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Show Jlisslon.iry I t(er, Wo publish below ,1 letter Jut edict rmin K lwi Simin, who , 0w "n 11 mission in Sam. u. Th- letter wl 'on' ilusj ho ,ir Inloiest It, many ,if our lenders who uru Mends or ilittynunu inlslotiaiy: Salani, Swim, Jm. in' 8DD My Dfinr Patents:-You tt-. think. PTlllll, Wlli-ll renting ll.N II,:,,, 1 mV. U en transported to Mitnlla. Such m tint Hie case. n-ivo never said much about ,,ur polLlcnl rein lions here ln-c.ii)so ln-c.ii)so pi.-iplH at home c..y b odly int. derstand ,mr trim position, hero iim mlsslnnniies. ir I lu,( tohl von nil ti,e-nicliifnl ti,e-nicliifnl war Rinrles tl.itL huto l CllCllllltllilf lllllfilii! iu tint li,.ni flo,. ninntlm I know yiu wmild liavn bcun wniriotl, for nnutd navnuct, wnr ninl lonialtawks nnt t-nsy tools lorlljc lm-'Uliiullnii lm-'Uliiullnii t't work wltb. Hut it U nil ovor now; pcnci' is icsMirnl 11 ml wu are can-, so I can tell you nil nboui li. When our kln, MaliMo)i. illi-tl last AnKiif, tb.ru liiiiurdiatflv spruiir up Ui'oo fatid.itiiu for lliu ihriiie M. lii'f.i (who yt iinrni!il from banish-It-hnii'iMj. 'JainiiMgK ninl Mi.lmloa Tniui, son or iim into kliiy. A fuslxii look jtlitco lictwi'i-n Ttiin ici-u ninl Mnllcloii, so wtt Iihvu loid but two fnc-lions fnc-lions .Matnafa against thu Mallcioaj party, ; AlJImuch Miitnafn from lint Iioriii-' nlitir had by far ihe utoaler mini bur if inllii'iiMiis,- nccnrilliiK In thu Hurlili trenly, iiuib-r which our proicoioraiu covi'inniiMit cxlsis, It Is luiposslblu for hitn to rultfii over Samoa. Hut suitlujr 1 alin tins fuel, GwTtiaiiy bus bi!"iiinl dMU'i inlinsil 10 c rrv 0111 uTtwn il,ini and uii.kf Id m 1,1 1 nr. Tln Unltoil Rinlcs hii'I .Vogland. on tliuiiliir hand, havu uphtdil lliotri'iily, ninl lor more or hps favnruil Mndtiloa. You sou Jhe irniiblo Iiik mil bi'oii on y am ma thu S im-itHM, but liiiR IuihI mill GiTlllanv luivc nl-o bt'fit at. swords points. Si Viral ilnifs ft'tiluiiuirt went 0.1 1 led aboard thu Engt 1NI1 111 111 of war for safety lii'lng located mi lb" opposite slib' of the islnn-l finm Apia I do nm know 11 1 piiiticil'iirs. a rut ll.lssldu ortho island Mri'lo"g",1:i?iroii(ilii1t(l of Tint Mnicnu party nil siorlet bavt- been nioiu or lu-s prejudleeil. Hllll I reel that t v ry iueatiru was ti-1 11 to un liitalu ji-imci'. It h n to In uivvu up as it bad Jnb, liowcvur, titid 011 New Yni'i luy h liaitlc unions tli-tun I vi s look pli ce. A sklipiislt would bia fur better wind for i wirt simpiy a rtiiinlnir llgln. It look pncu in ihe cpter of Apia on Ihe iiiiilu striM't. Sotnu fitrty wuio Killed or wouiiib'd. Wt Wuuhi lianlly eon lilui- such an occuiit'iicit worth iiihii-lloiilii!, iiihii-lloiilii!, but to Hut Saiuoaiis it was a wiimlirtul baitlc, ddcislve, In fact, nud Mntaafu is now our I, lug. I don't know much admit hnw the batiln was cmiduuieilr I in ycu slmubl liavi! fliiun tint panic It cruated 011 th s Sldn'or thtt 1. l,ili(l. Uouiiug up Hut coast from Sab-Una llui follnwing Mmiilav tuoriiing I met two woiiiuu ruuiitni! biea;ilufly along lliu path wringing Ihcir hands. Whi-u 1 hey C'ltiitt up to me they usked where I was from mid If I had heaul jhe news that 1I10 natives weru fllillng In pla. Thou 1 lny liuiried 011 ligniii. After 1 hat ewry littlo way I inut groups of e?L'ted men who asked the sunn: questions ques-tions and hurried on. In I ho vlllngi'd I saw the women parking their things cgetlutr ready for immediate flight. When I arrived homo everything was excitement.. All our piuiaMo gooilg wore lyipg about the house lied up In bundles. A valuablo arllcln or two they hhd reserved for 1110 to put lu my iriinK for safe keeping, Uiher ihlngs they wuru liurrjlng JiM (iiiisldn Hie hiiusit. l lii'ir poor f.ices were as whbc as blown faces 1:011 d be, and tlp-y were so filglileued Ijiey cmild scarcely hteik. It tci turd indeed like fotne-thing