The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 1, 1899, Page 1

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O : : + - “ . +19 Sturdee is the man :_ f - : + '@ who during hostilities .‘, s 1 g made trips up and down g + M . + |® the coasts of Upoluand 3:‘ ? + oo = | $ +|® savaii shelling and g4 )€ + 18 burni ill ing 3 . i urning villages in@|o ST R st o s A A - S T ning ges F4 : $ 2 + 8§ which were only inof- e b . £ < |® fensive old men and g | § IR s ka8 0% o + ® hil | & 3¢ ks ¥ e ! @ women and children. @ ¢ 0 + @ When asked recently S > ¢ '@ why so many of these g e + 8 villagesweredestroyed g | 2 5 p¢ 8 Sturdee replied: ‘Well, g (2 )4 . |@ we were out here ine|+ ® . 8 this beastly, God-for- - % ) 3 s saken country and we 81 ¢ > had to have some funto g+ ® @ P . . ¢ . H keep alive.” This will @ - Promptly at Noon on May 24 Salutes in Honor of Queen Victoria’s + 3 8 give some idea of the @ Birthday Were Fired From All the Warships in the Harbor-. 7 character of the man ¢ (Photo Taken for The Call.) 2 (] ! :who.lncommandofanc Qeivioieiebdeieoiedsdedes DUPSEr DN S S PSP SS PP D PSP DD A S S SO } 3 8 English warship, was ® | quring nostilities, made trips up ,upl'A T @ presumably sent here @ down the coasts of Upolu and .\..;vgx:. . =) t r I # d i @ shelling and burning villages in which & to enforce law and or- g | were only inoffensive old men and wo Bro+otobobotibit. +obototm ¢+ ® der and teach these g men and children. When asked rec '- § ignorant etiver som 8 BLAMELESS i @ thing of civilization.”— s s ienat S @ f Malaaf B ts B g 8 A to thelBad t Mal | @ Williamson's Samoan Letter. 1d - we r‘; (ato ey Beo4o4i4 0454 404049 4 | roup of Malaafa's Boats Bringing Arms to the Badger at Maluas 8 com live.” This will give 3 May 3. I [ BSedasninnantonssenss s e == 1he miral Followed the Lea - o el 4 | his ponderous wh helmet no longer | ship, was pr Yo ent 2 - h Taken T Call.) a T ™ fitted him. He enforced martial law | force E g C G-+ g O-o-6-—2+6 o D R e within his territory, although mar- | Of lhe n hSh TOO EC)Se]y tO PR ) g ,,.. never been declared. | C l 0 b BMaivi 2_.;. or hotels after sundown, A - 2 g to all. F v AR H404 494 9404349494549 40 454540404 40404045480 .mu[-",," the: ivlieoRicert of i coent. ot] The. Do Aias e onsaolloat i “‘ ¥ s patity, though after each in- hed Mat 1 his thir- |'guns on the same afterncon that the {3 ?\@/E - E !\ ‘ISG RA( iE (I ','\'\. r,f\',” i he tendered an apology to fs and the s his guard were secured, but the = ® sl b ffended official, only to repe the boats there were probably e & not 80 willing to part e $ 9404 940 $040 0440404040404 240404 H . o fense =t the nexi opftnuity. , Vith- |t } i all una: n with them' otie, niueh persugsifn, ~ - £ y\/l i. 2 view n the territor trolled by the Ameri- | of tes of th& Con- Mataafa W | however, they began to turn them in \ ',T!g antoloty cans and Germans conditions were di suls, th the warshl rated with flowers and cano; iml with | about midnight at the English guard- (‘ro wnin 01 via getoa Forma“y With the ,(::;\‘;;;u( the ¢ ferent. No white person was interfered | the Chief Justice a many privats branches of green foliage. As the ’, house at Mulinuu, and for several hours i - g as it does suprem with, and one could pass through tt eit The Commission did net put w n;r alongside lhe Badger e:.mmd; until daylight there was incessant fir- Upheld, ‘but for Rest Chief s i merme s ant L 22", st S doesion | sry of these peosie s out. o 01 | by sl st containing armed me | Ine going on stating rumor st 5 vas h.,p,‘] ,r” _peace would h, speed- | Sturdee, however, seemed to be about | it bring a r to ort the | from mv- \»urfihnN. (I‘n-_\' prese hlc\l a | rumor down around Apia of an out- bl HEE teved | to annex Samoa in-the name of Eng- | testimony, » record of pretty sight. The irrepressible | break. The men, however, were merely b‘ i ‘I Ce Was at Fault’ x\ ]H‘.;_‘ Con- | land and turn over to the Colonies. | jt, if, in all, has Captain Sturdee took occasion to dis-| firing off all of their cartridges into the suls and sre silenced | The people finally grew heartily tired of | been kept. ch a letter to the Commission pro- | air before giving up their highly prized This p od | the man and a strong protest against med that ting agai ch a large number of | weapons. By noon 1200 of their own This § 1 . but Captain Sturdea | his actions was sent to the Commission | Commi B Mataafans coming into the harbor, but | guns had been surrendered by the Ta- ¥ 1rd 1 the most bloodthirsty | on board the Badger. Commissioner|and each w vl’ be colored to | the Commission evidently thought that | nus, and up to date they have surren- attempt to keep up | Tripp expressed surprise