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MENACED
W- re the natives in -German Samoa to get
the least mattering of an idea.that Germany
was up against it in Europi there wouia be
a -rising of oppressed.a rKakas'within twelve
hours-which would mean-the annhtiles of the
wholo German popoulaco O the island and a'
doolaratios on~'the part of the natties of not
only sympathy,': ot alliance with.ho :British
Forces. - - -
SThe natives of- e rian. Samoa :hate the
goverain o whte rce hate .them awth oa.s
eison which would 'be evidenced:i a. matssacre
could they:but fnd the opportunity they havo
.long desired, and -the German Government in
Samoa isa-lnkig comae: o- action. caculatea
to prevent the present internatlonal altuation
providing that opportunity, -
Geiman--itizene who.migrate from-the Vater
land'to countries -oversea''lle. United States,
Cannda, South Africa- or Australia, may earn
for: themselves h- reputatlonas good: colonists
but the Vaterland-or. the -enemo o. -termmore
keeping in these days ofwar--foils miserably
to.produce good colonlsersaithat Is,.can one
torm a 'aot opinion -on-the state o affairs in
German -Samoa to-day.- -
NATIVES. HAVE- BEEN ItESTLESS VOlt :
S I. . RS. , , .
Practically since the German annexation of
the Ilon's- share of Samioa, the natives- have
been lit. alt atd of :i?fiest which man times
have madoe thing look very'ugly.for the handful
aof Germans soldiers, and civilians, who are
reogarded.by their South Sea subects as. the
inepiprestsrs..t ,
A matter "of two weels ago the niatives in
Aplpn 'knew not that any- ette' of war. existed
in Europe. Despite the tact that: there l at
lpla-'the meost powerful wireles :station In
the Pallfle, not:one'ltem of news concerning the
tremendons upheaval had: leaked.l out. Neither
German' noir forelg- ship is'-allowed- tb comb
or. go intoi Apia- Harbor eiso som'biews -o??
corning the situation-might be. dropped by.an
enughtenedoutlder. '-Even the little German
trading atdamor which runs between Page Pago,
in American Samoa, and is laid up in Pago
Harbor, so that the news which her native
crew gets from the American sailors there may
not get back to the all-but openly hostile
natives of the main island, and act as the
spark to alight the tinder of a revolution.
GEIt.R ANS REQUEST. BRITISH STEA.E TO
L.EAPE. -
W'.hereas InBritin portso each German ship
-entering one 6tthe adfferentharbora,-haa been
arrested and detaineda a.a Lpile of war aiDritlsh
or Fren?h- hip going tb-AplSa,-gnorant of the
prosent asltuaton;- is met outside the" reef by
a .polite" Gernan army'oflclal, who presents
the Gougrnor's complimentas and reqnests that
the aforesaid shlp makes hte-to-a port of
safety. ' Such an exueriencer beel Cap?tain E. G.
Allen, a Pacific .Iland trader." -ho, In utter
ignorance of_ the existence of Armageddon.
peacefully -slgalled for a 'pilot to bring ?Ws
-llttle ship, The Dawn, intoApla Harbor, so that
,he could continue the trade relationl that ho:
has had in that island for years past "
I 'had':'the story Ilrst-hand from Cap
-tan Allen at Page PaHD a' week or so back:'
"I thought there was something wrong. said.
Alle-- 'bcause the pllot cutter which came
out to meet me- was manned, not as usual by
natives, but. by German sailors. They alg
oiailed ne to stop when I. wasyet a good dis
tgnce. from the shore. "The Germnr ocacer in
charge of the boat'stepped on boand,_and, with
a ahrugeof his aboulders' presented the coem
plibnints of the Governor; and requested that
I' ahould make away forthwith. -
"What on-earth's the matter. I. enquired I
don't know whether you know hor much dig
nity-a German army oofcer can put intoe his
frame-'when co0neylngnasome' oflelal mandate
toa Dpooor benlghted "foreigner.' but I got the
full strength -of: that dlihit. ;Sir,, state
of war irists.' :'Who are. you flbtling noaw '
ihe niegera or "the Chorisf sAoilia theib dl
nity. :Neither.r. 1a. A state of war exists
between the 'VaterlanS and Great Britain,
France,, and aRussIa.' . .-.
