The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-08

what he said and was not speaking
fiippantly; and what he had proclaimed
he would do. The fact that with all
his correspondence he protests to the
admiral, the German consul did not
| consider it necessary to forward a copy
of his counter proposition to the So
miral, had not increased the good feel
ing between the admiral and consul.
Never before by any official had the
admiral been treated in such an I'M
| courteous and insulting manner.
The admiraI's proclamation was TAX
en- to Mataafa and read to him by Flag
| Lieut.. Miller. The German consul,
| however, issued a contemporaries
! ton in the Samoan language, which
was distributed among the Mataafans.
| The proclamation reads as follows:
NOTICE TO ALL SAMOANS.
BY the proclamation of the admiral
of the United States, dated March II,
| it was made known that the three con-
suls of the signatory powers of the
| Berlin treaty, as well as the three
commanders of men-Of-war, had been
unanimous to no more recognize the
provisional government composed of
! Mataafa and the 10 chiefs. 1 therefore
make known to you that this proclaim
alton is quite false. 1, the German con-
sul-general, continue to recognize the
provisional government of Samoa, I'M
| til 1 have received contrary 1nstruc-
lions from my government. (Signed)
Rose, German Consul General
Apia, March 13, 1899.
| The immediate result of this act was
| that the rebels turned back and pre-
pared for war, declaring that they
would not obey the admiraPs order and
would prevent any food supplies being
! brought into Samoa for the Malietoa
natives. The next day Apia was sur
rounded by Mataafas warriors.
! Hostilities begun on Tuesday after
noon, when half a dozen Malietoa men
We're taken by the Mataafans. They
were taken to headquarters and bound.
On Wednesday morning notice was
| spread that if no answer was received
from Mataafa by l o'clock the Phila-
delphia would fire one of her large guns
| followed by three neminute guns.
Mataafa sent no answer. He and his
chiefs were buoyed up by the German
consuTs proclamation and vague talk
that Germany would support them and
was the greatest nation on earth, in
Vincible in war, and that Great Britain
and America would never dare to en-
gage Germany in conflict,
Signal guns were fired and the Tor
eign population of British and Amer
leans were taken on board their re-
spective warships. One hundred and
seventy-ive men and officers We're
landed. and at Admiral Kautz's re-
quest, Capt. Sturdy of the Porpoise as
sumed command of the combined for
ces on shore, Flag Lieut.. Miller of the
Philadelphia assisting.
AS soon as the land forces were sta
toned. the Philadelphia opened fire by
throwing a shell into the outskirts of
AHA. The Royalist followed with but
six-inch shells and the PorpOise went
down the coast a couple of miles and
bombarded the village of Naiusu,
where large parties of rebels were sup
| posed to be. The church was smashed
| by a shell and the house of the man
ager of the German plantation was
damaged.
| A shell from the Philadelphia, which
was sighted for $500 yards, unfortun-
ately exploded after it had gone only
! linn wards. 1t knocked over an out
building of the American consulate
and damaged the veranda of the main
building.
tack on the Britishers at the Tivoli
| Hotel. Their fire was returned, but il
is not known how many were killed
| About 80 a. m. the natives made a
rush on the guard at Tivoli. Three
British sailors were killed and one
wounded. The native loss is I'M
known.
At the request of the British, a
Maxim gun was sent from the Phila-
delphia to the British consulate, and
with it some men to work it.
| The German Warship Fake attempt
ed to leave port on secret mission,
when Admiral Kautz ordered her cap
| tain to stay where he was and be
ready to afford help to his country
men. The Fake remained.
| E1pidaxy morning ON rphalG
rushed up to within 30 yards of the
consulate. The sailors behaved splen-
didly and the natives were repulsed.
One American sailor was killed and one
British sailor was shot in both legs.
| One Marquardt, who had been drill
ing the natives, has been arrested. A
half-caste named Taylor has been ar
| Porpoise. H. J. MOors, an American,
is confined to his store under suspicion
of being a Mataafa sympathizer.
On March % King Tanumafili Malie-
| toa was crowned king of Samoa at
! Mulinuu. The ceremony was attended
by United States and British represen-
| tatiVes. The German officials We're
conspicuous by their absence.
Berlin. April 7-Emperor William
received the United States ambassador,
Andrew D. White, in audience yester-
| day. 1t is rumored that DR.. o.
| Schmidt-Leda, German minister at
! Caracas, Venezuela, and Dr. Stuebel,
| the German consul-general at Shang-
hal, have been appointed Samoan com
missioners for Germany. Both DR..
! Schmidt-Leda and DR.. Stuebel were
| formerly in Samoa.
Washington, April THE state de-
partment has not yet been informed of
| the selection of either the German or
! the British members of the Samoan
commission.
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