fotne-thing was going til happen. What It mally was nobody seemed to know. They exffecicd, however, that ir wsr hud broken out this vldagu wou d bo auioni! thu first to he plunderul, as It had luknn such an acilvo part. Iu opposing op-posing Mutuafa. I suppose you are wondering how Teddle relt In the midst or spoh con-fusion. con-fusion. To toil the truth I didn't feel very comrortahle. I would have g'von anything for a companion. It I'ti't very pleasant to bo alono nud Mir roiindrd Uy a lot of frightened natives, not knowing, either, what minute a hand of yelling savages me to burst In Upon you. Tiuely, now, Is It V. J hi next iby. ltlioih everybody sal In cxjiectalion, not lung happened, oon pas-ed and I il certain that nl wiis eiifa for nti'ilher ibiy. so I skipped oiitforSlupapatogtt Uroiher Aiclii-1, Aiclii-1, tjil to utniti ami keep tne t'oinp.iiiy, (Sinpupi J In 'h M.iitunfinlUlrlci.sn It wut al tight li'i-Urol her Sii iughiiio to be leflidoi.e) W11 ui rived heio aalii WeiUus'iay I't'Oi'. On our way u miiingi custom ot Samoa warfare, was bnuglit to ouf notice. As wo dry near home, wo began meeting oum-Pnje oum-Pnje of women nd yhlldreii carj-yln ''ii'd;es of ! ,,,. , H1 I Wli..iihe.vcoiiialned li would be dil. cult In Riie,g. nr WUI() L4 A only iliinus 1 hoy wi re canylng ouif.if onr dnomed dlnilct. QnlrkeiH wffr.. 'Iieru tfaiont. nn.l pa im,.niwi 7m P-ilesbeiw, on stalwart slmtiM.-rs .fn tnelr gitiois 1 ml KiM'ii li g us 11 sof tfof w.tnl iiiimic r,.,. t life Mr.mg,! pnujjs. "bins.. The natives had ..,im..l (l,t Villages wi.uH ,e pliinileiMl ,tj'7ul Ives epand, o evei.vliodv who mid friends in U,,, MHiaafa dliirlct gatV ted their belongings tegcih-rj pfu ehlckeus and pmtnlilfg, and carried lliem over tin-lli.eiiiuiMireiv. j Thiusilay nbout ol t n'oloo'.- i'hn inarutidfisMrilved. Then for nboid'au luitir we had a las'e of Summm plint. derlng. "1'i.nic," cxpreH.es It better ihnii iiny worn 1 ran think or. 'I to re .vent aimut fony In the Hist conipany. Arniud ivllhelob Hinl nx-i Hiey ran slle-iiy ihiouuh iim vbiauM. Tl,ry masliei lioau to pleoo", broke opi-u trunks, and carried away oveiytlilng thoycilibl lay 1I1 Irhaml S-veral pai tie appro icliii.l our housn tup upn H'oliur us, microti mm word "Mnui. unit" mid lull us unuiulfsled in tn k plunder ulsuwhi re. Thnsa who c one later In shtnt pigs , ami cliluKeiH, wnru a btllo mmu d gnrous. for thuy were not a bit partt-Icolar partt-Icolar which way tliir guns weie 'pointed. Tins seemed 10 cioato 11 rie-sltotit rie-sltotit stay n l.liu li .tno. llmviHVt. thanks to tlio pigs, .liny sinunud t lm-ders'iind lm-ders'iind thai i was ilanuerous for us ami nn nun ihn brusli, met nf ciiiir-n the nallv-s fidlovvu.! nu.l wo wain Hire. Th' y did not burn many Ionises ) i ; till" vlll ice. siiuie live. I ililnl(. In ,,). (tut down tint I'oisi to iho west iheiu Is mil 11 liiin-ii stainliiig.sivu the Iiihoc.h or thu unlive luluisicrs. Such also I, tlio ca-e I lii-nr in Apia. So you sea we count onisehes ittuky in gt tllug oil so I uhtly. Altltoiigh Samoa scents tn l)CHtret again It Is otherwise vhli our proiect-oiMttt proiect-oiMttt ji veriitiieius Germany hi"' established es-tablished u gitverunieiit c tusistlng" of aeoiineil of twelw, with Mataal'.i as Ul.'li olilcf ji S.1U10H. He Is not callell tin kbit', Jviulaml and the United State- silll stand by tho Heilln Treaty and have Issued a prouianiatlpti tn (hut filed, Claiming that 1 he present gnvcriiinuiil. I' only lemporary, ami that the Cider Jus ic-'s emut Is sil l Intact ninl has 11 vur been disiroynl. It flalius 1 In: right also or still earring on thuair.dis of ihn govcrnineiii. Wt lire imlced blessed., wo hnvolwo govitrnnieiitx. tine In lng t tin by (?,t-many, (?,t-many, the other by England ami lint United Slates. It Is hud in (ell wltai will betoaut of It. Tney iim waiting uow fur American niuti-or-war. Teddik. |