THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1889.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 41, 3 August 1889, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1889.

Tb* tims is approaching when nie may rccouehly expeol .': If sliatoa's return to his home and pcoftUs flI.OM«. Wolf leil for Jaiuit Hve weeks Ago, and ahould jptiite bere in s *«U or Uo with .. Ualu-toa. His arrival In Apia will he 4 n>e<norahle dry in the annals of B*moari history, and will be hsilod with acclamation and re*

jt4«H>o- The grid! felt by hie losing Subject" when he wu M •- H*l|ei*«<tMuty »<iken away will be <V»rg,rftetj in the Joy. of his return. ■ The natives wil) naturally feet that the bi*»»giug heck of Melietoe bee b*W <*u»«d bjf the action of the . B%*B# CWer****, but our foreign Tettdtfftte the Conferenee fc*4 pit* it on record the eon<Htioe on wblen the Conference eoaatft*Ud. end credit he gl«e» «b the Government ■ - "tatee, by whom it it MP. Telegraphic new* iJfcwUeUd Hmt the OtrttjflWflll* ra&eWed certain M^lCalietoalbreannoaed lEtMVtiijj kk^M. •Miffe'le 9Mt h< nr HI

b*baa pbme. ■» aw . eaasaMaatf* whiah » very ,■ liilriilalaad oaJy tends to oreatoaeeeJsmsgitetioa, ond earn* in koopJagop th.esrmHsam TV ii|nnh nosd <m both eidee mo of qaeetloneble advantage or utility, many opoaly OMoHbg (hoi MeHetoa would bo teteoMod bv tIM QomojM to favoar their party in Samoa in return lor bin liberation ; and, on the other •id*, • littlo too much it said in eH«Hing Gorman clemency in oxeueing the conduct of Malietoa. Both parties ere decidedly wrong. Mo matter what promise* woald bo mode by Malietoa while n prisoner, they woald Is no manner be binding on him on hie restoration to power, and the ieaa aoid about Get man clemency, an far as Samoa or their King are concerned, the better. In our opinion these useless discussions should cease. No possible good can be achieved by either parties. Enough, Malietoa wilt be here in a week or two, the italu* 7«o aa/tf established, placing our islands, as far as the government of the country is concerned, fa exactly tho tame position the* occupied in before lialietoa's deportation. It should*now bo the sole doty of oar people to cot that tho ttalut quo ante is established in its entirety, and when Malietna doss return greet him as King of Samoa, assist biui with oar best advice fa reermnj;'R« th« constitution of the general Government of the island* and tho immediate republishing of tho Municipal Council, which controlled and regulated the town of Apis, sud which constitute the establishment of the tlmtmt ewe • rule equally as much as the restoraI tion of the King. We look upon I it that immediately Malietoa pate his foot on tho shores of Bamoa tho laws and regumtions existing before bis removal will bo legitimately In force, and should be made at once available for public safety and eon* venience. The futom arrangements for tho government of Samoa will not likely be mode before the end of the year, when tho election of king, i ta accordance with tho agreement j entered into by the rcpcoacatsHvos , at the Berlin CkcaJsrsaci, be made by the natives, and oil tho neeamary routine of a permanent Oovernment gone through, will take some thne to arrange, and may advance well into the next year before established on a vmrkable footing. Therefore it is imperative on both foreign residents and native* to take advantage of tho opportunity afforded .by tho return of Malietoa to foil back on the old regulations, which will at tiaai mania IsgJihnati order and protection to life and property, and more especially a regulating power In our municipality. What coarse may bo pursoed by tho eatress lor tho emotion of tho future iirmiaiat King of Samoa, aHhiiOgh a aaxmer of groat import. anee. ts not w*hen Mm pewviace of our 11 k* lUmiwiaoaaW U M advisnhm v»«a*t-«o aftta* ohm wenamam sW'ssrass* *Aneaor"aa%Baaah It JsVaWal v W"wwysssnmsmejamsy^f!m.|ST^y| w3 neSflsttnsVM

eemaaeamm aafsman aaj Qaaenaaaae* their earame of King Mfando by a majority of tho aaftftt* anah rtsmasboikl ho laal. Thair oJmaan King should ho iibiuliijil and MMtdhy oK throe and bm Mshmitj, oven agmaotaa eatbreak of hie own people. It k highly nßiniiiry the natives should be aMde to understood thie. Many patty aad probably teiaonMol oWcii raay consider thomeslvee agfiiotod or slighted, aad cause an uprising In their Mveral dharieU; bat If they were mode to understand that petty rebellions would not bo tolerated by tht great Powers, and the King supported In quelling such disturbances, aad punishing the offenders, it woald effectually prevent any serious outbreak. Those! patty wan have been the cores of Samoa, and it la the duty of the nations who have taken such interest in Samoa to take measures to , put a stop to their onnMaaonos.