Koje su novine po Svietu.

Bratska Sloga, Volume I, Issue 1, 15 May 1899, Page 3

Koje su novine po Svietu.

RAT U SAMOA. Kako doznajemo za sada buna i rat jest prestao dokle dodje povjerenstvo (commission) poslato od vlade Englezke, Amerike, i Njmacke za postaviti mir. Kako stvari sada stoje mozda da ovo povjeranstvo bude malo okoristiti onaj siromasni narod u Samoa. Evo Vam sto kaze Cardinal Moran. In the course of a speech, Cardinal Moran characterised the trouble in Samoa as not warfare, but deliberate murder. He knew on good authority that the natives were anxious to become British subjects, that the Germans were willing to forego any little differences so as to allow the Samoans to be under British protection, but it was the third Power, a very dangerous Power, which had taken an aggressive attitude. America seemed bent on making the Pacific Ocean a new American lake. He looked upon this as very dangerous, not only to the natives of the islands in the Pacific, but to the British Empire. It was clear to him that the Americans fomented the disturbances to suit their own end. He stated that Admiral Pearson admitted to him that he would have liked to go to Samoa, but the Imperial authorities ordered him to remain in Sydney. The Cardinal expressed the opinion that if Admiral Pearson had been in charge, bloodshed would have been prevented.