The San Francisco call., 1899-07-10
CHAMBERS, KAUTz & co.

The latest intelligence received from
Apfa makes it very clear that the settle
ment' of the Samoan question is not COM
pleted. The business will not be hnlshed
until Chief Justice Chambers Is recaIIeo
and reprimanded for malteasance in ONCE
TO designate his official conduct in the
mildest manner possible. Nor can It be
considered at an end before Admlra4
Kautz is disciplined for the shameful part
which he played in the wretcheQ drama
enacted prior 10 the advent OF the com
mission sent by the three Governments 10
adjust matters.
There is every reason to believe that me
unofficial statement OF the declSLohS y!
the commission will be materially chanSed
in the official report OF their work.
Enough is known of the actual situation
with which the members of the board had
to deal to Justify the belief that nothing
short of Chambers dismissal and the for,
NAL investigation of the acts OF our naFfi
representative viii satisfy the sense oL
decency of those who in the last analysis
are officially responsible for these e men:
In advance of the attempts OF interested
correspondents to clear the skirts OF
Chambers and Kautz. the methods or
both were honestly portrayed and scatn-
ingIy reprobated by witnesses OF their
acts not deferred by sentimental notlo!lS
of Anglo-American rubbish from speak
ing the truth. Our own correspondent on on
the ground, who is in a position 10 SPEAK
with authority. declared some weeks ago
that the American officials in question
were being led around by the nose Dy
British disturbers of the peace. This fact
has since been positively ver1ned by othef
manly American observers OF events IN
Samoa The correspondent OF Inc Can
sent by the last steamer from Apia
lengthy account of the labors Of the com
rnissioners and forecast of the probable
recommendations that will be included in
the majority report of that body. 1t ap-
pears that the English commissioner at
tempt to dominate matters as had been
done by the British Consul and naval
authorities previous to his arrival, ran
against a snag in the opposition OF his
American and German colleagues Com
missioner Eliot was in favor Of sustain
ing Chambers, KautZ and Sturdee IN tace
them but the other commissioners. ac-
cording to The Calls informant, would
not listen to proposal that violated
every requirement of Justice and truth
It is confidently predicted that both Cham-
bers and KautZ will be properly grl!leQ n
the official findings of the commission.
The American Consul, Luther W. Osporn,
directed his efforts toward peaceful So
luton of the difficulties prec1pltated by
the infamous conduct of the Chief Jus
tfce and his British allies, but the London
missionary influence, which II seems was
praamount with the Anglo-American COM
bine thwarted all attempts to reach a set
tlernent based upon equitable treatment
of Mataafa and the majority of the island
ers whom they saw fit to antagonize.
The whole controversy was provoked by
the bigotry and insolence of alien func-
tfonaries who sought to run things to
suit themselves on the assumption that
the natives had no rights which powerful
usurpers were bound to respect, or even
recOgniZe-The Monitor.