The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

81 D. 3
ana aettls s. f,illy &c osnTersaft 4. with
10 correct. some. of -.tt}e2 almost
criminal f&iseh0esds iii att have been. cin-
cuFttea FAR and }Tida by. the incampe--
reut..at.a dls.gruced officials that. We
been reaponsible 'fnf- the troubles In that
beautlfuI. Httle country, 1 cduld- scarce
~ believe my eyes, Eesterazfy " hen 1
read ;u an evening paper that. Baron
Sternburg had becdIae fully: convinced
that Consul Rose was responsible for
the late outbreak. fQrI have had many
conversations with both. OF. these gen
tIemen. and I can assure the American
public that Baron Sternburg knows as
well As does the author of the article.
whom L strongly suspect to be Judge
. Chambers. that there is absolutely no
truth in the statement. Neither there
any truth in the statement published
some days ago, " hich statement-I j be
Iieve TO have been either written or in
.suired by. the. same gentleman, that the
High Commission has sustained the ac-
lions OF Admiral Kautz IN his foolish
cannaign. against the Samoans.
In the first. place, the commission as
a body. win neither sustain nor con-
demn Admiral :Kautz. I have been
told SC repeatedly by Chairman
Tripp, Baron Sternburg and Secretary
Morgan. = What reports on the sub
ject each commissioner will make to
his Government viii, perhaps, never
be made public, but am strongly
inclined to the belief that at least two
of the commissioners viii not sus-
tain Admiral Kautz.
AS. for: the reports sent to the Asso-
ciated Press. it is necessary TO point out
that the correspondent at Apia is a
young. Australian and that he holds the
position Of M7lniCi.aI Magistrate by
permission. OF. the other officials. He is
elected. by the Councu and can be re
moved by a maj0rity vote Of that body,
provided such action is approved by the
three Consuls. In case. there is a differ
ence of opinion among the Consuls,
Justice. Chambers decides It will be
seen. therefore, that the young AustraI-
ian has reason 10 be very ooedient to
Justice Chambers. from whose decision
there is. no. appeal This Municipal
Magistrate could probably not hold the
position. Of. office. boy TO an average San
Francisco lawyer, but he finds no diff
Guilty in filling his present position and
having. plenty Of time to spare for con-
cocting and sending out the misrepre-
sentations which have emanated from
his preJudiced mind or have been die
taJed to him. by Editor Chambers. it
might be further pointed out that this
correspondent volunteered in the ser
vice OF his country after the troubles
. began and marched up and down the
main road Of Apia with big musket in
his hands. striking terror into the
hearts OF all Germans, so it can hardly
be expected that he viii send out un-
biased reports Of Samoan affairs
think l can see the fine Italian hand
Of Chambers in,the published statement
that the office Of President, now held by
DR. Solf, will be abolished, for the rea-
son, it is stated that that officer in the
past has always been a source of fric-
ton. There was no intention to abolish
that office on the date the article was
wrtten-of that I am sure-but the
treaty provides that should the office of
Chief Justice be made vacant from any
cause the duties of that office shall be
performed by the President of the
council and this provision has been
i used as an argument with the Commits
Neners TO send Chambers away at once
and permit DR.. Solf to perform the du-
ties Of Chief Justice until a suitable
successor to Chambers can be appoint
g ed and sent to Samoa This is prob
ably the reason why the young Aus