as to who shall be elected king; the hope expressed that Count Arco will recommend to his Government that its officials in Samoa be instructed to co-operate with those of the United States for the peaceable conduct of af fairs, and the reference to the home Government of any cause of difference arising there, not possible of arrangement there. Samoan affairs: United States consul general at Apia expected to leave San Francisco for his post about 15th of December, probably reaching Apia about the 1st of January; has Gorman consular representative at Apia been instructed in accordance with the line of Mr. Bayard's note to Count Arco, of November 21st instant?

Saman affairs: Transmits narrative of events in Samoa by a German long resident there; value of the paper.

Samoan affairs: Response of Sir J. Ferguson, British under secretary of state for foreign affairs, to a question in Parliament by Mr. MeArthur as to good faith of the British Government in relation to Samoan affairs; extract from the Voss'sche Zeitung, quoted; extract from the London Times on the subject inclosed; conclusion therefiom.

Samoan affairs: Repeats substance of a telegram from the first lieutenant of the United States ship Nipsic of the landing of an armed force from German vessels and an engagement with Mataafa's forces; result, Germans shelling native villages; instructs the minister to represent this to German minister for foreign affairs and report.

Samoan affairs: Communicates the substance of the telegram from the first lieutenant of the Nipsic and recites its communication to the United States minister at Berlin and the instruction thereupon, in relation to the engage ment between the German armed force and Mataafa's party, and the shelling of the native villages.

Samoan affairs: Mr. Pendleton has been shown telegram from the German foreign office of January 7 to German minister at Washington for submission to Mr. Bayard; telegram states that representations of the United States would not be answered in detail until full report from Samoa is received at Berlin; and that the men lauded from one German ship only had been engaged in the fight.

Samoan affairs: The German minister's communication of his Government's statement of the engagement between German forces and Mataafa's party; cause of the landing of the German forces: attacked by Samoans under the leadership of Klein, an American citizen; complication arising therefrom; treaty rights to be respected; Germany asks the United States to join in restoring quiet; reference to former correspondence and conversation; the citizenship of Klein, who had no official relation to the United States Government nor authority from it; character of the instructions given Ünited States officials in Samoa; relief from danger of American citizens there by the President's order; effects of the conference at Washington on Samoan affairs, held in the summer of 1887; free election of their King by the Samoans agreed to by all three Governments; desire that such an election now be held; rearAdmiral Kimberly instructed to go to Apia with his flag-ship, the Trenton; confidence in him and in commanders of the other national vessels there, and that German officers will be instructed to assist in framing a plan of settlement of difficulties; clearness of the treaties on the subject; the views of this Government unchanged since January, 1888, and those of the German Government understood to be un altered.

Samoan affairs: Landing of German naval forces; engagement with the natives, under the leadership of Klein, said to be an American; consequence of the conflict; contest to be continued with consideration for English and American interests; assistance of the United States requested; Germany will abide by agreements with the United States and Great Britain; communication to be read to Mr. Bayard and a copy lett with him.

Samoan affairs: Duty of the German consul at Apia of settling questions regarding the interests of foreigners in Samoa rendered difficult by the attitude of the officer in charge of American consulate and the commander of the American war vessel, who take part of Mataafa against Tamasese, who is recognized by Germany; evils of Mataafa's rule suggested; his inability to bring guilty parties to justice. Samoan affairs: Neutrality of both the consular and commanding naval officer of the United States at Apia as to native chiefs; enjoined by their Government to abstain from all recognitory action in relation to the de jure powers claimed by either chief; this Government regrets the conflict and its results, but must continue to maintain an attitude of neutrality in the belief that the best interests of all concerned would be served by permitting and assisting the natives to choose freely their own king; the ob jection to Tamasese comes from the majority of his own countrymen. who claim that he was never legally chosen king; his rule should not, therefore, be insisted upon.

Samoan affairs: Mr. Pendleton instructed to inform German Government that advices from Apia state that German consul had declared Germany to be at war with Mataafa and Samoa to be under martial law; substance of Prince Bismarck's declaration on the subject recited; Germany must instruct German officials in Samoa not to interfere with American citizens there; Germany's declaration of martial law not recognized by the United States. Samoan affairs: Declaration of war and martial law by Germany in Samoa; Mr. Pendleton communicated with on the subject, and instructed to advise the German Government that the United States expects German officials in Samoa to abstain from all interference with American citizens and their property, and that Germany's declaration of martial law can not be recognized by the United States. Samoan affairs: Declaration of martial law by the German consul at Apia contrary to his instructions; his action regretted and the consul rebuked; the German Government will adhere strictly to treaty status; this statement anticipates the representations Mr. Pendleton was instructed to make, and he accordingly withholds them.

Samoan affairs: Proclamation by commander of German squadron at Apia of martial law permissible under rules of international law; but Prince Bismarck, thinking that German military authority had gone too far, telegraphed to commander to withdraw that part of the order relating to foreigners; German consul at Apia, who had asked of Mataafa that the administration of the islands of Samoa be handed over to him, instructed to withdraw his demand immediately.

Samoan affairs: Anticipation by the German foreign office of Mr. Pendleton's instructions in relation to proclamation of martial law by the German consul at Apia.

