Show THE SAMOAN CIVIL WAR with the tb compliments compliment of a dear frien dEider george 8 browning the to ia to in receipt of a camph pamphlet a 0 ot sixteen pages entitled rhe samoan civil war of 1893 it ii contains a synopsis of devot ts te that led up to the war the cam campaign palm obvious a to relative merits and suggestions fur future beit beLtle lement of the question the narrative begin with beginning toe the and in consecutive array places inci denap circumstances and immediate results before the reader shtil the whole story is ia told the commencement la is laid in 1887 in order to show the relations existing between malls malie toa coq laupapa Lau pepa peps the reigning monarch then and now and high chief mataafa now undergoing banishment for rebellion malletta Malle toa having surrendered to the Tama meso government established by germany was taken in a german thip chip from one p to another finally reaching his hie hume h me again after an absence of two years malietha Malle Malie toa had bad previously committed bitted to mataafa his hia relative the interests of himself and his bis people chis being accepted the latter soon precipitated a conflict with Tama sese which reunited resulted in the defeat of the latter and the routing or of his bis forces to a point near apia abia matters were in this position when the war was declared to be over and finished and the warriors dispersed to their seve several ral homes home mataafa status at this time wap kink king of samoa appointed in september 1888 by the chiefs chiefa of abua anna aana Tuam anaga and savall on return 0 10 o his country in september 1889 he was naturally very grateful to his relative for the gallant stand be had taken in his bis the exiled kings king j interest and early in the following mouth month at a meeting where upwards of 2000 people were gathered together laupapa Liau pepa in a very eloquent and sympathetic speech abdicated the throne of samoa and threw the mantle of his koukly authority over the ab alders of his erstwhile champion mataafa Matau fo thus confirming his big appointment of the previous year this ot was completed by a document very numerously signed by the principal chiefs chief and containing the blaust I 1 that malietha Malie toa tuiatua mataafa ib ou our king he shall protect our country of samoa and use his power with love to all men 2 that malietha Malie toa laupapa shall be vice king and he shall strongly uphold d the work ot of the king we sincerely hope that this will be for the good and peace ot of all in samoa it seefus however that this plan did not meet with approval from the afa three foreign powers the deportation or of malietha Malie toa was waa regarded by the two english nations as an injustice to him und and this abis brought abut his return he be was also reinstated au anu recognized it was further agreed that thai mataafa should be deposed but that doughty did aid not yield gracefully and retiring to malls malle be set met up a of nf his big own upon which alter after a time he was declared a rebel and all his bis property and that of his him followers was confiscated this naturally created hard feel luge and the war with chion our readers are now familiar resulted the remainder of the pamphlet to Is made up op of bulletins bulled us of the campaign and uther other matters previously suggested it is 1 quite reading altogether |