| Show fumRfAK IN MMOA Great Anxiety In Diplomatic Circles at Washington k SITUATION IS SERIOUS 4 NO FA OPINTE1iNATIONAL S COMPLICATIONS t Washington Govenmentwl Uphold 1 S dra Kaut But the Three Powers Will Not Quarrel Over SoS So-S Trivial a CauseAtttde of the German Government + Wahington March 30The Samoan crSI divided attention with the fight ig about 11ala in all official quarter today At tie foreign embaslp where this has bee a subject of consideration of late considerable anxiety was shown let the afar should assume a grave internatona aspect Sir Julan Pauncefote the British ambassador went to the state department lt 1 a m accompanied by his secretary Mr Elliott and conferred with Secretary Hay A this wa the regular diplo I I matc day little sgn1fclce would have attached to the cal undel ordinar circumstnc but with British and America warships cooperating in a bombardment more than usual interest atteched to the cal There is no doubt that the serious development In Samoa were discussed While there may b a dearth of om cial information at the same time the actual events carry out what has been anticipated and give a basis fa intel gently considering the further joint ac tQn of the two governments in the mplete settlement of the entire Samoan Sa-moan trouble Both nations are acting let Complete accord not onlY as to the gneral sOIUtO 1 of the Samoa1 problem out il particular with reference to the force exerted by the British and Amen can naval commander As to the German attitude I Is stated stat-ed positively in a quarter thoroughlY fafa with German official sent ment that the outbreak now reported dan under no circumstances be construed crcumstaces stred a a over act aganist Germany Ir as a c susbel This is from such a source that it largely removes the possibility tions of international complca tons tonsA a evidencE of the conciliatory sentllent of the German government It was said today tat the note del erel to the department lat week urged in behalf of the German government that the good relations existing between be-tween two such nations a the United States and Germany would not be interrupted in-terrupted by a matter of such comparative compar-ative unimportance as a official dispute dis-pute in Samoa I fs sad that the German Ger-man government probably would have accepted Admiral Kautz a a sort of umpire taking his decision a final but that the objection Quite forcibly expressed to the state department was the manner of his going to Samoa while friendly exchanges were going on without notice to GermanyS Germany-S The German ambaaor has received nO advices and no Instructions relative rela-tive to the reported bombardment and there is no evidence thus fa that Germany Ger-many will protest or assume a belger cut tone From the German standpoint stand-point the most serious aspect is that the bombardment will excite public feeling on both sides of the water leading I lead-ing to popular outbursts which will overcome the efforts to secure a settle melt One of the latest prop sltons towards a settlement is that three commissioner commission-er be appointed one from each court try to meet In Samoa and sit a a curt in settlement of the difficulty Thq state department has not yet received official advices The demonstration demon-stration is regretted but the opinion is expressed that Admiral Kautz acted on what was his best jUdgment and infor maton The state department acknowledges acknowl-edges that no permanent a cement can be reached under the treaty In which all tee powers do not agree and the hope is that some settlement of the r yt g i no to difficulty may be brought about when it becomes apparent that the present conditions cannot exist definitely Admiral Kautz acted within his instructions in-structions I is believed he conclude after consultation with Captain Sturdee of the Porpoise the senIor British naval ofce and the American and British officials that ti state of anarchy existed exist-ed which called for acton The fact that the edIcts of the chief justIce were disregarded and were ignored although sustained by the representatives of two of the government mle such a course Imperative There Is no doubt with the facts now at had that AdmIral Kautz government will be sustained by the United States I |
