I will do nothing to him beyond; he will only be kept on board for a couple of months and be well treated, just as we Germans did to the French chief [Napoleon III.] some time ago, whom we kept a while and cared for well." Becker was no less explicit: war, he told Sewall, should not cease till the Germans had custody of Malietoa and Tamasese should be recognised.
Meantime, in the Malietoa provinces, a profound impression was received.
People trooped to their fugitive sovereign in the bush.

Many natives in Apia brought their treasures, and stored them in the houses of white friends.

The Tamasese orators were sometimes ill received.

Over in Savaii, they found the village of Satupaitea deserted, save for a few lads at cricket.

These they harangued, and were rewarded with ironical applause; and the proclamation, as soon as they had departed, was torn down.