The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04
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soldiers and Ma1a1<8 that = %.
eAosased - ~ socsvtasy ct IL nnp 1ss-
dned the ofntewoots mndo In Z leetog from
Il j. Aocrs. IN Amwsean rest1sne In A..
hat came Out 0nDe wee1S 600 In he
Evening Post. q this eiU. and caused
considerable coWmeot Nr. Nooeo declares
1.-THE seat Of soyerunsen) and had taken
up hts headquarters AT vaiusu: that Ad.
0tral Kaufx without giving aay premon-
rory warning. nreA upon the town Of
Apta- Capt = Morrast ferk1ns e. -.
G.. says that the arsk step toward hostii-
itisa Vas made IN every instance by the
Americana or En91ssh- Natza1A had &C.
cltued to come in 10 the town, lay down
his arms. and oRer allegiance TO the bog
king. fanu. who had been crowned by
the En4linh and American o6Icer1 the
chief justice and the Londsn Missionary
Society. AAfaa<a h:AA besu elected -ac-
eording 70 tlss rights end peivtsAgss Of tas
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which had BEEN st aside by Chf0k Justice
Chambers owing to . legal oufhhis thar
had nothing 10 do With the merits Of The
case. The captatn Goes on to SAY: AT
o'clock on Aarch T. suddenly. without
warning. - TAR - ~ knew q the con-
sulate. the art gun vas fred from the
Philadelphia. A general bomhardmsnt
pleasantly near the consulate. causing mo
some anxiety. but II was not until one
burst more than twsnty yards ahead that
my concern 1eAched The state ol alarm.
While w1S conaldesing what TO do-.he
ship not being In sight rom the co..
sulate--a dx1nch she'd explodcd just In the
rear OF the consulate and few rods short.
scattering ffa&ne0tS over q considerable
space. Five fragments struck the rear
verAndah and roof Of the building. ana
many more the outhounes In the hack yard:
one large ptece glanced from . cocoanut
tree and struck Private John E. Nudge
on the LEFT LEG. seriously wounding him
He was 1t once removed to the Philadsl-
phia. where he died March 81
Mr.. Moors In hitherto unpub-
lished letter. states that shell burst near
the school for native children. taught By
the Mormon missionaries, and narrowly
mtseed killing q number 0 the inmates:
also that his own house was hit and sert-
Gus damage done 10 his property. Until
quiet. They had even allowed an armed
body Of sailors and soldiers to escape un-
molested from an ambush They said
they did not like to Kill the white men,
a. II would make the final settlement more
difficult "But on April - Mr.. Noors goes
on to say. ''when these same soldiers ana
sailors were cut looking for fight. they
forgot the fact that the Philadelphia had
bombartied Apia and the Porpoise had
steamed up and down the coast, Smelling
and burning defenselesss yillages."
Even at the fight OF FagaIii. where the
most serious casualties occurred II was
the Americans who were the aggressors
The captain writes: I'VE halted, and after
searching the spot with MY neldgiass ana
consulting with two other officers who
had halted to make observations. direct
ed. at tho suggestion OF Lieut. Cave one
Of my command. Private Tomkinson. to
IRE at him. This was the first shot G.
the battle and was Immediately fonowed
by the enemy pouring In heavy are on
our left dhnk. puts OF smoke seemingly
rising from the grass all along the line
Capt. Perkins complains bitterly OF the
cowardice Of the friendly natives, who
wore Apparently without . leader" Vita
- per cent. OF the population o. Samoa
In favor OF Mafaafa, the adhesents OF
Tanu ara naturally but the rabbie OF the
beach. All the chiefs OF authority. all
the youth and gaIlantry OF Samoa has
rallied to tho fine old chief. Nataafa--the
Washington OF Samoa Every white man
who has ever lived any number OF years
In Samoa has the greatest admiration Tor
him. Robert Louis Stevenson. the author.
wrote q hook about the wrongs d Mataafa.
and In the last year OF his life, when he
thought his health improving, he contem-
plated lecturing tour TO this country
TO interest the people OF America In the
grand old patriot.
But q tide OF reaction has swept in In
his favor in both the London and New
York papers. John George Leigh a war
correspondent Of well-known ability. has
a long article In the English Fortnightly
Review. One sentence will suffice to show
his attitude:
Then came the intelligence OF British
and American shells being fired into de-
fenseless villages: of the blue jackets of
the two freest nations In the world being
employed to cow . people who have for
years been striving against mighty odds
for what il merely the shadow Of their
rightfui liberties. of the solemn FARGO Of
GROWING as king a youth for whom few
Samoans care the value OF o cocoanut.
who wishes TO he q missionary, and 10.
politically speaking. the ruppet OF q de-
oauehee chief: q = wicked. unnecessary
sacrifice OF valued British and American
lives"
Tho Hon. James II. Mulligan, for many
years American consul general 10 Samoa.
wrote a powerful appeal for AafaAfa In
the pages OF a prominent louisville paper.
There have appeared articles from the pen
OF John Lafarge the famous artist. who
was several years In the islands: the Hon.
Henry c. ide ID Vermont the former
chief Justice to Samoa, the widow q the
late Robert Louis Stevenson. and Mr..
Lloyd ostoarne. his step-son. besides
many people who have visited the land
and know the inhabitants for a kindly
cfivatrous. friendly race. and others who
only take their side In the cause of hu-
mainly.
The sirdar. Gen. Kitchener. IL being very
sharply criticised just now by the Engiish
press, and also In q speech by John Morley
uron piece OF horrible harhariey that
has just come to light The elaborate ex-
plantations Of his gallant army in defense
OF their killing wounded natives on the
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