Samoa: Past, Preaent, and Future.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 31, 18 May 1889, Page 2

Samoa: Past, Preaent, and Future.

By Geoboe ij The great interest now .takeu by the Anglo-Saxon race and by tbeir inventmente, situated as they are in differ mt parte of the globe, Iran exceeding pleasitfg feature of the time. It is so to old Samoan settlers, who in past time saw and knew each chief to to .a king in his own district; the ono Juite independent of the other. It as only. i i .the., beginning of the sßT9otiea that *be Samoao people began to. consider and to form themselves mto a rjody'so[ aa'.ito form a government with a few simple laws. It took some time to explain to, and to reason with the Samoan chiefs,' and with some of tho oduoated teachers from Malaa, before they would, or rather the greater part of them would consent to this new regime (A aj|gM*amt>nt or of a body of people aasemliTml to form and

carry on a gpaenunen t. Thero veto many objections then raised by the nations which haveaetod ' u|iou then) is those times, andstilf act ! upon them now. The principal item is jeolotjsy | one chief jealous of another. 1 Another was the law forbidding mur'der. By putting this Uw-in forte the lower ojass of people and those who a turbulent spirit at once saw that they were firMMerd from the an. a Aaaib-Ueer te a part of W power. ?<* fear of too retrtbeftiaa of the law he oould not ohtVOr Imw eo as to kill any oee teat opposed his wishes or did offier waaUe Sinonty would never jng in a war *gWi#o|L ?nd their nnighbora, with etuba and spears. 1 have forgotten towjealisaVsfi oooaeotion of the forbidding of murder, it affected the owitoro fi rogue of on* family, who has lost one ei, its members, by death sensed bv a member of another family, aoek the «eM" or the deatb-of oaa of Hie other family—- " Matt for ma n "-blood for ofccl- | (what nappened in Axda. to Jreeka «gr>? A v •uu~lad shot to death in ..ivm..!,- •,ir'ii ; 7. : fr'!'"-" ' :/*ft#falßav nii.' 1 , ' '•! > 1 v 1 »tn '.iff rio» * dia- >"" ii ' ':„• XaU is ••BalKwl «tt joalou.v and the > ~ j. , ■ t . : , dfi

„( the fomatk* ♦>j» *&***** •■ ""eipfttahftm a»li#o*wi. two king* wm eleetad, M|B*aa Uupepn and Palepuk; li»)o'P «•"*» orabrakoup. At that tfciMU !»>• tiee who woaM km apifgpt9«t for PuWpnk wero.tSo » part of W puU. ifclrtfc meluding TutuQV TH through their tact att-MjfcfßaoM the minority roled &*£ up to 1379. %/^Wr he in quite aa good M »w#*|!£fko billet,. Agaiu is the arfreeuwejjfiAde and »tgn«d by thi-two parueaiflp Bid been liglniug at Falaulaon bjMpd »ba Imperial Oeruaa «arabipi|MSJ|aiarak ill whiuh the throe PftJuak. jfcftt in Samoa were oopertua»» and wfoouee. The minority U»eß coveting, p? the fought hard ■tyHtoogajpirtuttjbe majorii/. in spite g* all explaafttio** from theOuneoUtf Jfc* riia% lo put MM«*ll T >>>« majority to oarrj the dajr, aa^^M*tillthey weretakon ib hand bj the German ofßeiale, and made ai a rebel Kipf , : 33»ua there wae no ualou. then iferdemeut oo boatf the U. Lakawanna," In *kM M»%>•» ugreed to live io peace and Ouj&tieM, but no word of liting undo*.fiftXing,

either Malietoa or TaOisMf}' -Wtwn hoiv there iraHmuniuu. TiunsMM, joakms of vice-kiag. A gt**t numher o£, the Samoana that vm ioiiH d Tapiwftjfe Owr'h|& that >ugl4nd'kW hid agreed for to 6iMtff; p *ttd felt »K» tfiat a llki Oermauy would help thorn.Jtnttjr, and ' treat them wdl. The tired of war* ted raa»K of ware, aud they expected that iu the (Jh>nn*n rule all differences would bo abolished and good artiio therefrom. They were disapponted, and happened under the Bran'eiaTaqmesio Government. Tajlio Sfuuoo-n* of Malietoa'a party itwNNjro withTamasese under GemiUMtiieLh*»irtg found ont that the; had made a mistake, have returned to thoir old allegiance. There wilt bo no uoion of prinwjpl* or of thought or eren an to it by the old men of the presMt jjjmj. Tlitrir old cublooi, their old. Mpr of thU thing'and that thing, all fctfmed, framed aud led in a certain direction, and a nnrrow-nMinlodnesa, atfd 'old grudges, do hut allow them to unite. It is in the young laiU now tfiy?*«£ up that you must look to boiotftoD. The old men dislike discipline, dMfle any check of personal liberty, Jt is

iub ruumuinnMer iii.ii must go aoroau among the rising gv&eration, to teach them discipline, to form now thoughts and ideas, to (rain their minds-to' be united. Then, anduot tjli there be union; be one people aad to lire under one king. In the preaent time many inflnoutees ere working and knocking hard egnfnst the old Ssmoan customs tad agtihst the old men. In former win neither old nor youug wouk) drink spirit* "It wae "fire-water." Meeting a wsUknown high obieL%t ether day, who appeared to have 4 W» ri<**o>*as suffering from uokaata. I asked wiat ailed him '• TTaiifaTl* loto, i inea fj* la#eja«*.« tola*' . jfo wonder soms wlefc tae white Wsb never came to SftfcEa; he haTrMhen Some get oonfueed aad ooofooaafcd 1 » tne differentcharacters. optafeisTifl bohavioer eTt&i wMV• *lsFm% aeaino anion either jo tfcmgkt or principle T hi aVtgsWlIT uationalitj working egaias* a****. TJtia farn and that Till aiialpillatei? lor, as a spoksaea 4eJd taJtev'A* Crermaoa-ara ootttag k> MteWk/PP; to dght a." aa^^R-WgC will not omae." Om earn "Wufcr mans wiH not giva tut- fW jBHb oontrolof Samoa," eaotl«r3ky**tSey ■a*ja44ai. £m LtexeS

