The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-21
"A ,TlP TO GERMANY
litr Consul at Apia Has OUTLINED Use.
fulneSs.
SHOULD Be REMOVED AT ONCE
Official Advices Arc Awaited BY IN.
tcrcsted Governments.
WILLIAM WILL STAND BY CONSUL
Il He Is Deemed 10 Have Been Right in The
Matter.
WILLIAM WILL STAND BY CONSUL
BERLIN PAPERS PRATE ON INTERESTS"
Which Their Country Has in the Is-
lands ana ultimate Nothing else
should He Considered.
Especial Dispatch 10 The post. /,

/ t4sa stSpeSiui JiSptttu 10 Il ne IOSt. y
j Washington, January 2o.-As result Of
1 the cabinet meeting today and OF COM
munications exchanged by Secretary Hay
and Sir Julian Pauncefotc, there is every
| reason TO bellows that joint representa-
ton will be made TO the German foreign
office by the American and British am
bassadors In Berlin. While the officials
are rcticent II is generally understood that
1 the note to be presented will maintain that
| the tripartite treaty has been grossly vio-
| lated by the action of the German consul
| and the former president OF the municipal
council of Apia; that they have interfeFei
! In the election OF a successor to the late
Malietoa in an illegal manner; that the
usefulness Of the German consu, In Apia
has ended, and that 1t Is to the interest Of
Germany as we'll as to that of the ether
powers signatory TO the Berlin act To not
only dlsavow the actions of her consul and
OF the former president of the municipal
council. but TO withdraw them ut once
from the island
Consul General Osborne at Apia has
been notified that orders have been given
to the Philadelphia to proceed to Samoa
and the announcement of this action on
the part OF the Washington government
will doubtless prevent any further fric-
ton at Apia and will furthermore show
the natives that this government intends
to see the terms OF the treaty carried out
The state department is moving with
due elaboration In connection with firm
ness respecting the adjustment OF condi-
cendiary newspaper articles is deprecated
ms calculated to Interfere with an AMIGA
bic and fair settlement OF the important
questions at issue. and the department Is
directing all OF Its efforts now, as ii has
in the past, to tho use OF law:.I and reg
lular means to settle the succession at
Apia. In fact 1t was its insistence upon
the compliance OF all OF the parties to the
tripartite treaty with the terms OF that
document so long as 1t stood Undermined
and unan1cnded that has made its posi-
ton so strong legally at this juncturc
There is still lack OF official reports
upon the details OF the stirring events at
ApId. DIltl EtGttIutHl VI tEtStt ctcutS
has reached the department through the
dispatch agent at San Francisco, but SO
far as can be gathered II is not yet known
jugt why Chief Justice Chambers decided
that Mataafa, the German candidate for
the succession TO the throne OF Samoa.
was ineligible. 1t is suspected here that
the decision was based on tho use of inn
proper Influences by outside but Interested
parties in the election OF the king. That,
II established. would be sufficient to dis
qualify Mataafa under the strict terms OF
the treaty. which expressly provides for an
untrammcled choice by the natives accord
ing to their own established customs.
The United States government must adj
here to the terms of the treaty so long
as 1t glands, this being duty supposed
upon the government by the document
itself. SO it is to be presumed In the alb
sence OF an official statement that the in
structions sent to the United States con-
sui general at Apia and perhaps also to
White at Berlin are to be
governed by this understanding in any
OF the case that it may be
necessary to make.
The navy department orders to the Phil
adelphia did not 90 out to Admiral Kautz
until today Then they were in the shape
81 Instructions to take on full supply Of
coal and make ready for cruise 10 Samoa.
There was not an explicit order TO start
but simply 10 make ready II the admiral.
"a reported In the press dispatches, finds
hat his ships bottom Is so foul through
her cruise in the Southern waters as to be
uuflt for the voyage to Samoa, he prob
ablv Will be authorized to use divers to
lean the hull. for the department has de-
,ided that the ship should not be sent TO