Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-22
crNDAy JANUARY AZ, 1893


Tho latest Samoan uV~''o'
,va have become involved. Is me i.s".'
our oveylsaping the safeguards the la'i0-
~ the republic sought 10 thro" 49,,
=. and going into the kinS7maNlhs
-. -, ,be other side of the Glone. Inc
x,..ory NJ our official connection 80 -
,reo,, with Samoa. dates BACK u To-.
~, We made commercial trea''e' WI"
en- ,slards. Bat the beginning ol OU'
ss,,,. I'm the affairs Of samoans an"
,,,,,,,,,- nm with Other nations over 'i'ei"
-, hocl, only TO 1885, when. by an az
-. with Germany and Great BRIAN
- ,oo5o AIalietoa King and Tamasese
vlce-Fing of al Samoa. SeVel"' - -.
hetveen 1881 and 1899 we were ID ~.
,,,a,er in Samoa. IN consequence Vi w.
roc, seDarture and hng-maklhs eAPo'-
-, and eaily I'm the latter year " WIZ
10 recalled we had to send naval Ve''e
.o,a n assert our prestige III
"a Nav Of 1889 We had conference
nj Berlin with the two o'he'
named. and finally treaty was 30
o,htch n was claimed, would conc'"uV
-. ,ho,a matter. That treaty aHInieu
-, ,,derendence Of Samoa and the eq"'i
ri,bts Of the three Powers III ln''' e'''
- rrovidee for the appointment o. d
e,.'.-',,o Court. with one judge salo
60 n he named by the sald thie'
powers or. in the event Of disagreement
~, the King Of Sweden and Norway. j
% dcclar,d that this judge should h1''
jurisdiction Of all questions arising uiluei
me treaty. and of all questions ane0'I"s
~. election of Kins. The treaty ais
r,o,i6es for the appointment IN th'
same way. o. a president Of the muhlcipt
Council of Apla, with authority u "O
Under instructions Of the sisnatory Il"
,,o,s hut not upon the separate oIdeI
=, any one of them. In short ID deiau'
=, orders from trlpartite headquarters
N. sunreme Court was 10 be the supren'
and undivided law OF the land.
Pm, this agreement did not conclud
the matter. In discussing the 0diilo"
issue in report to Congress in lS9i secr'
torv-of-state Gresham asked: what nav
NE Gained beyond the expenses, the Il
snonsililities. and the entanglements
Then he added that the Berlin trea'
.bae utterly failed 10 correct, H. lndee
II has not aggravated, the very eVi
which il was designed 10 prevent
The query and the comment OF N
Gresham are as pertinent to-day as III
were In 1894
INTO the details Of the latest comphcat'
a,a IFS Immediate causes II is not nee
sarv 20 go at length. These details nd
Non given In our Geographic column
Briefly. the situation Is TINS Inc -
suprcme Court Judge and kns-m"Aei
an American, named Chambers Il
Alabama. The president Of the NUN
pal Council is a German. Inc hi"s
Samoa paid that final penalty Wh'o"
kings OF groups Of volcanic ISLANDS
NOT ,ecape. and a war or succession
Quoted in the usual Samoan cut-thi
s,,le was started. The king-maker
ported by the American anu ''0 -
eonsuls. espoused the cause Oh ono o''
ant ~ the throne, and the German W
and the president Of the Municipal 20
ell hacked the other. ana et'einp'e'
usurn the authority vested IN the Supf
Gu, Then followed. on q smah s.
ope of those scenes OF breaking IN
covr,.,oor and forcible election so l.
liar 10 those whose lot WAS cast III
south during the reconstruc'ion
Next there We're orders all arouh'
hurry warships 20 Apia.
"A 10 the ultimate outcome OF TINS
,icular muddle we have no serious
II seems clear that the Supreme
Judge or Chief Justice acted eh'
4 within his province, as dehned oy
perlin treaty. and that the German
sul and president Of the Municipal
Il ga were guilty OF very high-ha
b preceding In the event OF TINS
the correct view. We may expect
4 Germany, despite her wen-known
ing TO control absolutely the sa
Islands, will do the proper thing, a
III Bismarck on the occasion or 81
trouble some years ago. and that is
ayow the acts Of her representative.
could not axord to take any other G.
Indeed. No already have assurances
Berlin that Germany Will adhere 1T
10 tho terms OF the tripartite treaty
viii net endeayor 10 sustain or {
her Representa- tNes In Samoa. II
were or are In the wrong. Thei
II 10 more than probable-it Is