The Samoan Difficulty

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 84, 19 January 1889, Page 2

The Samoan Difficulty

By Electric Te'egraph.— Copyright, (PEB UN ITKD PEBSS ABSOCI ASIONf ' Washington, January 16. AdoiirSr Kimberley, who is .under orders to proceed to v amoa with the» U.S. corvette Triton, has /bees instructed to afford all possible; protection iv his power, to the Americansraiding at Samoa, and their property^ and to report at. once if iv Iris opinion the German officials are not acting with; impartiality iv their dealings "with. the' natives. The Admiral is* also "instructed to protest against the overthrow of the native government air Samoa. ' ; • '.•■=' "

Mr Bayard U.S. Secretary of State, has informed Count Herbert Bismarck; that the present time is opportune for the fcJamoans to elect a king, in accordance with the agreement arrived at bj the Washington Conference on the Samoan question, and says that hisGovernment will be willing to co» operate, with, Germany and Great Britain to restore order in Samoa on the basis of a Samoan independence. President Cleveland, in a messageto Congress, declines Germany's proposals for co-operation with the United; States for the settlement of affairs at Samoa, and invites Congress to decide* the course to be taken by America. Mblboubnb, .January 18. . 'At a luncheon given in the Ex-'' bibition Building by Sir jas. Mcßain, President, Mr Coppin, Commissioner for the United States, said America was striving to preserve the autonomy of Samoa, but the Australian coloniesremained silent. He thought it would be a most deplorable thing if the independence of Samoa were sacrificed to the give and take policy of European statesmen. Mr* CbppinV remarks were warmly applauded and Herr Weomutb, German Commissioner became irritated and left the room. He contends it was a breach of etiquette to raise a question of foreign policy at an international exhibition. Sydney, January 17. Arrived — B.S. Lubeck, from Samoa. She reports that no further fightisg has taken place. lieutenant Spingel, who was wounded, in the recent fight has succumbed to his injuries. Numbers of the Natives are mortgagingtheir lands in order to procure fight* ing material.