New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-02

THE TROUBLE IN SAMOA.
ADvIcrs FROM SYDNEY SAY THAT DIS
CONTENT CONTINUES.
m pAFrE1js APOLOGY AvERTs BRITISH
ADMINISTRATION GROWING
IN FAVOR.

SYDNEY. n g. W, March 1-Advices received
here from Apia Samoa, under date or feoru@iS
Il saw that affairs there are still unsatisfactory
The Provisional Government. It appears, Is inter-
ferIng with native and British subjects and also
with the servants OF British subjects. ana IS
taxing the Malietoa people 81 and the Mataafa
people 81 each.
DR. Ranel. the German president Of the Mu-
ncipal Council OF Apia. at the instigation or the
British Consul has apologized for boycotting
the British third-class cruiser Porpolse and for
insulting the Chief Justice and Malietoa's lawyer
while they were guests on board the Porpoise.
A landing party from the Porpoise. ready with
machine guns. was. therefore not landed. though
a plan to make an attack on Mulinuu had been
all arranged.
Several of Mataafa's people have died from
wounds including one woman. who was shot
in the breast.
There is much indignation at the act OF the
Provisional Government in keeping In exile pris-
oners whose only offence is loyalty. The house
of Chief Suamanu whose bravery in saving life
in the historical hurricane was rewarded by
the Americans with the present of a whaleboat.
has been burned and looted and the whaeboat
has been stolen. Suamanu is still in exile.
The German Consul continues to protect the
Germans from the jurisdiction Of the Supreme
Court but Herr Grevesmuh paid $50 for con-
tempt Of court when the Court advertised the
sale Of his property. Herr Grevesmuhl remains
at his consulate. fearing arrest and having TO
serve n sentence Of one hundred days imprson-
ment. 1t is added that he is also afraid of being
arrested on the charge of drunkenness.
Dr. Ranel has been adjudged guilty Of con-
tempt Of court. but has refused 10 come forward
for sentence. lie was formally arrested without
force, but sought the protection Of Herr Rose
the German Consul
Lieutenant Won Bulon, a former officer In the
German Army. and organizer OF Mataafa's
forces is still at Savaal. He refuses 10 come to
court on the charge Of contempt in breaking jail.
and SAYS that he should be tried by German
military court at Berlin.
Mr.. Moore an American citizen. who Is said 10
favor the Germans, wrote threatening letters TO
Chief Justice Chambers. He found guilty
Of contempt Of court but was discharged after
making an ample apology.
The feeling in favor Of Malietoa Tanu Is grow
ing Mataafa's followers are disntegrating In
the whole of Tuhiela Most OF Savaal now favors
Malletoa Tanu. Generally, the dispatches assert,
there is a strong feeling in favor of British an
nexation.
The German Vice-Consul has returned here
from Tonga, or Amsterdam Island, one Of the
scuthernmost Of the Tonga Islands, and tho
home OF their sovereign. after having success
fully urged the King to dismiss his Premier.
The natives are largely indebted to the Ger
mans. but are unable TO pay. The treasury Is
depleted and salaries have not been paid for six
months
Eight thousand dollars. supposed to have been
lodged in a safe at Haapai. Of the Tonga
Islands, IL missing The treasurer has been
imprisoned at Tonga. and the arrest Of the
native Chief Justice and the native President.
who were joint custodians of the keys Of the
safe, being discussed.