The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-30
MORE BLOODSHED
IN SAMOAN ISLES
-%-
German Consul Incites a Ser
l0uS Outbreak.
WARSHIPS BOMBARD
NATIVE VILLAGES
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American and British Forces Co
operate Against Mataafa.
Encouraged By the Germans, the
Mataafa Faction Surrounded Apia
and Attacked the Capital-Several
American and British Marines
Killed - Warships Then Shelled
the Native Towns and Several
We're Destroyed.

| Copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press)
Apia, Samoan Islands, March % (via
Auckland, N. T., March 29).-The
troubles growing out of the election Of
a. king of Samoa have taken a more
serious turn and resulted in the bonn
| bardment of native villages along the
shore by the United States cruiser
| Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz commando
ing, and the British cruisers Porpoise
! and Royalist. The bombardment has
continued inteTmittently for eight days.
Several villages have been burned, and
| there have been a number of casualties
among the American and British sail
orS and marines. AS yet it is impOs-
Sible to estimate the number of natives
killed or injured.
As Mataafa and his chiefs, constitut-
! ing the provisional government, con-
| tinued to defy the treaty after the ar
rival of the Philadelphia, Admiral
| Kautz summoned the various conSuls
and the senior naval officers to a con-
ference on board the Philadelphia, when
| the whole situation was carefully can
vassed. The upshot was a resolution to
dismiss the provisional government and
Admiral Kautz issued a proclamation,
| calling on Mataafa and his chiefs to re-
| turn to their homes.
Mataafa evacuated the Mulinuu, the
town he had made his headquarters,
and went into the interior
Herr Rose, the German consul at
Apia, issued a proclamation supple
menting the one he had issued several
weeks before, upholding the provisional
government. As a result of this tI1e
Mataafas assembled in large force and
hemmed in the town. The British
cruiser Royalist brought the Malietoa
prisoners from the islands to which
they had been transferred by the pro-
visional government.
The Americans then fortified Null
nuu, where $4,000 Malietoans took ref
uge. The rebeis-the adherents of Ma
taafa-barricaded the roads within the
municipality and seized the British
houses. An ultimatum was sent to
them, ordering them to evacuate, and
threatening them, in the event of re-
fusal. with boTbardment, to COM
meuce at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of
Ma ch Is.
OPENING OF HOSTILITIEs.
This was ignored and the rebels COM
menced an attack in the direction Of
the United States and British consul
ates about half an hour before the time
fixed for the bOmbardment. The Pnii-
adelphia, Porpoise and Royalist opened
fire upon the distant villages. There
was great difficulty in locating the en-
emy, owing to the dense forest, but sew
eral shore villages were soon in flames.
A defective shell from the .Philadel-
phia exploded near the American con-
sulate and the marines outside mar
roWly escaped. A fragment struck the
leg of Private Rudge, shattering it 50
badly as to necessitate an amputatiOn.
Another fragment traversed to the
German consulate, smashing the crock
cry. The Germans then went on board
the German cruiser Fake.
During the night the rebels made a
hot attack on the town, killing three
British sailors. a British marine was
shot in the leg by a sentry Of his own
party. another was shot in the foot and
an American sentry was killed at his
post.
The bornbardment continuing, the in
habftants of the town took refuge on
board the Royalist, greatly crOwding
the vessel.
MANY people are leaving Samoa, the
captain of the Royalist urging them &c
go, so as not to interfere with the mill
itary operations
The Porpoise has shelled the villages
east and west of Apia and captured
many boats.
The Americans and British are fight
ing splendidly together. but there is a
bitter feeling against the Germans
Two men. a British and German sub
ject. have been arrested as spies. The
bombaTdment OF the jungle was Tor
time very hot.
The British cruiser Tauranga, which,
if is understood. was intending to an
mex the Tonga islands Ga section of the
Friendly islands in the Pacific) was in
terrupted at Suva, capital of the Fiji
islands, by order of the home govern
ment.