Show AMOAS TURN NEXT tk the death ath of the klof King likely to precipitator a native revolution washington aug A 31 1 aliw lie bbate department has bus not yet been advised ad albed of the reported death of 1 hing ing Ma laitas of samoa and in all likelihood must remain in oft lal igloi ano an of the event for rolfie borne rol fie time to conic coine owing to the alow means of cation at the th disposal of the depart ment it is 1 the general impie halon here that the death of the kinf ill result la in the overthrow of the present form of government of tho It in lands maintained as it Is bythe by the joint action of the united states great and Ger germany mamy reports to tile the state department low that this government Is 18 the most expensive and of any in the woi id having regard to the population of the samoan group in the capital city apia abia there Is main valued tripartite municipal government of vast proportionate expense while the reports show that ft a few ratepayers rate payers are obliged to atai tho the entire cost for years the existing ax i an gement fol foi the government of the samoan group has been satisfactory to none of the three governments yet it lias has blen been continued fol foi the reason that nothing better could be suggested that ii be acceptable to the bathea there are now no TV indications that at least one of the parties is coming around to what was a favorite plan of t of odthe the state department namely a deb of the present tripartite gov eminent and an absolute division of the islands of the group between the united states oi cicat cat and andrei ci many the principal object of out ou has been to i letalu etala hoseh sion of a coaling or a full naval station in the islands so as ai a i to afford a bno base for naval operations in the vicinity of australasian alasia as well wel I 1 na as to enkui e an open poi t for forout oui steamers on the long voyage from froin san francisco to australia ahe united states now holds title to some ground for a coaling station at pago pago on the island of Tu tulla tina ilia island Is the least in size of any of tho the group but it is large enough to support a naval station so no that it lias has been the plan of the state delai department to acquire it as a whole in the event of dissolute disso dissolution lut ion of the tite agi t busing basing the division of the existing in teresta of the three nation Geri nany holding the largest lute iest would take the island second in size possessing the capital apia abia bilu amat britain would secure the least in ale of the group but the second in am mercial tance it Itis is probable that among the flint duties falling to mi aft ilay hay as set of f state will be the consideration of u R plan to tide over this expected |