FIGHTING IN SAMOA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2531, 29 September 1888, Page 2

FIGHTING IN SAMOA.

[liv Ki.KCTiiiu Tki.uuisaimi.—Coi'vmnirr.l ■Syiint.y, September 27. Tin-:s.a. Lubeck, which left Samoa on 15th inst., brings latest news of the disturbances there. Severe titflitinK had taken place between the followers of Malietoa and Tainasese, in which tlio letter \unv, utterly defeated. Apia was occupied by the victorious party, who had elected M:il:ifii kiiiß of .Samoa. The Oi-ruian mun-o'-wai-in the harbour took no part in the affair. The party of the new kin;,' pledged themselves to protect the lives and properly of foreigners. The captain of an Knpdish schooner was accidentally shut in the head by a stray bullet and killed. It is estimated that 90 lives have been lost. September 2S. iMirther details of tlio Sainoan Civil War show that both parties are well armed with needle Runs and i-nideis. nnd tli.it each man is eunipped with from three to four hundred rounds (it ammunition. Tim adherents of Malietoa to the number of .jOO camped at Upolii after the attack on the Kove.rnmeiit soldiers on the night of the lvith, and also on the 11th. M:\lafa, the Kinsr-e'.eet, was anointed under the title of Malietoa tf. A. strmipf f.elinir prevails I hat Cermany will eventually annex Samoa, unless America Kte.ps in and olfors protection to the country.