The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-28

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-.uupra lyft profound peace boz samoa.
They established O. provisional govern
mont tu carry on matters ull the three
/ poV,r- agreed upon the permanent gov
,rumynt. the foru OF which each COM
missioner will lay before his RESPECTIVE,
government. So far the commission has
/ been success. The point is viii what
has been done. prove a permanent sue
ccss2
Upon this there viii be- q diversity of
opinion. and only time can show who is
right II is however. competent to re-
view the situation ana consider the
causes at work which will initiate
against permanent success.
Taking the native conditions, it is
thought that the abolishing of the king
ship will do away with the jealousy and
intrigue which that position evidently
entailed. viii it? There are several
tribes, and it is unavoidable that one
of these viii desire to take the lead,
and that the others will be Jealous OF
the leader. The abolishing of the king
ship will not change human nature.
, 70 of, l., l. In,
name, but if all that is said of his char
acter be true. he will aim at a foremost
and commanding position among his
fellow chiefs
That though there is an outward
show Of good feeling among the higher
chiefs, there is friction and feud smold-
ering, is evident by the several out
breaks of violence which have occurr-
ed, one of them actually in the pres
ence of the commissioners. This is a
factor to be considered. Stress is laid
upon the fact that the Samoans have
been dsarmed. But the rifle is by no
means the national weapon of the Sa-
means, and they can have far more
brutal and bloody fights with clubs,
.
had with rifles of doubtful accuracy
and poor ammunition. There are evil
IDENTIFY elements of disorder here which
may or may not blaze up like smould-
ering flax.
Now consider the form of govern
ment. 1t is to be conducted as far as
has been sketched by Baron Won Stern
I I.
neutral nation. The head of the gov
eminent then will be neither American,
German nor British. Probably a Swiss,
Norwegian or Swede will fill the bill.
But the fact of having neutral head
will not prevent the various American,
German and British elements of the
population hating one another as cordi-
ally in the future as they have done in
fthe past, and intriguing to get each one
the better of the other This will ever
be the result of tripartite control There
may not be the intrigue for the king
ship, but there will be equally great in
trigue for other things.
Great, therefore, as has been the sue
cess of the commission in bringing about
peace, there is grave question whether
there will be permanent rest and conse-
quent progress. If the islands were
say, entirely in the hands of Germany
or of any one power, there might be
permanent progress, but with divided
control there never can be. The com
missioners probably see this as clearly
as any one else, but the putting under
single control is not in their province. 1t
is more than probable that the Samoan
question will be no more settled in 1893
that it was settled by the Berlin treaty
of more than a decade ago.