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THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1889.

The misleadingj?eporta of the situation in Samoa that have been sent to Europe, America, and more especially to the Australian colonies and New Zealand are of a character to create considerable misconception of the truth of our position. We take the liberty to" mention a few of, the one-sided' correspondence which appears in some of the colonial and other newspapers. * First

we notice a report supplied by H. T. Glade, Esq., whoever he may lie, ~ and written hy a correspondent in Apia, so thoroughly prejudiced there is little difficulty in divining the source from whence it came. . The writer charges American citizens in Samoa with disposing of guns and ammunition to the " rebels," and directly charges one American merchant with doing more mischief m Samoa than any Other man in the South Seas. The writer has evidently overlooked the fact that the merchant referred to might not . have. considered Mataafa and his followers as rebels, and the writer has also omitted to mention that the German firm in Apia have been supplying arms and ammunition to Tnmaseso and his- followers since the outbreak before September last Taking a more'liberal view of tho matter, the American merchant may consider himself at liberty to dispose of -his goods, whether war material or any other property in the same rnirket where his German j competitor, so (freely exercises his j right to dispose of the same description of material. It must be re- . mcmWtvd in jostict to the American merchants in Samoa that their country has nefer' I *eknowledged Tamasese as King. Qgtt* tne contrary. The people- df the United j States have always*! ifessed them-! selves more favorabltfl jttfe follow- i era o/Malietoa—the'Kfcsjjf who was deported by

t v e United States has not considered Mataafa or his people aa "rebels,") and evidently feel that Mataafa and j his followers are fairly. contending j with Tamatese and the Germans' here for the restoration of their rights and liberties, which America ' maintains has been wrested from j the natives by the unwarrantable conduct of the German squadron j in August, 1887, by removing Mali-! etoa from Samoa and placing a' chief of their own choosing in his i pla'fc. The writer who supplies the information to the Honolulu liuktin i and makes these charges against' American citizens evidently conceives that any opposition to Tamasese by the citizens of the United States as well as all others must be received as treasonable, and conse- j qtiently whenever he has occasion j to refer to Mataafa or his people the word ,; rebels "is freely applied,! but unfortunately for the success of \ the writer the continual repetition Of the word " rebel" betrays his prejudice, and certainly he has not j advanced Tamascse's or the Gcr- j man interest in Samoa. On the ! contrary, the Honolulu Pacific Adverifier, in a leading article which appears in another column, describes j the correspondence as one-sided, j A somewhat similar report appeared in the New Zealand Herald and other papers, but the publishers headed the report as " a German version." The Sydney Daily Tttegraph's we reprinted last issue comments very severely on German colonising policy in Samoa and elsewhere, although the special correspondent of that journal here has been very industrious in forwai ding monthly communications advocating German control in these Islands. The outside world are beginuing to acquire a better knowledge of Samoan difficulties lately, and misleading communications will have little weight. The interest that is now excited abroad on Samoan troubles gives us reasonable hope of a hasty, and we trust a satisfactory and permanent settlement

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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 18, 16 February 1889, Page 2

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THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1889. Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 18, 16 February 1889, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1889. Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 18, 16 February 1889, Page 2

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