when he read | suit the desires S ioner | five warships could take care of a hand- | dercd in round numbers 1350. The 700 le by abusing his power. He | this protest. So did Sternburg. Neither | presenting it ful of unarmed natives, so Sturdee’s | English guns have also been returned r ed by the Commission before se gentlemen, although they had | As to the disar protest was not seriously considered. | to the ships. Judge i e re two weeks, knew that such | taafa Mataafa’s reception, on board the| On the afternoon of June 1 a procla- by the tre the abolit not Chambers, ¥ vxse and Comr nferring together ssioner of tk the are growing extremely sus- piclous that they are not being fairly th. They voluntarily surren- dered their arms and dispersed on the | © promise that Tanu's followers would | $ be similar things. The Tanu | | Mulinuu, they still| < that this morning Samoan govern- | ¥ S t he s the steamer “hite Is out of the for San Fran- 1| cisco the King's flying in front | , | of Tanu's hut, seemingly in open de- 1ot ita s fiance to the commands of the Commis- | the political enemies sion. who T e heir policy «| STURDEE SHOT SAMOANS BTt o nedibs FOR THE FUN OF IT wn to him as the 5 | of i remosal, has caused a te- | Remarkable Expression Used by| me sen It is believed Both Mr. Tr a Baron Sternburg the Captain of the Bril- will *positiv use to accede to 1sh Mar-ofWaI'. hambers’ request, and further that they will now take a position which wi admit of no compromise. It is thought ‘By W. E. Wllllamsun that they will insist upon the removal b e of Chambers and the immediate dis-| APEA, Samoa, June 16.—The recent persal of the Tanu adherents at Mul- inuu, non-compliance .with this com- mand on the part of Tanu to be deemed * sufficient cause for his banishment. There is no doubt that Tanu and Tamasese, in refusing to evacuate The next day that tt ng pla his chagrined at who has been | a hundred or more marines were with- n the Coloniai| drawn to the ships, the martial law elf particularly | tactics ceased and the people were no | swer was soon sent to ¥ letter to ers as much as fter Admiral K longer in danger of being bayonetted | to come on board the Badger on X e Ma- S ¥ | or shot by Sturdee’s men. | 20. Accordingly, s on the morning taafa people will rise up and drive them | this little fellow grew perceptibly, and| This same Sturdee is the man who, | of May 20 a number of boats came down from ninsula, once more demon- t the Mataafans notlaw- | @ ¢ *o-e& o e RO O e ke o ® ople and making it plaintothe | ¢ 2 \ Com ion that the Tanu part & "fix““:&' : ntrol. Mataafa’s chief pr . . . ‘ommission several days ago| e ® continue of| ¢ + by Tanu’s people and were | & that they would be speedily | 4 3 ng been done, | & 6 * L to the Commission | afa himself, calling | & fact that he had s, that he had dis- 1h 1d that | 1 to the ymes. He that u and| also be made to o y the or- the Commission and disperse lowers to their homes, as was »d they would be made to do. ituation at present certainly e that promises a lasting peace, nd i ks as if the German Govern- | 11d Have acted more wisely had | sted on the unanimity prin- oncluding the work it a conflict between the | ~tions of the natives w ch will | involve the whites may be ex- an early date. The Mataafa | B B e S SRR SRCER SRCEY SRORS SRCR SCRL SR S complications over picturesque little | Samoa, which seemed a few days ago | to have been smoothed over, have as sumed a more serious aspect. There are rumors of a split in the Commis- slon, and there are threats of future e BB G B A MEN WHO TROUBLE SAMOA. D. Sturdee, H. ll 8. Perpoise. \\' L. Chambers, Chief Justice. B. Maxse, British 'Consul. Captain F. C. B rna = ot ot S e e 2 o i i ot o 9—‘-9—0—0—' Ernest G. LM—& B S s R O S S R R S s T SOR Syt e 'ry way pleasant. The old chief discussed at length with the Commission the events of the past, claimed that he had fought a pure defensive war, that his people were ous for peace provided their rights not taken from them, and that he would obey the laws laid down by the High Commissioners. It was arranged without difficulty for the Badger at an early date to proceed to Malie and col- lect all of the guns and ammunition there in the pc sion of the natives. Mataafa was assured that there was no King, but’ that the Commission was| King until it decided upon: the future government of Samoa, at which time it | Badger was in e would endeavor to do justice to all par- | ‘With this assurance Mataafa and cor- chiefs, after shaking hands dially with the Commissioners, entered their boat and were out of the harbor by the English and Americans, whence they returned to| Malie. In accordance with the Badger weighed anchor