Show iwig news from the I 1 pacific defends the course taken by his department THE STRIKE IN 5 st flubs ami fait deaine THE kt fanchi J by W rn ataop lih depart bas ifju I 1 nil frilly jan 31 rayard aam thia the depati di patI estaline hat germai kave that arri vinat 10 search oJ for gooda ho baij tha olay o lay a from insul estatio eliat war against ala baafi an tn artial by atia felci not alio martial law ro ferbej all samoa or only abia apia lerenia le renca vas anale to alio antii alio department of state and the secretary said r 1 I would lile the alio ciare been anticis dono by the stata lc one instance in 1 leave a law or permitted it to be violett d I 1 do not knort of such an instance lias been a great deal of and iu time my ameil will see that the department part ment bonu that could be dope I 1 hariet to learn eliat any american lias been injured or loyol as defined by jaty taken away ajr en fixed and steady in of alio preservation of tim german gov instantly the ait it germany would not io ican lieta the department said the cannot atop abe fighting in we can not present rival commercial companies quarreling aud fighting it i not for us to diio every country a stable government A gentleman A ell acquainted with aal aira said tonight to night mattera biad readied a serious detato and lie would not be surprised to hear that a conflict had taken place between the germans and americans die natives have beaten the germans repeatedly peat edly and according to the auckland dispatch germany now proposed them by preventing aid being icat in the germans openly control ho police of apa yet american residents contributed to lie fund for the support cf the municipal police it was lud enough to liao them under alie direction of Tama sese but under serman t was infinitely worse ho said it might appear an unusual and bold thing for us to say we would protect the independence of a country ar away but our national lionor and our obligations required that we should come it |