The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
WARSHIPS FOR SAMOA.
N CRUISER PHILIDELPHIA Or
DERED TO PROCEED TO ara.

Inrcr Nnrsnlps Iherc from the AuStrnl-
ian notwithstanding Hay Preparing n
Letter to the SiEnntory Powers Giving an
Emphatic statement of Our Position
England and the United states VIII stand
Together Against Gcrmnny'S Aggression.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.-Tho disuuieting news
from Snmon has resulted in quick action by the
Government OF the United States to meet the
requirements of the disturbed conditions in
the islands and TO protect American interests.
After Il conference between the President. tho
Sccretory OF State and tho Secretary of the
Navy, orders were sent to San Diego. Cal, adj
dressed to Rear Admiral Kautz. commanding
the Pacific station. directing the cruiser Phila-
delphia TO proceed to Apia az soon as she had
taken on coal and stores. Tho Philadelphia
arrived at San Diego from Acapulco to-day.
several days before she wns expected. but this
/ will not result In assuring her arrival at Apia
any sooner than was anticipated. Her Chief
Engineer. A. c. Engard. is III. and will be
obliged to proceed to his home to rccupcrate.
and orders had been issued detaching the
three assistant engineers and volunteers from
the vessel on her arrival at San Diego. Delay
will come from the fact that tho Navy Dcpart-
mcnt did not have any Chief Engineer availa-
bic for assignment to the Philadelphia any
where nearer to San Diego than Havana.
Orders were telegraphed TO Havana detach-
ing Chief Engineer A. u. Bates from the Texas
and directing him to proceed with all haste to
San Diego. He will be pcrmitted to hire spe-
cial trains to get across the continent in tho
quickest time possible. some assistant en-
Gincers now on the Pacific coast have been
ordered to the Philadelphia. The vessel will
take about three days to coal and receive her
stores and the voyage from Santiago to Apia. Ivy
way OF Honolulu. will consume about sixteen
days. so that at the earliest she will not reach
Apia until Feb. 10. The Philadelphia is the
flagship of Admiral Kautz and he will go with
her to Samoa.
The official advices received by the State De-
nartInent about the condition OF affairs In Sa-
moa, from Lloyd Osborne. the United States
Consul lat Apia, are not nearly so complete rs
those contained in the press dispatches. but
they were sufficiently definite to cause the
State Department to begin the preparation of
communications to the other siGnatory powers
of the Berlin act of 1889. Great Britain and
Germany making an emphatic statement as to
the position OF the United States.
Among Secretary Hays callers to-day were
Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British Ambassador.
and Baron Speck Won Stcrnbcrg, the German
Charge d'Affaires. and it il said that Baron
Won Sternberg assured the Secretary that the
German Embassy here was ignorant of what
had occurred in Samoa outside Of the conflicts
ing information contained in the press de-
spatches. Later in the day Secretary Hay sent
n note to the German charge. which is rcport-
ed to have contained some emphatic references
to the illegal actions OF the German Consul
ut Apia.
Admiral Dewey has been notified OF the situ-
alton at Apfa to prepare him for tho receipt Of
instructions to send a vessel or vessels to the
sent OF trouble. 1t is likely that the battleship
Oregon will be sent to Apia II the friction be-
tween Gprmnnya and tho other sIgnatory powers
becomes moro acute. No orders in a%ntlcipa-
ton OF such action have been issued, however.
Inc oregon is on her way from Callao to Hon
olul" ana IS expected to reach her destination
aoout feo.o Ihe pattleshlp Iowa whlch lett
,ailao WIN the oregon. VIII get to san FRAN
cisco ABOUT the same time.
For some time past ii has been evident TO tho
Government that the provisions OF the Berlin
tripartite agreement required modification to