New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-08
GOVERNMENT FOR SAMOA.
WHAT THE THREE COMMISSIONERS
HAVE SECURED AGREEMENT UPON.
Il WHITE GOVERNOR GENERA11-LocAL SELF
GOVERNMENT FOR THE NATiNEs-EA'h We
THE THREE POWERS MUST RArIFf'

GOVERNMENT FOR ThB NAAiN 10
THE THREE POWERS MUST RATIFY
Chicago. Aug IA dispatch TO THE Tribune
Prom San Francisco says that Barue't mp o."
Baron Won Sternburg. the American anu p -,
members OF the Samoan Commission. who arrived IN
49,. oI,, -, sunday on the United States steamer
p.dver will start for Washington tonight 'h
board the Badger are $500 rifles whicn '"e ~ YIN,
Ynss,oners took from the followers OF Ma'aaIa anu
MaIietoa Tanu. In speaking about 'heSe "i"'' ''
Trip said: ., -. AIT. .,
.srhe Commissioners their arrival at Apia on
No, "a saw at once that the natives would nave
% he dsarmed IL peace was 10 be restored anu
the Commission placed in a position 70 ac0o"ipnsN
ANYTHING definite All the white people On 'le
ISLANDS including the naval officials and the ms
sionaries thought disarmament was linpossio'''
The Commissioners made UP their mhAds 10 nav
a, done Mataafa and his chiefs were SOUNDED on
the subject. They were told that the Naile'V"
rsnu neonle would be compelled 70 give up thelI
arms II they did go. Negotiations were eAi'''0 va
quietly but in determined manner. . 49,
.sTba Mataafa people wanted to know II they
xo,,la receive pay for their guns. We had no power
20 reimburse them. We promised however 'n"'
.f,er neacs was established and we returned nome
they should be compensated for theH ""s VI
thu latter would be restored 10 them
con NAV 81 the Mataafa people SURRENDERED " '9
On, o,,ns General surprise was expressed Al the''
action. The Malietoa Tanu faction a gay la.et
surrendered their arms, the latter hcluu'"e ~
rifles from the English man-of-war at APia' ~
Nataafa people soon came IN with 'ne -, 49,,
81 their weapons The Commissioners VIII r'0o'"
mend that the natives be paid for the gum
.>coyr as TO the form Of government the Col'inIS
.,oners have decided upon for the Samoan lslau4o
we think we have accomplished somel'i'H -
i cannot talk about what we nave "e'N0
Cnlv three copies Of tho proposed form OF GOV
ernment are IN existence THESE are III "'
.a.s,o, NJ the three Commissioners, ana are II"
tended for their respective governments. my -
"a general way some of the features OF t"s ~.
nosed form OF government are known II = n0.
true that tho document has oeeh sl'e" Wv
publication here or anywhere else .
.sT-ho nro,osad government provides for white
man as administrator of the islan1-the "o'e'"0,
General in other words. He will take the piaCe a.
a Samoan king. Much OF the trouDle III '.'' -,
has been due 10 the fact that the natives n"o
always had elective instead OF All ,s
King The natives realize that fact themselves
tsl,etoa having resigned king, that troupiesoio
,n-opositlon is now at end. BY having d VIM
administrator in supreme control II Is 'ne ny a.
of the Commission that peace VIII De PEI -
the Islands There will also be consular repre-
I.a.,,.oa h,,t their authority will be more cur
tailed than at present The natives VIII ha'e i9oai
self-government The idea of the Comnlsslohe4s %
70 let the natives govern themselves as lar d. PO'
tlble 49,. -o.orr,.
.'ye believe that the government we nave re0oiii
,cended meets with general approval on the par Va
ore sisned by thirteen Mataafa chisfs ano a IN
number of Malietoa head men before Iia1d cave
scheme we visited every district ana isadi I go
Nanua Some chiefs from the latter tstS11Iu r,%ere
seen In all the districts meetings were Many good
suggestions were obtained in TINS way Isn chiafs
big council was held. On that occasion 80 me
NET us There was an equal number from , me
Mataafa and Malietoa factions. 1t was unique
az anti Mataafa chief, read a lonS 1o1t
embodying his views as 10 forin y. ~, dacded
II Contained many points we had ALREADY oeo1ueO
?sThs coincidence was not strange 6ecauS feE %
the fact that had previously eNct en- tbero II
Vas IN the day following thts meeting mat twen en-,
ty-s,x chiefs thirteen from estch lacIloI ~ Mar
three drafts of the proposed g0eernIneHL t1Iv p
will have to be ratified by the three No'eiNn''4'N
0etSibief Lauti is fine orator He would rank 81
an orator in this country me- n ee, Chief
Malietoa following. Is also an ep IsceS in the SAM
category When Chief Lemapu PAGE US sUOuv ~ =
remarked: You not going PACK nome non eo M
fools Of yourselves He explalieG, ' III vnr neo
5la ina, Won made peace at Samoa. we 40 no
wsnt 10 disappoint you. We VIII kseP oul W. be
with you. We will keep peace Chiet hei""4iU NC
longs TO the Mataafa following. ,.,. c-,a-,her
NJ Tr,np admitted that Chief Justice ChanlpeI
had returned this country Win lIls 49, an
Tesigning. He denied that there nae nd tbe Com
mission and insisted that all along tneIe hat ~
the utmost good feeling He did not ki dGS ~, lnoI
time Mr. Chambers would resign nor uIo i'e N"o'
what effect the resignation would nave. ..o ,~c
WAS commissioner Trip went on; We, pre-
pared confidential report regarolhs tnn Hf.1r
Samoa last spring. l cannot discuss We I4S' q, a,
sSSo,siba sor the unfortunate loss of life CONSIDER
eRIa damage resulted from the bomhardmthl ~
csim. aggregatng 10000 are being Prepared IN
e Sommissiopors have no authority IN mat matter