Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-26
Motaara Party Sends Large Dele
cation Into Apia'
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Goes Along without any ~ ich pr.
SoIf wIthdrsws tiis Besiguation
Claims for Compensation,

Allht ENluNAt ANHi H. VIZ Gun q ''A'
CISCO Aug 25.-When the commission
crs left here Il was feared by many ma
tlvcs and foreigners alike that serious
trouble might Immediately cnsuo, but
such has not happened, Both factions
are quiet aud state they will Keep 30.
The Mutanfa party sent "a large dele
CATION into Apia since the Badgers
departure. This delegation met the
three uunauls SITTING us "a provisional
government and assured them again
Of the desire of Mamafa and his fol-
lowers 20 Keep the peace. Nothing fur
/ thor took place at the meeting.
Tho provisional government i1 being
/ carried on without any hitch 30 far
/ by the three consuls. OF this body
| Luther Osborn. the American consul
general. is chairman lie IL also the
acting chief Justice ot Samoa and cone
unues To act as the United States cun-
sulnr representative. Dr. solf. as pres
| ldcut. claimed the oiilce OF chief jus
ticc and has referred the whole matter
10 the German government He was.
however. persuaded ultimately to
! Withdraw his resignation. which he had
] written 60 the commissioners, ana ace
/ cent the holding OF the office by Mr.,
| Osborn Air. osborn declined 90 accept
! the iudgoHhlp unless DR. sOlf was VIII
| Ing Tor him TO act, and the doctor hlN-
/ Ing given way removed all difficulties
| M1tuufu. who has been seriously ~,
IL now better.
| are being inquired into by Mai. MAR
/ under instructions from AIT Eliot They
| will amount to about $4,000. n if
/ claimed here that the three powers urv
bound legally and morally 10 Hce that
! compensation De- paid Tor LOSSES during
] the late disturbances Go the foreign tes-
ldentH In these Islands. Who pays that
] compensation is quite beside the qurf.
] ton and must De agreed upon between
| the powers Under the Berlin treaty
tho three powers made certain dcclhra-
| tiorH which were ana are uuiam0uut
! 90 guaranteeing the safety ana security
OF life and property 90 its subjects and
| citizens. The whites have not been
beniEcr,nts during tho late war and
many OF them were prevented from re-
| naming in their homes ur returning TO
the same hy the naval authorities. who
wished TO have no impodimont or hind
rance Co military operations. Under
these circumstance the whites feel
that they have a right 10 ask ana OBJ
tain compensation from the united
treaty powers.
Thc collier Amoronda. with coal Tor
American warships and material Tor
the pier being erected at Pago-Pago,
arrived yeHterdya.
The Tnuraugn. British wnrahlp, left
last week and the only mcu-of-war in
| the hurhor are the 1urmnrnn Ger
mani and the Torch tBrtlsh), II. NJ.
$ pyladcs IL expected here any day
TO take the place Of the Taurangu.
II h not thought that any organized
nghtlng viii take place between the
rival parties, but IN some places there
~ u bitter feeling which may result IN
small parties coming TO blows. chief
Justice Osborn has imposed sentences
Of hard labor on three or -four natives
for having firearms In their possession
after the date Of the proclamation By
the high commissioners prohibiting the
possession OF firearms by Hnnoans.
Princess Faamu, n young and hand
Fome princess and the only daughter
~ the late King Mnllotou and only aiH-
ter 10 the CN-Siug Tauu, ana who has
been educated us AN English woman Ia
| FIJI, o. forwarding a petition asking
the three powers 20 grant her an ale
lnwnuCc on the grounds that she has
been educated 90 take her part uH q
princess and now that her father
and brother are not lu Nugly posi-
tlons she n not ip possession OF SUI
nclcut means TO i've as she has been
educated. and l. a burden TO her FiJlan
friends