Show > ATIVES 1 > HOSTILE UOOD ffft Doubt ot Scrloni Disturbance ill Samoa Washington March 31The state de patiment has received a cablegram from Mr Blacklock at Apia Samoa fully confirming the news brought by I the Associated Press cable message rom Auckland yesterday Mr Black lock has been the United States consul at Apia for many ean past but his successor was recently appointed and confirmed and Mr Blacklock is simply acting as consulgeneral until relieved The absence of a warship at Apia at this juncture is a matter of regret at the state department but it is difficult I diffi-cult to see how one of our vessels can I be sent there without resorting to interference ii gea terference ftV the plans of the navy i department I however it is decided Ito I-to send a ship the choice would probably prob-ably fall upon the Charleston She left Rio harbor about two weeks ago togo to-go by easy stages around Cape Horn I and then northward to San Francisco and is now at Montevideo r I she receives orders for Samoa she must go first to Valparaiso Chili to take on coal and it will require a good deal of this to carry the ship 5000 miles across the South Pacific ocean to Samoa Sa-moa About a month would be consumed con-sumed in this voyage from Valparaiso and no one can tell what may happen at Samoa in the meantime unless one of the German or British vessels in the South Pacific comes to the rescue of the foreign colon > ConsulGeneral Blacklocks telegram states the rebels are under command of the old leader Tama ese who gave GO much trouble to Malieato the king last year A number of battles has taken ken place on the Island west of Apia So far the government forces have oeen successful Finally armistice was effected but upon what terms the consul con-sul does not say but he does express the opinion there Is no hope of permanent perma-nent peace as the natives are in a hostile mood and cannot be restrained |