The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-16

n his is L true story. II was writteI
r these pages by an officer OF hig
ank in the American navy. who says:
This IS true story. and some OF II
was present TO witness the situation.
believe / have handled the question iron
a new viewpoint, Stevenson has writer
wonderful writer did not live TO nrinG ]
10 its elimination. Klinger. in my story
will be recognized. ] have given Learl
his right name
The Hongkong club was crowded i
was the hour when the cosmopolitan In
accustomed 10 gather for their relaxation
and gossip before dressing for the lorna
dinner. in tho Orient. British colopialS
are loath 10 abandon the customs of the!i
had entered the club in company witt
two naval mcn-a British cominanccr anc
an American OF similar rank. The twG
were friends OF some years standing anu
both had been in that unfortunate anall
in Samoa which had been the culm,natlou
OF the tYl-party control OF that hotbed oi
diplomatic intrigue.
While we wero slipping our drinks n;
one OF tho tables party OF half dozen
mon. OF thaI rotundlty which seems In
separa bic from our idea OF a German en-
tered the club and took table near ours.
Commander Blick, the American. SUD
denly rose and shook hands with one OF
the newcomers and then came back TO us.
1 noted that his face wore thoughtful
look.
THAT was Klinger." ne said. Hes on
his way back to Samoa.
The EngliShman stared ansrly In tnen
direction.
II would as soon shake hands With a
snake he exclaimed. .! wonder what
who is hep" ! whispered.
''TIe is the head OF the German frm IN
Samoa Blck returned aloud. he was
all three OF the contestins powers In the
same boat He allowed our expedition to
walk into cnrefully laid ambush when
q word from him would have saved US
He was n spy and should have been
hanged as such after our defeat at Fan
galli." Commander Wilson exclaimed.
You must not forget. Wilson. Blick
returned calmly. that Germany. although
not actually fighting us. was to all In
tents and purposes our enemy. The stu
alton was paradoxical. Why foreign
intrigue is difficult 10 understand. Ger
many had spent years In endeavoring 10
bring about an intolctable situation which
would prove the hopelessness OF the trt-
England and America lined up against
her. She had sacrificed more than twenty
of her sailors in the cause which in 90
seemed doomed TO failure. klinger had
seen these Innocent fellow countrymeD
slain by ssvages melted by acts OF men
OF our races. Was II natural that he
should have mercy In his heart for US?
81 cant understand reason sufficient
that would justify a white man TO do
such n dastardly net as his at Sunsa
ths, day. Wilson insisted angrily He
could have remained mute; then maybe
we might not have blamed him so much.
but Ia appear willing TO guice us and
then lead us into that ambush puts him.
in my opinion beyond the pale of civlli-
zation. II makes him as much savage
as any Samoan
What Stevenson Missed.
Tell us the story" ! urged. for | saw
tst "A
tange which had sonTe years
ago attracted the attention OF the whole
.civilized world.
1.-THE Immortal Stevenson Bick be
gnn thoughtfully. could not tell all OF
The cruel intrigues OF the foreigners TO
dcspoil the childlke Samoans of their
lands and eventually OF their liberty. ae
did not half tell OF the subtle. almost
devilish. Vaccinations OF the German
hrm, backed by German warships: of the
spitefuI interference OF the English and
the humorous tricks OF an American naval
officer that came near running the Ger
mans well laid plans by. showing them
4p ridiculous In the eyes OF ALL
7T'You, Wilson. saw only tho culminat-
were a boy in knee breeches when Ger
r,any first put in motion its carefully
Thought out programme which eventually
gave them the two richest islands of Sa-
r,oa'-Savaii and Upolu." BliclS continued.
while ! vas even then a midshinman of
nearly two years standing. and yet we
arc not of equal rank. That is the diff
ference between promotion in our two
services
"It was on August ~ 1887. that. Ger
many made her first strike against the
liberty of the Samoans, LaupeDa, or Ma
lietoa, as inc was called had been chosen
king by his countrymen. The umfortu-
nate Laupcpa had not shown himself
partial 10 Germany. represented by that
ulcer III the side OF samoa; the German
firm. so. J4aupepa WAS voted persona non
Rrata. and wns marked for exile.