The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-07
SAMOAN TROUBLE is SETTLED.
nrgELs SURRENDERED ARMS AND
PEACE is RESTORED.

,,,taafa wants the Islands Ruled by
. king, But he Is willing to Abide
,.,, the decision OF the Commission.
residents of Apia Want the RebeIN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Are FL
n,IIv Arranging Everything Salts
fnctOriIy.
AHA. Samoa, May 81. via Auckland. n.
y June 6.-Malietoa and Tamasese have
,izited the members of the Samoan com
mission on board the United States trans
mort Badger and Mataafa visited them
the following day. Neither of them was
recognized as King.
AIataafa expressed Willingness to abide
hv the commissioners decision, ana
blamed the Europeans for the trouble
mere. The commissioners informed him
that they had power to establish a gov
eminent with or without a King.
Mataafa thought the Samoans should
have a King, but expressed willingness to
disarm his followers and leave the matter
i'm the.hands of the commission. The Ger
mans acted, for the first time in many
months, with the representatives of the
other Powers, and have officially sent a
guard ashore.
All the Rebels Disarmed.
The naval authorities and the mission so
clettes have submitted their views TO the
commission ana the latter, by proclama-
it1u fixed May 81, as the date for the ma
tres 10 surrender their arms Mataafa
however, asked for an extension of The
time untn to-day, when he surrendered l.
$3.50 guns Oh board the Badger. The Male
toans are now disarmed.
The United States cruiser Philadelphia,
diving the flag of Admiral Kautz Sailed
May Fl, and The British and German con-
sus. Mr. +. b. S. MaXse and Herr Rose,
proceeded TO Europe. June II.
Queen Victorias birthday was. celebrat-
ed with great rejoicing, about 5000 strong
men of the Malietoa party attending the
Festivities al Malinuu,in the presence of the
British consuls and naval officers. The
procession visited the graves of the Brit
ish and Americans, and then marched 10
the graves of the Germans who We're slain
in the battle of Fagalt IN 1879. The Ameri-
cans fred a salute over the German
graves.
Natives Are More Confident.
The natives are gaining confidence, and
are freely submitting their grievances 10
the commission. The natives brought here
from other islands at the time of the dis
turbances will be returned to their homes,
and all the warships will probably leave
Samoa at an early date.
The chief justice Mr. William L. Cham
bers, will continue the sittings of the Su-
preme Court
Dr. Wilhelm Solf, the newly arrived Ger
man president of the municipal council
here has not yet assumed his duties.
The commissioners are reticent, but 1t
is understood they are considering a re-
duction of the cost of the administration
as established by the Berlin treaty, and
duced.
Residents Not Satisfied.
The residents of Apia express dissats-
faction at the indications given by the
commission that the rebels viii not be
punished and that they will also be paid
for arms Illegally imported. They con-
slider this a bad precedent, but il is ad-
mitted that this is too early to criticise
the action of the commissioners.
The American engineering staff has ar
rived here and will proceed to erect a
naval jetty and coal stores at Pan2o-
Panso.
j. G. Mulligan, the former American
consul has arrived here TO conduct the
compensation claims and defend Mataafa.
But the commission has intimated that no
uo1ice will be taken of the claims beyond
recording them and it is possible the COM
mission will ask each power to comDen-
sale its own citizens or subjects as the
case may be.