Washington sentinel., 1899-04-15
Fruits or our Alliance with Eng
land.


The latest news from Samoa in
dicates the fine hand OF England.
After melting the United States by
false charges against the Germans
in the Philippines, the English have
found a new field in Samoa, with
evidently better prospects OF eaus-
ing trouble between this country
and Germany. The English sue
ceeded hrst in capturing Chambers,
the American chiei justice.
Though the latter declared, Oeto-
Der 5, that Mataaia was eligible,
and though later in December he
received FIVE out OF every six votes,
Chambers declared IN January that
Malietoa, fifteen year old boy,
under control Of the English mis-
sic naries, had been elected. That
was the beginning OF the whole
trouble. The natives under the
Berlin treaty had the right to de-
clare by a maj vote who was
to be their king. The disturbance
following after Chambers's uni usti-
fable decision led TO the "Provi-
sional Government" which was
to be in power until the three home
governments had settled the trou.
BILE, Whilst the latter we're at this
work, there appeared on the thea
tTe Admiral Kautz. After examin-
ing matters for two days the Eng
lish induced him to make a cOHP
RttaI hImselE He at once issued
a proclamation. declaring the boy
Malietoa king, whom he afterwards
crowned TO the sccompani
ment OF American music from one
Of our bands, claiming that this
was in virtue OF an agreement
into which all three consuls had
entered. The German Consul
declared this to be false, as he had
given no consent, nor had the
commander Of the German ship
"Falke, as also Kautz had claimed.
Mataaia not Immediately retiring
the English and American ships
for more than ten days, and very
likely they are doing it now, bonn
barded the villages and towns and
killed good many Of the natives.
The latter defended themselves, and
the killing OF two American officers
ana some men, just at about the
same place where the Germans
some ten years ago lost some fifty
Of their men, is not assassination,
but a mere act of war. Our men
did not go out for any other pur-
pose but to kill. Papers say that
a few days before they had killed
At Samoans. Even in the last
battle the Samoans lost six y
killed. II we are to have war, and
but for Chambers's and Kautz's S
interference for the English candi-
date there would have been no war,
we must expect losses, however
unpleasant they may be.
But the English and our lingo
papers make a great deal of noise
because the last fight Gan ambus-
cade they call i) took place on a
German plantation. This could
hardly be helped as all the Planta-
tions in the interior Of S moa be-
long to Germans, who have held
possession since 1899. when the big
commercial Hamburg firm OF
GodefroY & Son made the first
settlement there In fact all the
Improvements are made by and be-
long to Germans.
Now to accuse the German Gov
ernment, which was so anxious to
settle the trouble diplomatically,
with having acted iaithlessly is a
great wrong. The whole is an
English intrigue. England tries
to cause a disturbance between
Germany and this country and to
force the latter into an alliance
with her. She tried it in the Phil
iPpine and is doing il now in
Samoa.