The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-05
Albanian Claimed to Have
Transgressed Authority.
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Berlin, February 4.-The German govern
ment claims to have received advices from
Samoa which dispose the ministers to in
no wise acquiesce in the view that the Ger
man representatives there are entirely to
blame for the recent troubles.
A high foreign office official said:
"Our representations from Samoa this
week narrate in detail the events preceding
the bursting of the storm in consequence
of the royal election. We begin to see
more clearly into matters There has been
for some time past serious friction be-
tween Chief Justice Chambers and DR.. Jo-
annis Raffel the German president of the
municipality of Apia, and Herr Rose, the
German consul at Apia, arising from mu-
tual determinations as to the conduct of
official business and personal differences.
Mr.. Chambers appeared nave been en-
gagged in promoting much agitation in favor
of the Malietoa party. If this is confirmed,
We shall ask for an explanation, as such
conduct is a direct contravention of the
Berlin treaty which expressly provides that
the chief justice shall not NEEDLE with ma
tional elections, but shall remain neutral
on SUCH occasions. 1t seems, however, that
Mr. Chambers Joined in the intrigues of the
English missionaries, who feared that prot
estant interests would suffer by the Access
sion of the Roman Catholic Mataafa.
MIR. Chambers Transgressions
'The German government does not go to
the length of claiming Mr.. Chambers did so
act, but if the reports are confirmed, we
shall ask for explanation. Probably on
the American side facts that may be ld-
duced that will show our representatives
also exceeded their proper powers.
III complaints are maze, they will be i'm
partially and amicably investigated.
mo formal requests or complaints have
yet been made by either government, and
there is evidently desire ON both Sides to
settle the dlfhculty in a friendly way.
Respecting the latest incident 1t seems
undeniable that German created the dis
turbance, smashing window panes, ETC., but
we tail to see how Mr.. Chambers deemed
II his duty TO place the offender under his
jurisdiction instead OF leaving him to the
consular Jurisdiction, as the samoa act pre-
scribed. This action upon the part of Mr.
Chambers will also need an explanation
The incident, however, is trifiing. Our
reports indicate that, generally speaking
order now reigns at Samoa"
Mr.. Whites Information
The correspondent of the Associated Press
spoke to the United States ambassador,
Andrew d. White, on the subject, and he
said the above statement tailed with his
own information. Mr.. White added that he
had not received fresh instructions from
Washington, and he had no doubt chat the
trouble would be amieably adjusted by the
three powers Interested
The debates in the Prussian diet this week
were of especial interest, as they brought
out the full extent of the agrarian demands
and showed that the Prussian cabinet is
unanimous on the agrarian question:
The agrarian party in the diet is very
much stronger than in the reichstag, and
the speeches showed that even the national
liberals support the agrarans on many
questions.
Herr Walbrecht, national LIBERAL assured