at sunrise | May 31 and steamed down to Malus, a 1smE1| village a few miles from Ma- | | taafa’s stronghold. At this point Ma- | taafa and his chiefs boarded the ship, | and after a short conversation with the Commission they signaled their fol- | 10ers on shore to come out with their | arms. In a few moments. several hun- | dred natives were alongside jabbering | and gesticulating very much like a Tot of Chinamen. Each the thirteen | chiefs had his. district to account for, and each received the guns of his own | men through the side of the ship, stacked them in a pile and received a receipt for them. In all there were 1826 guns turned over at this time, but after the Badger returned to Apia five more were sent on board, making a total of 1831 guns received from the Mataafans the first day. Since that time 42 more have been surrendered by the Mataafa | people, swelling the total to 1873. Of | this number 1292 are old Snider rifles, | 241 Remington, 80 needle carbines, 56 | Winchesters, 46 Marlins, 34 Martini-| Henry, 27 Mausers and 27 Springfields. | The rest are made up of moré than a dozen obscure patterns, excepting two | | United States navy rifles which were captured at the battle of Vailele on | April 1. After the disarming of these men had been accomplished Mataafa and his thirteen high chiefs were invited down into the mess room of the Badger, | where a lunch was spread for them. ‘Well informed people think that not over half of Mataafa's guns were se- cured, and that the balance of them are secreted somewhere on the island, | but the Commission thinks that by making it a penal offense with a heavy | punishment for a native to be seen with a gun in his hands, all'of them will uitimately be secured. The. Tanu men had, it is estimated, about 2500 guns, 700 of which were sup- plied recently by thd‘ English warships. of | cure a quorum. mation was issued, printed in both Sa- moan and English, and signed by. the | three Commissioners, giving notice that | all arms and ammunition still in the hands of natives must be delivered to the Commission before June 20, that re- ceipts would be given for all arms and mmunition received, and that the same will be returned to their owners after the restoration of peace, or full compensation made therefor; but that all arms and ammunition remaining in s0 | the possession of the natives after June 20 will be confiscated and the person in whose possession the same may be found will be punished by a fine not ceeding $100 or by imprisonment ot eeding thirty days, or both such fine nd imprisonment. On June 2 large crowds of natives from the islands of Tutuila and Savail were returned to their homes by the warships, and the next day Mataafa and a few of his relatives and chiefs ; embarked in their own boats for Au- the agreement, | m: aile, on the coast some twenty miles east of Apia. The natives being well scattered and presumably unarmed, the few marines and sailors then rematning on shore were withdrawn to their re- spective ships and the work of estab- lishing a civil government was begun. The first step was an attempt to organize a municipal ccuncil, but there were found to be difficulties in the way. Apia comprises two municipal districts, each of which elects three councilmen, the President and three members mak- ing a quorum. Previous to the war an election was called in the eastern di trict and two tickets were put in the field. The returning officer, howeve a colonial, who made out the official list of candidates, n2glected to give the full names of the anti-Tanu candidates, but merely gave the ini s and last names. The Chief Justice is openly charged with having been aware of this fact, if not indeed responsible for it. However this may be, the law com- pelling the full names of candidates to be given, not having been complied with, the Chief Justice decided the Tanu candidates were elected, there be- ing no opposing ticket. After the war began orme of these men left the country temporar leaving but two council- men in the district. The councilmen in the western district refused to sit with these two men, alleging that they were fraudu.ently put in office, and Dr. Solf, the newly appointed President, with all his perBuasive powers, is unable to se- The only way out of the dilemma, then, is to elect men in the western district who will sit, and the Commission in pursuance of this plan has ordered an election in that district to take place on June As predicted in special cablegrams to The Call, sent from here June 1 via Auckland, the Commission has abol- ished the kingship of Samoa, and has deprived young Tanu of all authority over the Samoan Government. It is not known what sort of a government will