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Show QUIET IN SAMOA. Both Mataafa and Malietoa Satisfied With Present Arrangements. San Francisco, July 30. Chief Justice Jus-tice W. L. Chambers of Samoa arrived here on the steamer Moana, accompanied accom-panied by his family. He is on a four months' leave of absence, but says that his business in the United States is of such a nature that he will probably not return to Apia. In an interview the chief justice said: "All is now quiet in Samoa, but I cannot answer for the future. Both Mataafa and Malietoa affect to be satisfied sat-isfied wilh the present arrangement, which abolishes the office of king and vests the responsibility of government in the consuls of the three powers. I feel sure Malietoa is sincere in this. Though fairly elected, and after election elec-tion accepting the kingship, he never had ambitions in that direction. As soon as the commission arrived he proposed to resign, a spirit which later proved to be in accord with the plans of the commissioners, and I have every reason to believe he will live up to his bargain. "Mataafa is ambitious. For many years he has thirsted for power and will not be so easily satisfied. At the same time he is a man of exceptional ability, is shrewd, and I have never thought the interests of the natives would especially suffer in his hands." |