After Onnnsinr Mr.
N.xsa's viaws that Dr Rarfars actinn
was an insuIt to tho Pritish day uarr
Rose desrrihed tbe f,rcible oneninr of
thn sunrn,,,n ,ou,t an January h,, NJ
cbamhars ,,d M NIaxsa Will tho I,t :
ter .threatened the hombardmant nf
Ario and tho p,,.noiso ,rainaa ba,. e,,ns
nr ,ha sunra,,a no,,rt con,in,7in,r
uarr Pose save that at the fine Of thn
ronn,,lsorv rsnnaning Of tho sunrama
| oa,,rt ro rafrainad f,e,, ,,n1,-i,, r. tho
cantain of tha E.Ika to nrotact ~ Paf-
re, hacansa ha did nnt ,isb tha,
| ,.,,,,oa aa,,otn,o,'t', - +,.r r;ond1,.
| statae rbo,,ld co,frnnt ona onotbar fo,.
90 s,Ii,ht q aausa - uar, posa na>t AZ.
| a,,e,s'a5 A.. rhnr,,,o,,., ,,.n(,,o,,,nt;o, -
| Io,uo,,7 doo,,,,;,,. +ba ,rrro,,,a cn,,rt
- ha i,a,,nan5a,t - t,,a a,,ista,oo ~
a,,,, ,,n,.ir;o,,nI .ro,,ar,,,,.,,t aaa w.
1nS =, ~ .'t ,,,. I,,;ta
| CI ni.' ~, ,, So. ,I
~ Cu, T,,Ii' n, a''t W. W. .,,, 800,
rs ~ Nnai'inele ~ ne the a''e 10 " ~
ttiei justice even uut h's me eAi9'ehce
VI tne PloNisiondl soNeIhhiSn,' I1iI,
WI i1ose coi,'iiues; "iieli, alte,
| consultation WIN the three consuls ana
| VI Ka1el. the commanders OF the Two
| "arshlps decided TO estapllsh a proNlS-
| lohai government with IT. faHel as
| the head executive, captain Stufdee'
| and Mr.. MaXse were 50 impressed with
| the great services rendered TO Inc fa-
| ghsh by the Suard al the mission on
| January :, through the energetic inter-
| Ventlon OF Dr. Raf1eL that theY over
whelmed him with praise and We're
ready 10 meet his views IN every way.
| Owing to urgent official business on