Show SAMOAN AFFAIRS UNSETTLED ACCORDING to late associated press dispatches there is still a possibility that the labors of the berlin berli a conference on samoan affairs may come to naught though it is much to be hoped that such may not be the case it is stated that germany will object to mataafa as king though he is the undoubted choice of the samoan people upon ads subject the san francisco chronicle chronick of the says editorially the berlin correspondent of the new york herald is ie very positive that should the election of mataafa as king of the sa moans be confirmed germany will protest with the firm conviction that england will bk bach her protest still newspaper cor respondents have been known to be mistaken and a little reflection will wili probably convince americans that germany deems herself well out of the samoan difficulty and will not be anxious to get back into it again after the deportation of malietha Malie toa the germans undertook coset pet of their own Tama sese as the ruler of samoa iMata aa a relative of malietha Malie toa and a member of the kingly family was the undoubted choice of the samoan people and had not germany interfered and attempted to thrust Tamas Tama eee sese upon the people by force there would have b en no trouble or at least no bloodshed As matters turned tamed out after the united states intervened germany restored ma lietea and he resumed his bis leader leadership hip now he be has abdicated and has indicated mataafa as his bis choice to succeed him what business then has germany to protest the understanding is that the treaty negotiated at berlin secured the autonomy of samoa and if this be the case germany has nothing whatever to do with the choice of a king by the Sa samoans Sam moans nans so far as great britain is concerned the probability of her supporting a protest made by germany in this matter is tesi mally slight Fo knows maws very w v sa that germany will not go to war with united states over samoa and esp eppedi w where here the only possible occasion of VW the election of mataafa by the Sim mft NEZ them themselves selve and so she will strictly neutral position she certainly ah hot run the risk of embroiling herself artt the united states for the sake of upha upholding germany in what is really such an oila p 8 matter as the election of a leaflet in samoa the samoan kingdom la is now noi the ward of the three nations the 0 attl ach states great britain and gernia germany n Y and d tto question of kingship has become omart one second secondary kry importance another dispatch says that it is belie wat bismarck will follow out his bis policy of goa and this seems much more proto preb able than the idea of his pro protesting 9 aam agm the election of mataafa the treaty muff not be ratified until congress meet ert 1 in the interim it is safe to say that dw e great chancellor will be much more cintr in W estedia the movements of Russia than thim in v the election of a ring king of samoa and tam the buildt ig g of railroads from moscow mose ito ft T the western frontier of russia ww will wany him a great deal more than i beeding malietha Malie toa ap |