The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-22

Sotti0h away. some houses We're pres
served uninjured to be carried to Mulin-
nj and occupied by their new owners. Not
a single thing of value was left except
such as the women and children had been
able 20 take to the mission premises and
into tbe compound of MIR. Moors At the
first place a guard from the warship pro-
tected them from further robbery, and at
the lqtter place Mr. Moors was able to
shield them by his personal influence with
the Mataafa party, with whom he has
always been identified.
Every canoe and boat in the Apia dis
trict belonging to a native vas carried off.
as was every horse and COW. and even
every dog. and all clothing, ana every
bit of furniture. nothing of value being
left.
The Killed and wounded.
About fifteen persons were killed and
twenty-eight wounded during che short
fight The Mataafa forces consisted OF
$500 armed men, and the Tanu forces, in
Guiding number of people captured in
the town who claimed not to have taken
pert in the fight numbered in all 1904
The Tutullla people are unanimously for
Mataafa, but a very few families being
related to the Malietoa faction. These peo-
pie were so far away that none of them
took part In the war. A careful estimate
that the Malietoa faction represents Z per
cent and the Mataafa party 90 per cent.
of the whole people of Samoa. except those
OF Manua, who take no part in native
political affairs
On Jan. the three consuls, the COM
manders of the warships Falee and Por-
poise and President Raffel met TO dis
crss the situation, and it was decided to
form a provisional government, awaiting
the decision of the treaty Powers DIR.
Raffel was to be the executive officer OF
this government, which was to consist of
Mataafa and thirteen principal chiefs The
government so formed had plenty OF diff
Guilty to cope with, for Tanu and Tamasese
ana some Others were still on board the
Porpoise. and many of the troops refused
to stop pillaging or to leave Apia until
they were first surrendered.
On the evening of Jan. II was rumor-
e that the natives were about to attack
the mission premises then held by a guard
of thirty-fve sailors from the Porpoise
for the purpose of getting the arms be-
longing to the chiefs who had been con-
cealed there and who had surrendered the
previous day The story, however, was
without foundation, but for time it
caused considerable excitement.
Protecting the vanquished.
On the morning Of Jan. the chiefs OF
the Mataafa party demanded any guns
that might be concealed In the mission
Rouse, and on the solemn assurance of
the captain and lieutenant of the Porpoise
that there were none there, they desisted
from further opportunities. At 9 a. M
Capt. Sturdy decided to withdraw his
men, such withdrawal leaving the wo-
men and children of the depleted party
who were there entirely at the mercy of
The conquerors, who, according to Samoan
custom, would strip them of all they pos
sessed. President Raffel with the assist
ance OF Mr.. Moors, got together a suffi-
oient guard to protect them as they pass
ed along the main road to the premises
of Mr.. Moors, where they occupied his
lumber sheds for some days, and untii
the bulk of the invading forces had with
drawn from Apia
great meeting was held at Mulimni
and 1t was decided that II Tanu and Tam
asese would surrender, and make the usual
submission peculiar to conquered Samo-
ans, Tanu might be sent back to school
and Tamasese would be kept a state pris-
oner on Mulimnl, no bodily harm to be
done to either. Both of these persons haV-
ing refused to make the usual submission
are still on board the warshps. In the
meantime. the chiefs have outlawed them.
and 1t would now be extremely danger
Gus for either of them to land in Samoa
After making their humble submission
and signing an agreement never again to
fight against their chiefs, four-ffths of
the prisoners have been dismissed and or
dered to go to their homes. or the re-
mainder, mostly natives who have long
resided in or near Apia, and who are still
considered dangerous to the public peace.
part have been sent to Manono, an island
some twenty-five miles distant from Apia.
and the others 20 Tutuilla and Manua.
with orders for the people there to treat
them kindly. A few prisoners stiIl remain
In the Mulimni jail, but they will likely
be dismissed i'm a few days, possibly after
first removing the barricades which stilI
cucumber public roads in many places.
On Jan. s the chief justice, who had fed
to the Porpolse, declared his court ad-
journed for the present, and at the same
time the provisional government also gave
public notice that the court was closed
and should not be reopened except by its
consent
Bombardment Threatened.
On the 7th the British consul notified
Dr. Raffel that at noon of that day Mr..
Chambers would reopen his court and he
would assist him with an armed force.
and would enforce his orders, and even
open fire on the town if there was any
show of resistance at this time through