Samoan affairs: Necessities of the present situa. tion in Samoa; duties of the three treaty powers to put an end to contention and bloodshed in the islands; resumption of consultation of 1887, of representatives of Germany, England, and the United States; proposition for such a consultation at Berlin; Germany's neutrality in the islands and desire for permanent safety of commercial interests.

Samoan affairs: Desire of the President to restore peace and order to the people of Samoa; acceptance of Germany's proposal for a conference at Berlin by the three powers, based upon protocols of conference of 1887 and regarded as a resumption of that conference; its resumption should be expedited; a truce should be proclaimed in Samoa and further armed action prevented; there is no equality in a struggle between a scanty band of Samoans and the forces at Germany's command; instructions to suspend belligerent action suggested; it is hoped they will not be delayed; the announcement of the conference will doubtless cause a cessation of hostilities; except as the conditions may be changed in samoa by the free election of a king, affairs there should remain in statu quo pending the conference; with the hope that these suggestions will be fruitful, the Government of the United States will take steps at once to be properly represented at the conference; statements of the German consul in Samoa finding fault with Captain Leary, of the Nipsic, and Mr. Blacklock, United States consul there, must be classed as mere hearsay evidence; the statements of the German consul will be brought to the attention of Captain Leary and Mr. Blacklock and their reply communicated; allowance should be made for excitement prevailing in Samoa.

Samoan affairs: Instructions as commissioners to the conference at Berlin; the general principles which will govern the opinions and control the decisions of the United States Govern. ments; fuller instructions will be sent from time to time; character of the substance of the protocols of the first conference; the United States Government desires a speedy and amicable solution of all problems involved; it will maintain its equality of right in disposing of all questions and protect its own citizens wherever their lawful enterprise may carry them; the President hopes for a frank and friendly confer ence with satisfactory results to the powers and justice to the Samoan people; his confidence in the motives and purposes of the Ger man Government; the present conference regarded as an adjourned meeting of the conference of 1887, and not as a new one; and the influential conditions then existing regarded as unchanged; Mr. Bayard's note to Count Arco of February 5, 1889, referred to on this point; the scope and purpose of the present conference; effect in Samoa of the municipality convention of 1879, and the treaty of peace of July, 1881; the transactions of 1885 not now to be considered in detail; disavowal of irregular action of German and United States cousuls of both Governments recited; quotations from former correspondence on the subject; agreement of the three treaty powers to send commis-ioners to Samoa to report upon the actual condition of affairs there, and their report referred to; these matters were fully discussed by the first session of the conference; events since the adjournment of the conference in July, 1887 declaration of "war" by Germany against "Malietoa, personally:" his deportation; these acts regar ted as an abrupt breach of the joint relations of the treaty powers unreconcilable with the friendly language of Germany

prior to the meeting of the Conference; proba ble effect of the deportation of Malietoa; restoration of status quo must be firmly pressed; rejection of this proposition to be accepted only ad referendum; its possible postponement; restatement of the principles and purposes of the Conference of 1887, as to Samoan independence and equality of rights of the treaty powers; difference in conclusion of the parties to the conference; the German proposition of German supremacy of interest, as supported by Great Britain, and explained by the declaration of the German minister; objections by the Govern ment of the United States; the President can not accept Germany's plan for the appoint ment of a mandatory" as satisfactory; effect of such a proceeding would be the nltimate supremacy of Germany in Samoa; the Govern ment of the United States will protect the rights and interests of its citizens in the South Pacific; but has no desire to dominate, and every wish to develop a stable and just Government; troubles have arisen from the conduct of competing merchants and land speculators; danger of placing the Government of the islands practically in the hands of one of these competing interests; the interests of the United States in a naval station in the South Pacific; increase of American commerce there; this Government can not accept even temporary subordination there; the proposition as formulated by the respresentatives of the United States as to a plan of settlement of all the dif ficulties in Samoa; its points of weakness and its elements of strength considered; disposi tion of the President to give weighty consideration to whatever plan the conference may sug gest: but it is the desire of the President (1) that the intervention of the three treaty pow. ers in the Government of Samoa shall be only temporary and limited; (2) that such intervention shall be on terms of absolute equality; (3) that in any arrangement for the establishment of order too much importance can not be given to the adjustment of claims and titles to land (the land question discussed, and the value of an adjustment of titles and claims set forth) and (4) that the importation and sale of firearms and alcoholic liquors be prohibited or regulated; propositions beyond the scope of this instruction not to be considered by United States representatives; conditions under which Germany's declaration of martial law in Samoa and subsequent course may be referred to by the United States commissioners in the conference; immediate reference of conclusions reached to the Department; incloses protocols of the conference and Mr. Bates's report to Mr. Bayard.

Samoan affairs: Report of the Secretary of State on the general act signed at Berlin, June 14, 1889. Resumption of the conference of 1887 set forth in correspondence sent to Congress by President Cleveland in February, 1889. and later, reasons were given by President Cleve land for leaving appointment of commissioners to the conference to the incoming administra tion. The commissioners named; recital of the powers and instructions in general Five specific heads of instruction: 1. Restoration of the status quo. 2. Organization of a stable governmental system for the islands. 3. Adjustment of claims to and titles of lands. 4. Prohibition or regulation of the importation and sale of tire-arms and alcoholic liquors. 5. The position of the municipal administration of Apia left to the commissioners to decide at the conference, with reference to the promotion of peace and order by maintaining a neutral terri