Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-02

the United states that II furnishes to-
hay. Senator Hoar IL offering the same
resistance 10 the broad policy OF the
Mckinley administration that charles
Sumner offered to the far-sceing states
manship OF Ulysses =. Grant. To the
nnrrOwness u Sumner and his followers
IL fairly chargeable the present nn-
happy condition Of Affairs In the Sa-
moan archipelago. The people ~ these
islands. In 1873, were eager for nnrrNa-
lion 10 the United states. In the pre-
vious year. the chiefs had united N
placing the Islands under the protection
Of our government. represented W
Commodore Meade. who then visited
them with United States wnrship
Col. A. Il. steinbcrger. sent out ny
President Grant as special agent IN
fss3 TO Investigate made a report 80
favorable that Gen. Grant-npparently
little dreaming Of the misguided OPP
position he was TO meet In COngtesH--
sent him out again In 1875 60 Arrange
for the establishment OF n permanent
government His second arrival WIS
hailed with cnthuslasm BY gathering
OF 10000 natives. The United states rag
was holstcd over another devised fnr
the islands. and the natives forthwith
elected Col. steinberger. as representing
the United States, prime minister for
ilfc." or course, without congressional
authority no formal annexation was
attempted. Unfortunately. Senator
sumner succeeded In rnusinE such an
tngonism 20 Gen. Grants proposals.,
and To the wishes Of the Islanders. that
the annexation plan was defcaicd.
Meanwhile. German and British intri-
Rucs had fornentcd divisions nr0gs
the natives. The upshut ~ all was the
miserable treaty under which the prior
claims OF the United States were set
aside and the present Joint protector
rate" by Germany. Great Britain and
the United States was established. An
other result was the practical surrender
to Germany ~ tho larger part ~ an ~.
cccdlnTly valuable trade hcfsrc car.
ricd on with the United states. Within
the past few Year,. however. most "
that trade has been recovered. This
latter fnct may have had no small
Influence IN prompting the inttigues.
followed by recent bloody strifca. by
which the agents 81 Germany have
sought 10 establish German hscsninncy.
Hut for the Massachusetts and other
anti-cNpanrlonista. the Samoan group
would now be a peaceful. advanced AMI
prosperous dependency ~ the United
States. Tho rctroEfossion and anarchy
which have been witnessed there since
the failur, ~ Gen. Grantn plans would
md more than n counterpart In tHc
iNlllNllNfN NNNNlN INV hnNlsrNNiNflfN-
lists be- permitted now to have their way.
The denial ~ the benefits ~ an Amrr-
lean administration TO The perrie ~
Samoa was an act of inhumauity ~
well AZ mistake In policy, the Evil rs-
suits of which viii be felt. probably. for
generations
For the grip NJ Germany on any land
she seeks 10 "colonixc" or control IL iui.
movable, That she has now only third
Interest In the control ~ the Samoan
group only prompts her to determined
lntriguca 10 get the better of her part
ners. A similar dental OF the benefits ~
American sovereignty Co tho PHILLIP
pines would bring about state e. nf-
fairs there ~ bad In proportion rs
that In Samoa. Americans will isilh.e
long before they invite for the eight or
ten millions 81 Filipinoa the misery and
anarchy aud rctroTrsHEiun which Amer
lean recrcancy brought upon the TWEEN
~ odd thousand ISLANDERS for t'hum
Gen. Grant had planned future ~
much happier.