Show COMMENT AT AS1HNGTON I Germany Will Not Uphold Action of Consul Rose Washington March 2JThe news from Samoathat the UnIted Stcs cruiser Philadelphia and the British cruisers Porpoise and Royalist had bombarded the towns held by Mataafa who has thus far had the official SUD port of the German government came with startling suddenness to officials here and displaced for the time being the attention given to the fithtin around Manila The shelling of Ma taafa was looked upon as of secondary imDortance but the deeDest interest is attached to the attitude of the German government At first apprehensions were felt that grave international complications might ensue But those most intimately intimate-ly familiar with the latest oIficial cx changes between Washington London and Berlin did not take such a gloomy view of the outlook While recognizing that the bloodshed at Samoa created avery a-very serious and delicate situation yet it was said to be a situation which had been clearly apprehended and discussed in advance between the representatives of the three governments The real crisis from an international standpoint occurred last week when this nnDre headed outbreak was discussed Although Al-though relations were reatJy strained it was possible to secure an undrstand ing which is said to make sure that the outbreak now reported will not cause a mature in the relations between the United States and Germany or be 1 tween croat Britain 1nd Gcr y IIl1i autlr1 tv uhrtCr7heati tuda ot th flrit1h n1 rnerca con = ls was state substantIally as fol 1Ow I was actually tnd r tool be lwee he two governments that the tst esntal in Samn was to main tan peace and order For that reason it vaetermined that any lawlessness i on the Dart of lIatafa or any other Samoa clement which threatened the 1v or property of residents would be f lDresse even thou i1 force wa re ujred This was entirely without reference ref-erence to the right of the three guy er1lcntsGreat Bit1n ho United Stes und Gfranyand < meltI a rule ot preservation and polce sccur ity Acting on thiS understanding Cap thin Sturdee ot the Porpoise gave notice no-tice some time ago tat he would bombard bom-bard the 1atafas i thEe wa any outbreak or disorder This insured qUiet for a time but he ha always ben TUy to us fore 1f i it was necessary I was not proposed to give Samoaver to a reign of anarchy simply because the German consular official at Samoa differed with the Bitish and American I officers Outside of these diterences jt was propOsed to protect life and prop Dropose crt v at all hazards When Admiral Kautz went to Samoa lIe also had as his first duty to protect life and property and to maintain order I is evident that the bloodshed lIa arisen out ot this unite effort of uc Amercan and British commanders to prote the lawapidlng and peaceful elements against the disorderly and re hemous subjects of Mataafa This is evidenced by Mataas action in hemming hem-ming in th town where the American and British ofcias resided also in the attacks on the consulate and in the general lawlessness which bas prevailed prevail-ed since Matafa began his reign In short according to the view of those best acquainted with the subject the British and America case wi rest upon the aramouut necessity of preserving pre-servIng peace and order GERMANYS ATTITUDE The German vIew it can be state 01 very eminent authority is not likely to raise a direct issue on the position thus lad down by the British and Amerkan officials On the contrary there Is said to be a growIng disposition disposi-tion on the part of Germany to hold Herr Hose accountable for the difficulties i difficul-ties into which he has directed his government i gov-ernment For a time he was sustained I with tIle natural desire to protect him T in the proper discharge of hIs duties v but the German authorities have not contemplated that he would carr the f mater to an open rupture and result F lug in bloodshed On tUt acount there is sood reason to believe that the German government will not sustain f Herr Rose and that official information conveyed informa-tion in that directon lies already been The diplomatic exchange leading up f to this crIsis have been very sharp wihin the last few days Early lat I week the Berln government received I direct information from Samoa tat I Admiral Kautz had arrived there and t lad summoned a meeting of all the r officials for March 1 The German authorities felt sure this meeting would result in serous trouble The Berlin office therefore instructed the German I ambassador here Dr yon Holeben t i S present a note embodying Germanys views I ared that a naval commander I com-mander had no right to act save in executing the will ot the three consuls acting unlmously and not through a majority But aside from this argu melU the German note intimate quite plainly that Germany would hold the other governments responsible if serious seri-ous trouble resulted from the acton of the naval authorities in Samoa The strained conditions caused by this note were somewhat alayed by the answer of the state department which was friendly and reassuring although it made it plain that the American naval commander would act in an emergency emergen-cy even though the consuls were not ummmnus in reuetng acton I is just such an emergency tat ha now occurred in Samoa There is no apprehension ner that a actual clash wi occur with the German civil or naval forces in Samoa This is due mainly to the official Understanding un-derstanding that Germany has given positive orders to the commander of the German warship Falke to refrain from any atve move |