The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-30
ShsIIsd by British and American
Cruisers.
AMERICAN SENTRY KILLED.
Piece Of a She'll Struck the German
Consulate.

Admiral Kautz Took the Situation
in Hand-MataaGa Refused to Dis
band His Followers, and Made an
Attack on British and American
ConsuIates-One American Killed
and Several Notwithstanding
Against the Germans Is Very Bit
ter.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
Apia. Samoan Islands, March %, via
Auckland, N. T., March 29.-Troubles
growing out of the election of a king OF
Samoa have taken a more serious turn
and resulted in bombardment of native
villages along the shore by the United
States cruiser Philadelphia, Admiral
Kautz commanding, and the British cruis-
ers Porpoise and Royalist.
The bombardment' has continued inter-
mittently for eight days. Several villages
have been burned, and there have been
a number of casualties among the Ameri-
can and British sailors and marines.
As yet it is impossible to estimate the
number of natives killed or injured.
As Mataafa and his chiefs, constituting
the provisional government, continued to
defy the treaty after the arrival of the
Philadelphia, Admiral Kautz summoned
the various consuls and senior naval Off
GERS to conference on board the Phila-
delpha when the whole situation was
carefully canvassed
kautz Issued Proclamation.
The upshot was a resolution to dismiss
the provisional government, and Admiral
kautz issued a proclamation, calling upon
Mataafa and his chiefs to return to their
homes
Mataafa evacuated Mulinuu, the town he
had made his headquarters, and went into
The interior.
Herf Rose, the German consul at Ap.a,
issued proclamation supplementing the
enc he had issued several weeks before, up
holding the provisional government AS a
result of this the Mataafans assembled
III large force and hemmed in the town.
Inc British cruiser Royalist, brought
the Maetoa prisoners from the islands to
which they had been transferred by the
provisional government
HE Americans then fortified Mulinuu.
"nere 22,OO0 Malietoans took refuge. The
'eoeIs-the adherents of Mataafa-barrl-
eaded the roads within the municipality
ana seized the British houses.
An uitmatum was then sent to them, or
ueiins them to evaeuate and threatening
mem in the event of refusal with a bonn
Uafdment to commence at / O'Clock on the
afternoon of March Is.
Opened Fire on the Towns.
Inns was ignored and the rebels COM
-'"oed an attack in the direction of the
en'ed States and British consulates about
"a" an hour before the time fixed for the
oombardment
"e Fhlladelphia, Porpoise and Royalisl
1p'"ea IRE upon the distant villages
-'''e was great difficulty in locating the
'"y' owing to the dense forest, but sew
al s'ore villages were soon in flames.
u1lective shell from the Philadelphia
Ap'ooed near the American consulate
Tue marines outside narrowly escaped
,'asment struck the leg of Private
s,.' scattering it so badly as to neces-
amputation. Another fragment
.. 'u the German consulate, smashing
I @' cookery. The Germans then went on
'ue German cruiser Fake.
90. '"s the night the rebels made a hot
sail On the town, killing three British
leo - A British marine was shot in the
re. 10y d sentry of his own party. another
sl Snoi IN the foot and an America,
was killed at his post.
~, eople Leaving samoa.
i"e bombardment contlnunv ~ :.
Ia'l, Of the town took refuge on
,,.'. 'He hoyalist. greatly crowding the
ne ~. Many people are leaving samoa
10 90 lam OF the Royalist urging them
liars. 90 % as not TO interfere with the mil
73 operations. ''e NM
end W., -, pose mas shelled the villages east
bclts p'' ana captured many
fp,endiIly ,s.l and British are fighting
ryo Ing against the Germans.
ias. Ntu' a British and n Gerr,an s,,,,
bomb,rd,, peen arrested as spies. The
Very ho l''''''' OF the jungle was for a time
''''lsh cruiser Tauranga, which. Il