.- AN INFALtUBLE PRiOOF. -
"Yotncoild have-knocked-me edown with e
feather. Ihad been away crulsing round the.
Ellst Islands, and. knew absolutely nothing of1
the storm which had brewed so quickly oB the
European horlz op . ..
"But I didn't raint. I did the only natural
thing to do- when one ls dealing with a Gei
man. I sald, 'Let's have a glass of beer.' Again
the dignIty. *Sir, a state ot war exists.' I
wa? atlsfied : -A stte oof war must exist when
a German wilt.rcluse a, eer. :
Captailn.Allen ias hada jeinendous lot of
expertence :in the -Iland, and" he strengthened
my opinion that the feelne-throughoutIs dl
Utnctly: antl-Sermnn not only -in Samoa; but
also In the Germnan'oosscslons to-the north.
The story-of 1hir urest in-Samoadatesbe?k.c
pome time ?kgo,-when a German army oflcer,
fresh, from sufferilg'tho :tyranny ofrsuperiors
in the r German army.atteimptei d to- rule the
iatlvo Guard ot Sa?oa 'withtho same ihasrhncsa
that charaiterlses-th discipline of the nrmy. at
home. He bliehed a chiiple o natTe '"boya"
who; dis4 ated :at thelir treatment, ralded the
armoury'-. to'ol rils and ammunition, and be
took themselves .t- the- hills, where they re
ve?geed theilselies on the Vaterlana by preda
tory excursions aimed at German Government
property.. The native pollce were ordered to
apprehend them, but .the native pollce have
very little love for-the VNterla an,.nd whether
by~ oriaient or deslsn, theyr.allcddli their mis
slon . Displaying tact. aklin to that ol the
army officer who:caused the trouble, the Ger
man'settlers took a hand and roundlng.up the
"boys' shot _them" to death.-.. The- tat was ai-I
most in.the -flre ' ..The' other natives com
meneed to. alLt o Imitating'their "opprensors"
by thklck the low ItottheIr hands and dealingJ
with the vlite men whoma they regarded as
murderers of their follow cotmtrymen. The
Tnal act in this drama Is not YetL Onca the
natlves hear that it Is anm mpossilblity for a
German itunboat to come down fromthe China
Station and Indulge' n.a little "nigger-k?lling"a
expedition, and that Great Britain and her al
les -have the Kaiser with his back to the
wall they will take the law Into their own bands
and. iltert r.wlpng out the German force. In
Samoawlll appeal to Great -Britain to hoist
the Union Jack on the flagstaff at Apia, and
grant them 'the liberal government and the
truly generous.treatment fo :which she is re-
.nowned whenever the sun shines.
GRIM WAR-HAS ITS HUMORS: -
Grim oa it baa been on the other:alde o the
world, ii poattion. in the Pacifie has not-been
without ts.humonrs. It le -a well-knanwfact
that relatlon. between the United States and
Japan, especially between the Paclflc Coast o .
the United. States. and Japan, have-not been
too cordialafor some time. Yet the day-I left
San Francisco. bortly after the declaration of .
war. -and .prior to Japan- baving hbecome em
brolled.in the actual fighting,. a cargo- of 'coa
intended for the United States navy on a Shipb
flyingthe red:ensign ofatritain was escorted
to San Francisco Bay by a-Japanese ship of war.
Wheia.the shells are fying, and trade routes
are menaced,- naturally every neutral country,
likes tohave its shipa of war in a position to
protect and render ast diance to the neutral
mercantileo-marnes. lver since the .United
States acquired Pago- Pago, they have main
tained there a' small gunboat asih: sea police
man. - For years she balRhad sothingto do.,
and now when she might prove useful In rant- -
Inl somne nleansre of-protection to the Aiir-"
can ashpsl,'the -Princeton. reposes -peacerfll} at
the bottom of Pago Pac--harbor whither .asha
gracefully glided some weeks- ago-after having
etruck aroqck-outslde- the ientranoe-to.thedhar
bor. - - -
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