The record-union., 1899-08-26
Though It Was Feared Trouble
Might Again Ensue,
Everything Has Been Quiet Since the Com.
mission Left Apia.
The Provisional Government Being
Carried On Without ANY Hitch
So Far by the American, British
and German Consuls.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23.-The
steamship Alameda arrived to-day from
Samoa, and brings the following cor
respondence to the Associated Press:
APIA (Samoa), Aug. 11.-When the
Commissioners left here it was feared
by many natives and foreigners alike
that serious trouble might immediate
" ensue, but such has not happened.
Both factions are quiet and state that
they will keep so. The Mataafa party
sent a large delegation into Apia since
the Badgers departure. This delega-
ton met the three Consuls sitting as
a provisional government, and assured
them again of the desire of Mataafa
and his followers to keep the peace.
Nothing further took place at the
meeting.
The provisional government is being
carried on without any hitch so far by
the three Consuls. OF this body Luther
Osborn, the American Consul General,
is Chairman He is also acting Chief
Justice of Samoa. and continues to act
as the United States Consular repre-
sentative DR.. Solf as President,
claimed the office of Chief Justice, and
has referred the whole matter to the
German Government He was, how
ever, persuaded ultimately to withdraw
his resignation, which he had written
to the Commissioners. and accept the
holding of the Office by Mr.. Osborne.
Mr. Osborne declined to accept the
Judgeship unless DR.. Solf was willing
for him to act, and the doctor having
given way, removed all difficulties.
Mataafa, who has been seriously ILL.,
is now better.
Compensation claims of Britishers are
being inquired into by Major Muir, un
der instructions from Mr.. Eliot. They
will amount to about $4,000. 1t is
claimed here that the three Powers are
bound legally and morally to see that
compensation is paid for losses during
the late disturbances to the foreign res
idents in these islands. Who pays that
compensation is quite beside the ques-
tion, and must be agreed upon between
the Powers. Under the Berlin treaty
the three Powers made certain declara-
tions which were and are tantamount
to guaranteeing the safety and secur-
ity of life and property to its subjects
and citizens. The whites have not been
belligerents during the late war, and
many of them were prevented from re-
manning in their homes or returning to
the same by the naval authorities who
wished to have no impediment or him
drance to military operations. Under
these circumstances the whites feel
that they have a right to ask and OBJ
tain compensation from the united
treaty Powers.
The collier Aberenda. with coal for
American warships and material for
the pier being erected at Pago-Pago.
arrived yesterday
The Tauranga, British warship left
last week, and the only men-of-war in
the harbor are the Cormoran (German),
and the Torch (British). H NJ. S. Py-
ladies' is expected here any day to take
the place of the Tauranga
I do not think that any organized
fighting will take place between the
rival parties. but in some places there
is a bitter feeling which may result in
small parties coming TO blows. Chief
Justice Osborne has imposed sentences
of hard labor on three or four natives
for having firearms in their possession
after the date of the proclamation by
the High Commissioners prohibiting the
possession of firearms by Samoans.
Princess Faamuu. a young and hand
some princess, and the only daughter
of the late King Malietoa, and only sis
ter TO the ex-King Tanu, and who has
been educated as an English woman in
Fiji, is forwarding a petition asking the
three Powers to grant her an allow
ance on the grounds that she has been
educated to take her part as a Princess,
and is. now that her father and brother
are not in kingly position, not in pos
session of sufficient means to live as
educated, and is a burden to her Fijian
friends.