Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-31
United States and Great Bri,..
Determined to Uphold the
Chambers' Decision.
MATAAFA STARTS
THE REVOLUTION.
Several Villages Have Been Dcsiroyed
by American and British Cruisers
and Many of the Natives
Killed.

Copyrighted. i-al hY the As.ocia'ai Pres.
Apia samoa March %. via Auckland.
! \. h March 30 The troubles growing
ont Of the election Of king Of Samoa
have taken mo.e serious turn and ro-
suited IN tho bombardment Of native
Villages along the shore by the United
States cruiser Philadelphia. Admiral
kautz commanding. and the British
cruisers Porpoise and Royalist The
bomhardment has continued intermit.
teutly for eight days Several villages
have been burned and there have been a
number Of casualties among the Ameri-
can and British sailors and marines A.
yet u Is impossible 90 estimate the mum
ber of natives killed or injured.
As Mataafaa and his chiefs. constitut-
ing the provisional government con-
tinued 10 defy the treaty after the ar
rival of the Philadelphia Admiral
kauiz summoned the various oonsuls
and the senior naval officers 10 a confer
ence on board the Philadelphia when the
whole situation was carefully can
vassed The upshot was resolution 10
dismiss the provisional government and
Admiral Kautz issued proclamation
calling upon Mataafa and his chiefs 10
return 10 their homes Mataafa evacu-
ated Mulinuu the town he had made
his headquarters. and went into the in.
terror
Herr Rose. the German consul at
Apia issued a proclamation supplement-
ing the one he had issued several weeks
before. upholding the provisional gov
erument As result of this the Mataa-
fans assembled in large forces and
hemned in the town. The British cruiser
Royalist brought the Malietoa prisoners
from the islands 90 which they had becn
transferred by the provisional govern
ment The Americans then fortified
Milmuu where % 900 Malietoans took
refuge. The rebels- the adherents u
Mataafa- barricaded the roads within
the municipality and seized the British
houses
An ultimatum was then sent 90 them
ordering them to evacuate aud threat
ened them In the event Of refusal with
bombardme b. commence az o'clock
on the afternoon Of March i5 This
was ignored and the rebels commenced
an attack In the direction Of the United
States and British consultates. about
half an hour before the time fixed for
the bombardment The Philadelphia. /
Porpoise and Royalist opened fire upon
the distant villages There was great
difficulty In locating the enemy owing
to the dense forest hut several shore
villages were soon ia flames
4 defective she'll from the Philalel- .
phIa exploded near the American can.u-
late aud the marines outside narrowly .
escaped a fragment struck the Irs of F.
Private Rudge >hatioring 30 .o badly 70, .
% necessItate ampuiauon. Another
fragment tr1yerscd to the German con.
sulnie smashing the crorkrrv Tho
Gcrmns then went on board the Ger.
man cruiser tulke.
During the night the rebels made
hot attack on the town. killing three
British sailors A British marine wa
shot in tho leg hy o sentry of his own
party, another was shot 10 tho foot and
an American sentry was killed at ht.
post Tho homhlrlmut caut.uau.
the inhabitants tookrcluecou h1arl .he
Ro,ai.,t greatly crowdiug the vessel.
The Pmpnisa has .hcIled the VILLAGE.
east and west of Apia and captured
many BOATS
The Americans and British are FIGHT.
iug sp'enliily together and thara is "a
bitter feeling against the Gcrmms
Two men, 20 British md Gruu .
mbioct have been arrested as spies
The hombarlmput OF the jungle was
Tor q tmo very hot