The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-06-23
NAuETOA KING MS@BAL COMMITTEE NAMED IS HOUGNHERS LEAGUE
COMMISSION SUSTAINS CHIEF
JUSTICE CHAMBERS.
Malietoa Declared tie Lawful King
Then He Tenders His Resignation and
Monarchy is Abolished.

Monarchy is at an end in Samoa. Ma
lietoa was the last king. The Joint
| High Commission is at work framing a
new form of government for the group.
Meanwhile the consuls of the three
powers exercise all the powers of the
king and his councillors The Samoans
have been disarmed. The refugees are
being taken back to their homes.
Such in outline is the news brought
| from Apa by the Mariposa this morn
! ing.
The proclamation announcing the ac-
tion of the Joint High Commission is as
| follows:
Whereas the great powers of Ger
many, Great Britain and the United
States of America for the purpose of
restoring tranquility in the Islands of
| Samoa and establishing a provisional
government therein, have invested the
| high commission with supreme power
and authority, and whereas the decis-
I ion of the chief justice declaring Malie-
toa Tanumafile to be king is considered
| by the high commission as valid and
| binding, and whereas the said Malietoa
| Tanumafile has voluntarily rendered to
the high commission his resignation as
| king and the same has been duly aC-
cepted, and whereas the high commits
sion has decided to abolish the office of
! king in Samoa, now therefore
Notice is hereby given that during the
stay of the high commission in Samoa,
| unless orders to the contrary are issued,
| all the official duties of the king and his
councillors will be performed by the
| three consuls of the great powers, a
| majority of whom are authorized to act
| in all cases where by the treaty of Ber-
lin unanimity of action is not required.
| The chief justice will continue to exer-
else the duties of his office. DR.. Solf is
! authorized to enter upon the duties of
his office of president of the municipal
| council of Apia and all other officers of
said municipality will continue to per-
form the duties of their respective Off
ces. BARTLETT TRIPP,
High Commissioner of the United
States.
C. N. E. ELIOT,
Her Britannia Majesty's High Commits
| soner.
H. sTERNBURG,
| High Commissioner of Germany.
| Apia, June 10, 1899.
On board the Mariposa are Herr F.
Rose, German Consul General at Apia,
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. B. Maxse, the Brit
ish Consul General at Apia, and d. c.
| Chambers, a son of Chief Justice Cham
bers and lately registrar of the Su-
preme court of Samoa and secretary to
| the chief justice.
| Consul General Rose is on his way to
Berlin on leave of absence. Consul
| General Maxse is also on leave of alb
| sence taking his wife, who is in i'll
| health, back to England. Mr.. MaXse
declined to say whether he expected to
return to Samoa or not. But it is the
| impression among those from Samoa
that neither he nor Herr Rose will re-
turn, though they may be given better
positions somewhere else.
| d. c. Chamber is going first to his old
home in Sheffield, Ala, and thence to
st. Louis, Mo-, where he will go into
business. He has been succeeded in his
official position in Apia by an English
man, ]. H. Denvers.
During the absence of Herr Rose, the
German vice Consul Grunow performs
his duties, while the consular duties of
Mr.. Maxse during his absence are to be
performed by c. N. E. Eliot, one of the
Joint High Commissioners, until the
arrival of British vice consul from
one of the other groups of South Sea
Islands.
Mr.. Chambers said that his father,
the chief justice, had been requested
by the commission to remain at his post
for six months more at least and that
he probably would, although he had
been assured by President Mckinley
that If he desired to return to the States
he should have as good position as
the chief justiceship of Samoa. Malie-
toa, Mr.. Chambers said, had resigned
, the ONCE OF king on COnulIlOn IldI he
should be the last king of Samoa. The
commission in considering what form
of government should be devised for
Samoa had invited everyone who had
any ideas on the subject to come before
it and express them. Mr.. Chambers
expressed the belief that the great body
, of the Samoans would peacably ac-
quiesce in the decisions of the commits
sion, though he thought some of the
chiefs might try to cause trouble.
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