Solomon Islands Natives Near Rebellion
WELLINGTON, Oct. 31. Tlie natives are practically in open rebellion against the British Government throughout the Solomon Islands, according to Mr. W. T. Wade, a member of the staff of the South Sea L/angelical Mission. Mr. Wade, who is at present visiting New Zealand, made that observation during a lunclieon address today. The atmosphere of rebellion he attributed to the marehing rule movement. This movement, he said, began in a very small v ay during the war and had flared up in /he last couple. of years. During the war many natives had® worked as labourers for the American forees who had been very generous to them. The natives began to think the white men- mufet have sueh tliings to give away freely and asked themselves why the British Government and the planters and missionaries had not treated them similarly. The "marehing rule" movement was strongly anti-British and pro-United States. The natives wQuld not even cooperate as well as before with the planters and missionaries. Many Christian natives were involved in the movement and were getting religion and politics hopelessly confused.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 November 1949, Page 3
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