Show SITUATION IN SAMOA PEACH MUST IfBGES SAIUIY DE OF SHORT UURATIOV J fo Responses Received t < v aiallatoas JAdM 3 > > Iiliit5 n Meeting of leoneIUnHo I is ai Wretched Couutr Washington Feb 2The president today to-day sent t the Senate in response to a resolution copies of all the communica lons relating to Samoa received since the ratification of the Berlin treaty Secretary Greshams report which accompanies ac-companies the paper is brief He sajs that in order to make the account of po Uical events In Samoa complete copies of the carespondence of Harold M Sew all and of James H Mulligan the principal prin-cipal consular officers In Samoa during I the period of since Mr Blacklocks appointment I ap-pointment as viceconsul general and of the final report of Mr Chambers late land commissioner on the P r 01 the United States are also included Copies of the correspondence between the department and the British and German Ger-man embassies since July 10 1894 the date of the last transmission of information informa-tion In regard t Samoan affairs are also ton regar tough not spcGlflcally called for by the resoution as the secretary says they throw light upon the situation in the Samodn island The correspondence is voluminous covering cov-ering the period since I8S9 and embracing between 150 and 200 documents A Stet of XJ ircst Writing on December 2 last Mr Mulligan gan says The condition here continues to be one of profound peace No outbreak of any kind has occurred and no preparations for such a event ore discernable notwithstanding not-withstanding there is a general belie that the prevailing peace is to be of but short duration Reports are in circula ton that a conflict has taken place and war actually Inaugurated in Tavy but these happily proved to be untrue I is certain that the native population is in a state of unr st As far a J understand 1t the general dissatisfaction among the reheUIouslyIncllnea is directed tai t-ai to not alone through tribal and local prejudices but for the reason that he is a mere figurehead in the hands of foreigners and really represents a foreign for-eign domination i fJ Further along in the same communication communica-tion he says I the natives were in part satisfied If welldisposed to peace It Is plainly my opinion that they wpuld not be suffered to so continue The interests and elements sought under the treaty to be harmon Jzed are so indirectly conflicting that cordial cooperation is not to be expected S long a the prsent arrangements continue con-tinue to exist no permanent policy will 1 lie permitted I Little Conflaenco of Peace Mr atulllgans last communication Is dated January 2 and In this he say there are no appearances of a war but repeats that but little confidence is felt In the existing peace He reports that iox has issued an address to other chiefs Inviting them to attend a reoonclll made atlon meeting but no response had been mae In a communication of September 10 last Judge Ide complains bitterly of the efforts of the consuls to administer the affairs of the Islands without consult tion of the treaty but by prior fletermin atlon t dictate to the uresldent and him 1rsldentad Self He closes thus in tth In the mJflst of the difficulties and changes of the situation heM It seem to inc far wiser not to spend our time In discussing the original treaties on the question of abstract right but for all to Join together to try to accomplish something some-thing for this wretched country |