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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: inured to a policy of procrastination; and the answer ultimately
drawn only begged for delay till Saturday, the 27th. So soon as it
was signed, the king took horse and fled in the early morning to
Afenga; the council hastily dispersed; and only three chiefs, Selu,
Seumanu, and Le Mamea, remained by the government building,
tremulously expectant of the result.
By seven the letter was received. By 7.30 Becker arrived in
person, inquired for Laupepa, was evasively answered, and declared
war on the spot. Before eight, the Germans (seven hundred men and
six guns) came ashore and seized and hoisted German colours on the
government building. The three chiefs had made good haste to
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