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I ;'««»^ool*«W «•} the; Euro- ' p^^plL*!'>ina"lof^fteifli;.sonic | * 1 nulej.Kii lent I W^J£J^S : W,jje kpow.l Kof "C&e nar'';g. Jo ? Ihe Ooa'aißnie. how- J find waging "X v»jiJ4i« fln*T; ft»r' the estali- ! *? fian^«nt. OvjfioXr .'.new Goveruaieiit; f.' desirous of (joj(i~g.to their fioai ps an■! &farhiljes # that is le'foro theni, till uuoqrtain end , KB»tJW Wpii^erfboy,are .bewildered j tini'os of their youthful jX**|n the Samoa, of the future who mnpf KgniHW ffflr (a*.ora>alKiwr» fc< th«>.» ana Kv«JlJ««|fW l *t» J »«i«*oiW67«ti'>'> to the Ml|i"lP PffJMf I '"I '" striving fur ■theFind«rwindoncf* ; *u>} their future

l^:fjtiflt 1 fiWF.in>l!>i| »n«l .their untioiirt SMsrhSthM leuitdfl— fur them, 'flu* KtySautpajia atiff-ntckAd ]>eopl«>, - following in Momi'wikasr4li»y 'l»»ve «• t*inper of ft#t(ff ono..it that; they ofnjkmr o*n, «low to <-ivt «t*"' un mtiihmtn » Iwailtir, 'Leyam iwilhelr goverammit, ■l«»b«Nr.oftfnMt«eiihp Bririkh CanHSgfoaWi''ptrtj:t* help-them and t4. Hfejie-thrfta: .Ft ho fator hi* not lx>«n Kjfitedto theni, a* the Oootoh wanted bt|il*tteroo«Ur!lfceyas a peopU, HMhoei-outside 4id,7o*na<tf carry on KgntaeJaanaXv TJHj' ba*« no ide* of K luplprhiajnt th 11 fin* money Fee4wlM*Tt>t*earor portion of a ■MaiilMaiMrbrooadd. Theiewas Ee»l —lM|' w> Vrid^-bolWing.

<gr ' ;. ' ."?—^^^^■»— t ! ' -! % tlirou|ih It lowing the gumoan ' ji »f, and d» iint want ill im ip|»oiutrae'n(*, they..re •'raid ,i»f th« giivci'nin»f.t\.!.tiu fit'iin,; info the ratthiitlW*idvi«ht4forth«.in. They ' hi* not H*4d tt> >W iVb .-rfc**' beyond (hair c.<tu|irvhauaiun ol*) e<l. at oftee ; they W'itu t» understand it before they do It. ii littleexplanation to enlighten their (UtrK uudcraUaJing in these matifew, JM want no lava that bind 11heatd mu fi-om their lil*«ity of par*. nun. Tli</ are not uaed to the Kam§hiyle of auvaruing. To do Uiis uuW'woidil go ag»iaat the grain. W<*K«ar»t to betaught, to be led, rW*|f*ifswri/, pttwntly and with I iustiee oo every sid<»;' no deception. I They art o><>k m\#*en atoj thing new ! quick to follow »«d to eopfyewt hard j to irjn oW; if. ih«r« •«>«•»»•** butt ! against tho"jrrain. ' , 4 The principal gilt that the Bato<*iu want now M about twenty . schpol- ' masters stutioried (n different part* of (hu groups to twk the young Muem- • tinn the Knglish iahgiiage aria disci|ilin», with au exputa&tion of tho use ; laws mid of obeying them, aid of '] government. Thßjr waut uewviujms thoroughly engrafted into their minds and action* j so uufaJt*ao»that it' would be hot (or to send every. JM&ng lad aud- ' lass to auother country-to be educatod w grow up to Uo.Jgb&d!" aabjeiits ' to, a •mail government as the Baav>aii i government will !•«. ' Prfi ties : must I rcoogoiea the Wen that in thut' grmp of island* there aro3s,uOOiuhabTin*ts n\\ U Id equal to a third fata tows is i Kngland t»r.the Uuited States, aud that is governed by • magistrate nnd a fuw polioeaiaj. .Thetri is not wanted, j a largo und great msuhinery to canrjf* |on the Qovornmej^t^as iu Fiji; The Aimighty Keep'ua from qych agofertir,iiK.'iit A few good laws, and a A aau persons to enforce them is all that is i reqiiireri. ' ''' " •■'"'' ; j

j' Wo aisownnt'fr<re»<!|iT'ftoptjlatiOn:tO^ j takrt up ,'U»o wiisiß country, cultivate tlio wiujte loads thi'tu Uin<U tlwt have ' boen of no use arid are of no use to | the natives, laud already sold and to be sold o{ Joaaud, do not want a gov-. arnoieot to drjvo people a«ray« Ihey ooght to rtb*ot»o«<uragea tO v c«)tuo and | live in Satn'orf.* Tnoqfliiifl »<■' 'ill ttfi.>it<an we speak of '-Hninou. #spf