SAMOA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 9 February 1885, Page 3

SAMOA.

(By Telegraph.) Auckland, To-day.

A Samoan correspondent, writing undei date January 28 says that after the mails which were brought from New Zealand and San Francisco had been delivered from the schooner which brought them on shore from the steamer, a force was sent on shore from the German man-of-war in port, and paraded the street of Apia in order to intimidate the Samoans. Next morning four boat-loads of men landed and took possession of the piece of land where the king resides erected a flagstaff and bnilt a sham redoubt. Webber, who is at the head of a big German farm here, sent a number of colored laborers to do work while the men who were landed from the man of war furnished the working party protection by posting sentries all round. This parade went on till sundown. It is stated here that the arrival of John Lundon has been the immediate cause of the flutter, and at any rate the authorities here requested Lundon to take despatches to that portion of the Natives who are mos* likely to be influenced by the Germans. He started with an interpreter in a whaleboat one night and reached their destination next morning. Lundon had a long co ve-sation with Mahu, the king. He told Lundon in the presence of a large meeting that he would go to New Zealand with him and would sign a petition dratted by Mr Tole at Sir G. Grey’s request. The petition was sent to Lundon eighteen months ago but the person in whose employ he then was forbade hiip to get any signatures to it. Then Lundon gave Mahu the petition and he said he would get the missionaries to translate it. The schooner Fleetwing will leave in five days from now with a deputation from Parliament and King to New Zealand re annexation. The Fleetwing ought to be in Auckland about 20th February. The Fleetwing will carry the Samoan flag. Before leaving a resolution will have bpen passed in the Samoan Parliament and approved by the King, praying for annexation to New Zealand.