The Samoan Affair.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 15, 12 January 1889, Page 3

The Samoan Affair.

A GEKMAX VIEW. l-'KKLIN'G IN AMERICA. MR. RKES ON T.HK SITUATION. [ (From the Auckland Weekly 2ftm.) Boxntor, Nov. a. I if ml) more is known on your side . respecting position at Samoa than hcrv ; \n\iii slatemoitt which has nppo iff I in a Berlin paper merits a vrtJrtl of irioiiiiou. This journal publishes n letter from ji ior v.iponleutoit hoard tho fjreruotii warship A tiler stati .ne.l nt Samoa, in uin.il t!m writer holds the Aiiterieui* fiitiraly rcspQD-sii-ll' for tile 1.1u., Ulu-U that took place. and den'iuo-.that :.u .l:::f,inii i.iur.-of-

w'nr die=!ri luted firearms uruuny ilie Bin)p(ii*i w!;» ntitikfl Apia. i iii connection witli S-iiuoa. a mateUiftOt whfoli nppMivetl in this (veoS'i Standard \i of rtjpuwhl intmo.r us sfibwiiii» how keeulr in-* America.is fet-I on-' tin) suMdi'L As you mo au'uVo.' Lord" Snckvillo *ha Kriti*li Minister litAV.ishingtjni, I i';oii i.l rUpti) irdered to qnit the United .Sfiit'-s in eoMttequouoa ' "f th" (fi-l'Vfg rui t'il through hia having fallen into a trap set lor liim by :m unscrupulous Hi jiil.lii'iin, which made liim appear lo he ucddlmg in the Presi'h mini election. There .seams to be ii pool ileal -if dis iti>fnctio!i with Lord Sackvillo amongst Amoiicaii uffleiuls. lind in particular Mr. M 'yard tho Foreign Secretary, i*«u especially badtonus with Loid Savkvill . Tho reaI son u'ivo-i for this l»y iho Standard is as folN.wc : Duriug llvo negotiations o, the affair* of tliu S.nnu.in Uhtnda I/ird Sackvillo agreed to Mr. Bayard's soliHiiiti that Siinrm sho.'l I he adminislet ed l>y Kngli>h, American, and Gorman ad < Her* of Mulietoft. Tho' project failed because of tho Gerninu opposition. Kut Mr. Hiiynrtl afterwards learned that, nt the very time i wlion Ijord Snckviilo wns co-operating with him at Washington, the English Government was arranging to actjui-. »rc# in t!i» German se.zuru of iho t islands. Mr. IWynrd believed that j Lord Sackvillo «..« cognisant that his Triple Council ai liomo wits being 1 undermined, and ho had not aeon Lord Snokville fur months prior to tho pre- | sent unpleasantness. This view is borne out by the allocations made by II i W. L. Reos, in mi ' iirtichi which he \> .ilea in the curr. at number of the Nineteenth Century ■■:< i''German Conduct in Samoa." Mr. Reos sketches nt length the history of (he treatment meted out to Mnliotou from tho spring of 1888, when he hira- | self was sent for by the King to become his legal adviser, and he does not hesitate to indicate his belief that tho Eng- ! lish Governmont in effect betrayed that > unfortunate monarch to the Germans. As early n» the beginning of 1-880, Mr. Bees-declares thnt tho Germans were. ; cntemplating the annexation of Samoa. They, woro asHisting TaauMeso in Ms robpninn, and there is no doubt -<. that lh«t latter wouM have been ant ivily, j; *neoani£*r} to make a descent upon ; AjMti, hnd-not t'io Aunrtcin Con«ul, ! Mr. GreiTibnjniP. at the ean.e&t en* j treaty of Mr. Hie*. ImisM th« United I Slafrti flag over tho Sanumn rapii.il. Thie step fhrckmnt*! th»OornHift for t a trtib, 6ut the United State* Gnvenintent, prolaldy Wnuao at that tint* I avau aeuepiaioa had gotpoeowten of •| aadCKmnaa OwemmaM* vmtodtf i §ili<l)>fj>npfitioirßitnriw'kWlPfttnt

• - i iry- for tlhi-TpirbJnsrtioii of sll thu doeu- , moiits h.'iring ttjum Sem-nu fiattoi*. » Mr. li« o» waxes very eloquent over the , supineuees-of- A«i*ric-r in this uartieu- • lar, bul admits there was jrnod (ground' i for the d-strust evinced by Mr. Bayard, i but has little doubt that there was a ' community of action bet ween Unglnud i j and Gesmany in regurd-to the depo*i- . tion of Maliotoa, which took plac« in ' the following year, if u believes that I the eotuplaisuuco of England was ■ j brought about through Uo' desire of L'.rd Salisbury to si aire Prince I.rs- • umrckV requiem en e in England's • policy in Egypt, aud quotes from a ' despatch t<» show that Prtrce BUmarok ■ had threatened if Germany met with • unyopnosttion.from England in, her t colonial policy, that he WdnM liittne to ' terms with Franco. This circumstancefurnishes Mr. JUees with a text fmru ! which to read Ewglish Statesmen n •. wirriiug as R) whut may ensue if it»lo- *, i.ial iut"rests tin> set nsiiu to fin titerKuglaud's temporary exigencies uearer home, lie much regrets tbnt ttie opportunity has been allowed to pass for : •stdblMiirig Siigland's predominance i in l,tw Smith Pacific, lie points out tlmt Urout Britain wa« longug. urged ' to take thia step, for a. gem-rat on has ' I passed away since Sir George Grey, then Governor of New Zealand, mu- , tured a great plnu of Imperial extension, by w.'iich all the islands of tlm South Pacific would have coiuc under the British flag. But this bold and Imperial policy was .-eouted by the Colonial Office, and its o other ridiculed. At the same time Mr. Kees blames the United State? for lmt.tujfilling th« ; fifth article ni the treaty Lotwoon S»j taw and thtrPowers uf England, America, and Gornmny, Wthjoh binds Anic- ; ricn to Usrt h.,'r (i;ood to heni (my j dfffere'tidSi which rasy arise between I the Saiuonu Giivaruuteitt mid nuy tlov- | erumeiit with whom the Unitod States' ( ; isNin terms of amity. Tho conduce of England in this matter lie regards asi II indefensible, though .lis adnjits.Umt it ! may bo cucpuHiieibl»y tlm accidents of [ i C'oniiuei.tul politics, and the to c*s«ity I of uiaiutuihing nnii.:iblo relation* With . Germany in reference to the Egyptian question aud t.tli?»r matters nearer home, if r*f*ffs"stirn>i«dieatJoii«ift-do. in,-) ia*er.%<iA'toO<fiitjiieiitat|»olitic.s. he e.mtin"rt'fis,,^*thaf ; ■gm# > riiu»- in 'h.- ■ uMsds '.-j t'ift ).:•- I.ef thKlsji#iynoi»'rapidiv • i.nroseb- ; i tg wiii.h-.vo to i hoi!slwff^^f*^c^r*eK^rpriito-^itre. i'or it apiWrseertaiti that .f in. lm- ,' jeiisl to adhere [ e.n-e l H^,jP(|«^(l{,i*iV u rii:cs. und the ( Ki«tOpe, *h<t) v s4<w*-HHeu and ptw^i'ly de«trov tlicj-kiutfly feeling wJS'fcb now I binds her many afiiidnu'i to the great j mother, or tuitions, and cast away tin «e vaiLterrinrjcu whiah, wisely adnunis- ;. lOretfj tt 'i' }*•'* "t" "'* "''* a "■ , happier . era in the bu>t.>cy of tin* l<]mrli«li |wopie"