Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-30
COMMANDMENT
STILL CONTINUES.
Brief Official Dispatch Received
from Apia at Berlin.
CHIEFS ARE BROUGHT BACK



u.tiin. March ma brlsf offeiai dis.
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90 anyr,
The bopbarimeut continues In
pursuance 10 military orders IN. whites
hav. evacuated many houses.
THE chiefs u the Tanns marty who
were oxllel 10 other islands. have baen
brourht back from tfpoiu
''The firearms and ammunition taken
from Tanua on January End hay. been
returned"
Nrwa coxrty,,rn
lfphloh' MArVh "''-Iho hHuah ior-
.'sh "'noe mas re'oiNeh "ih,ial us
p",e"'s ephhrhihf uhe nihpa'eh'r rom
Apla' Samoa. announcing the outbreak
OF ho'''ii'''r mere
SITUATION IMPROVING.
Warrington. March %. o.. Assistant
SECRETARY Allen has iauued the foilow-
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'H
The last dispatch from Admiral
Kautx Il m faiiotrrs
Auckland, March 2a.-Sccfctary "
the Navy, Washington. situation II
Improving since telegram u 18th wa
sidney. y. y. W. kAtTZ."
Nsrvsg A.r ,.Ay,t,.s,.,.s
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The state department has not TO.
celycd of1oiai navlcca relating 40 an.
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occurrences IN samoa. The demon
htration u regretted. hut the opinion n
Expressed TINT Admiral Knuts acted ON
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mhtioh' inc ttnto department hc-
knowlcdEcs that no permanent agree
mont can be reached under ia. treaty
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>" ""''" az '"i'' P'"''h u" h"t "hiee
ana the hope IN that some settlement
of the difficulty may be brourht about
when Il become. auparcut ina, an.
= ,,.''l
present conditions cannot exist lndeh-
nitely.
Admiral Knutn acted within MI. In.
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y 1890" N''.' ~ '"n-
GUIDED after consultation with Captain
Htardrr or tho rcrpo.-s. lhc ssnlor
Ifisish naval ofiicgr und thu r.itod
States and british cansuin that state
81 anarchy existed which called Tot
action. The fact that the edlctn Of
the chief gustic. woru diarygarded aud
Mfft ikhufNu although Sustained By the
representatives OF two OF the govern.
mentH made such courna Cooperative.
There N no doubt with the Facts now
~ hand. that Admiral knutg wlll be
sustained rs the United states govern.
ment. No word has been received
FROM Roar Admiral KautE. nlthourh
"a cublrgram N muinrntarily expected
The regulations ~ the navy depart
msnt rrqulru tho Immediate report Of
any occurrence Out OF tho ordinary. ana
Assistant SECRETARY Alien. who n act.
inF secretary In tho absence of seerr.
tary Long. cntgrtainr no doubt that
Rear Admiral kntH's IMPORT IL On the
way. while the prcra reports nErcc
that there h a direct issue between the
American aud british authorities ON
the one hand and the German upon the
other, raised hy the action OF the DER.
man consul. Herr Rose. In guppnrtinr
by proclamation the contentious of Ma.
tanfn aud his rebel followers. hon, IL
yet expressed that ID will devotion thai
representatives ~ the three powefs
nlEnatory TO the Iiorlln treaty were act.
lH IN unison AGAINST the pretonnlonn
~ the rebel chief The officials at the
navy department hardly believe a con.
tingency could arise which would re-.
suit Ia an actual clash between the
naval forcnn.
Tho great prcpondsrnnoc Of strength
on the one side, a. presented BY the
AMERICAN tfulhtf lNllhNNllNils anu the
nritiEh cruisers PorpolHc and Royniist
over the single German wnrphlp In the
harbor would render the issue on n col.
.a,Ion 10 certain that no one Ia raah
enough 10 imngine that an actual com.
bat could occur.
his " tho only dispatch received
from Admiral KnutE ~ The navy de.
partmont, assistant secretary Allen
says. Az will be observed. ID contains
no "details concerning tho rrported tro,l.
tile AT AHA. Even the date on which
u was dispatched from Apla h mai
Eiven, but il Il presumed thai ID irfi
samoa on the sird the date upon which