The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-21
SAMOA'S Troubles NOT OVER
Definite Reports of German meddIIns
and Native Turbulence

San Francisco. Oct. 20.-The steamer
Meana arrived today from Australian
ports via Apia. Samoa and Honolulu. Inc
correspondent of the Associated Press at
Samoa sends news of a startling char
acter. He says under date of October 3:
1.-The aspect of affairs in Samoa IS in
deed far from reassuring. There Is
trouble brewing and it will come soon il
the three powers do not come to aid the
government and the distracted officials.
The three consuls who were left here as
provisional government by the commits
sioners are tinding their position by no
means a bed of roses. II Is a matter OF
report that the feeling between the nem-
bers of the provisional government IS
strained
among the natives. The Saleula natives
visited that district 70 attend dlStrlbu-
ton OF food, and Tuislsa. chief or the
Nutiate}es, struck a man or another VII
lage The man started to run, as Chief
Tuisila is a man of desperate character.
and as he turned his back the chief drew
a revolver and shot him dead. he then
turned the weapon on another man with
the same result. Another nigh chief de-
manded the death Of Chief Tuisila. and
battle followed, Tuisila being badly in
jured. He was carried TO the German
var vessel Co-moran, but nothing could
his own village where he died. All the
natives mixed up in the ARRAY are Ma
died there would have ..hSELaoishrd u
taafa adherents. If Tuisila had not died
there would have been revenge fight
as preparations to that end were in pro-
gress at the time of his death
The thirteen chiefs that were ass0Ci-
ated with the rebel government now
claim that they are the government Of
Samoa and have issued proclamation
70 the three consUls regarding the pol
tax The paper notifies al samoa that
4 poll tax OF one dollar a hea0 must pc
paid by all the able-bodied native and
ColuTed men outside Of the town OF A0ia
by the first 81 November. The proc.a-
nation Is signed by sdherents of Matas-
IA. To offset this. President soft. with
out the consent Of the consuls. has IS
sued in his own name a proclamation
that a poll tax viii be levied ard collect
ed by the end OF the year. This action
OF the president mas aroused the people.
rho seem to believe that S0lf believs him
self in supreme power. some Of the con-
suls took exception 20 his action, b-st
some steps viii be taken to set aside
the acton q the Matafaa faction
The Mataafa people. ever since the
commission left have been accusing Ma
iistga adherents az causing strife ard
not ooeyivE the commission orders, out
nearly al the trouble since has been
seem as i bent on having fght before
the year Is out. Al Tussisas funeral
siNty-t1-ee rifles were counted IN the pro
cessf0u and Gzraafa had Informed TIE
commission thar MS party I'D 10 arms
gefL T1ey have some hanGre5s = r.
des Il Is stated. and i not afraid ~ neE
u var. would have been fighting TIE
AIslIetn47s long ago
Worried b the Nat7afz comD.ai1ts--
the N&seioi2 people are competed %
leave Aola and I've ia tae-r via Es=--
the government has issueS 2 notice =
sN nay cone ard 81 rs they please %
legitimate business T5eF hGve a,so a3-
lowed natives ~ keep possession o7enlF
- towing pieces Zasca We-e p-oh.9 .fe3
ok the COMMISSIONS order Hundreds ~
reviewers 1T= aEnaG ~ rst4Ves. h-1t tzev
have sever been collected. ar1s rtfssS az
also plentiful attn 1Esn- Things sa-as
ri1s tor another outbreak entN 0s~fsEt
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