Affairs at Samoa.
(From the Daily Pacific Advertiser, January 15.;
The account of recent events at Samoa, which appeared in Saturday's Ilulletin, is so evidently partisan and one-sided that its statements require to bo taken with ft great deal of allowance. The courso which the German authorities have pursued has he*'ii such as could only be made to assume the. semblance of fairness by distortion of facts and special pleading One of the most noticeable features at the letter in question is the constant reiteration of the words " rebel " mid " rebels." No'hing in this whole Samoait business is plainer 'ban thai the puppet s"t up by the Germans is, with all his follower*,, in open rebellion against the lawful Chief of Samoa, as well as against the sentiments and wishes of tho great majority »f tiie natives.
The truth of the statements chargiug Mr. Kloin, tho representative ..f th«» American Press Association with Inking n lending part in the fighting reported iii tho advices received by the Alameda is, t<> cay the least, upon to very serious question. The responBible mission with which Mr. Klein linn 111-en entrusted atl"«>:fis strong proRumptivo evidence of his being a goutloman of honor and discretion. Furthermore neither the Apia nor the Colonial papers, which have their correspondents on the spot, innko any reference, so far as we have I eon able to dMMiver, to his taking any pnrt in the struggle. Also the report brought byH. H.M.S. Lizard, which was at Apia at the same time, as pr.l>libhod in tlio Auckland JTerald, does not refer to Mr. Kloin as being a participant.
It is. however, very probable that Mr. K . as the representative of several bailing newspapers in the United States, was present, in his official capacity, to observe what was going on, and may have witnessed all the lighting which occurred there. This would naturally bo expected of him, as a press representative, as was the case with newspaper correspondents in the Turco-ltiissian and in the Cermau and French wars. They wore allowed to bo in the camp and ten's of commanding officers on each side. Their presence there was not tako part, but to observe and record tlio actual fucts as they took place. An American wnr correspondent, engaged in his legitimate vocation, would not likely to bo any farther in tho roar than ho was compelled to bo when fighting was going on,
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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 18, 16 February 1889, Page 2
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402Affairs at Samoa. Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 18, 16 February 1889, Page 2
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