The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-04-08

Admiral Kautz and His British Allies
Found II Necessary to DO More
shelling, which the German War
ship Attempted to Frustrnto.
San Francisco, April S.-Advices just
received from Apia, Samoa, under date
Of March a. say that both the Uni
| ted States and British warships have
been shelling Mataafa's forces repeat
edly and that numerous casualties
have resulted on both sides. Among
| the wounded was the nephew OF Ma
taafa and one Of the killed was Oelua
| Muda. second in command Of Mataafa's
| forces.
When Admiral Kautz arrived on the
! Philadelphia he spent two days in
| making inquiries, and then called a
meeting Of all the consuls and the
senior officers of all the warships in
the harbor. AS a result Of the meeting
| a proclamation was issued by the
American admiral declaring that the
so-called provisional government under
| Mataafa can have no legal status un-
/ der the Berlin treaty, and therefore
| cannot be recognized by the consular
and naval representatives and order
/ ing Mataafa and his supporters to
! quietly go to their homes and respect
| the laws of the Berlin treaty. II was
| further ordered that the people elected
| from their homes be returned, and the
/ power OF the naval forces, it was
stated. would be used against all who
6isregarded the right of peaceably dis
/ posed people. The authority of the
chief justice was upheld by the procla-
nation. The German consul issued a
| counter proclamation recognizing the
| provisional government, and this pre-
| ctpitated the uprising. Admiral Kautz
! considers that he has been grossly in.
/ suited by the German consul.
During the past three days, says
/ the dispatch, there has been no fight
| in in town. The defenses have been
! strengthened by the mounting of an
| additional gun and a couple of mines
| have been laid in case of rush into
| town.
The Porpoise has daily made a
cruise along the coast, bombarding
| the native villages. Some of them
| have been destroyed. Captain Sturde
| does as little killing in these expedi-
| tions as possible. The destruction Of
| houses and boats is his object. The
| houses of the white residents are being
| looted in the vicinity of Apia Owing
| to a defective fuse a shell from the
! Philadelphia burst a couple of hun
dred yards from the ship and severely
wounded loyal native. An American
officer was also slightly wounded.
For several days the German war
ship Fake persistently kept in the
way so as to incommode the fire of the
British ships. and finally Admiral
| Kautz compelled her to move inside
] ha hor nF -
On March % King Tamunafili Malie-
toa was crowned king of Samoa at
Mulinuu. Admiral Kautz and Captain
! White, of the Philadelphia, Captains
| Sturde and Forlesse, of the Porpoise
| and ROyalist, the United States and
| British consuls and the chief justice
were present at the ceremony, which
was attended by all the representative
Americans and British
! One hundred sailors from the Ameri-
can and British ships composed the
! guard of honor The procession march.
| ed all through Apia, headed by the
band Of the Philadelphia. The flag
! ship and the PorpOise fired the royal
| salute of q guns, but the Fake lay
in the harbOr as if she and her cap
| tain had not the slightest interest in
Samoa. The German officials were
conspicuous by their absence. Every
body is anXiously awaiting definite
news from the three powers. 1t is
thought that if Germany acknowledges
| Tanu as king the rebellion would be
broken. II not Admiral KautZ will
take stronger measures than hitherto.
AT present there are on shore It's
men from the Philadelphia and $50
! from the Porpoise and Royalist The
! Tauranga has a complement of nearly
400 men, and this reinforcement will
enable the admiral to take offensive
| measures.