The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-31
The SAMOAN FIGHT
Great Interest Taken in the Sudden
Turn Of Affairs.
NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
Navy department Declines to Make
Public Anything.
INSIGNIFICANT DISPATCH GIVEN OUT.
It Does Not Tally with the Concern Which
Is Apparent.
INSIGNIFICANT DISPATCH GIVEN OUT.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT VERY CONSERVATIVE
orinion Expressed that the whole
Matter Can he Easily ana Prompts
Iy Adjusted.


rious condition of affairs In samoa
engaged the attention of officials
throuEhout today, and there were
several conferences at the white
House between the president and
secretary Hay and at the state de-
partment between the secretary and
the British ambassador and Baron
speicl won stcrnbcrg FIRST secretary
of the German embassy,
But out of 1t all not word OF ad-
diuonal information was contributed from
any source
The only authoritative statement came
from the navy department, giving a brief
dispatch from Admiral Kautz, This threw
no light on the latest outbreak, and OWNS
to tanglo OF dates, it served only to fur
Their involve the official mystery. In view
OF the fact that the fighting was wide
spread and long continued, and that the
foreign offices at London and Berlin had
not been officially advised OF the affair. 1t
was not regarded as somewhat strange
THAT the state and navy departments
should be entirely without information on
bombardment by an American admiral.
Up to tho close OF office hours It was
stated that nothing had been received from
Samoa dealing with the outbreak of hos
tilties.
The calls of Sir Julian Pauncefote and
Baron Sternberg were mainly for informa
4 ton for at neither OF the embassies had
there been report of the occurrence or
/ instructions up TO tho time of the calls.
Washington March 30. The Samoan
crisis divided attention with the lghting
about Manila in all official quarters today,
as we'll as the foreign embassies. While
this has heen subject OF concern OF late,
considerable anxiety was shown lest the
affair should assume grave International
aspect, Sir Julian Pauncetote, the British
ambassador, went to the State department.
al il o'clock. accompanied by his score
| tary, and conferred with Secretary lay.
| As this was the regular diplomatic day,
! little significance was attached to the call
/
AMI American warships co operating H. a
homhardment, moro than usual interest
attached to the call. There is 10 douot
! that the serious developments in Samoa
we're discussed, and whilo there may he Il
dearth of official information, at the sane
time the actual events carry out what he's
been anticipated and give basis for IN
ltelIieently considering the further joint
action Of the two governments in the COM
plete settlement of the entire Samoan
trouble. Both nations arc acting in COM
pletc accord, not only as to the general
solution OF the Samoan problem, but in
particular with reference to the force ex-
erted by the British and American Naval
commanders.
AS TO the German attitude it is stated
pcsitiveIy in quarter thoroughly familiar
with German official sentiment that the
outbreak now reported can, under no cir
cumstances. be construed as an overt act
against Germany nor as casus bellt
This is from such a source that II largely
removes the position Of international com
nltcations As an evidence Of the concil'
iatory sentiment Of the German govern
ment It was said today that the note de-
liyered to the state department last week
urged in behalf Of the German govern
ment that the good relations existing be-
tween two such nations as the United
States and Germany would not be inter
rupted by matter OF such comparative
unimportence az the official dispute in sa'
mos. II is said that the German govern
ment probably would have accepted Ad
miral Kautz as sort OF umpire, taking
his decision as anal, but that the objec
ticn. quite foreibly expressed TO the Stat
department, was the manner OF his gotn'