THE SAMOAN TROUBLE.
\ PR. 'SOLr CRITICISED. (BT TELEGRAPH.— SPECIAL COttIiESI'ON'DENT.) ; fluokland, April 24. One of the passengers from Samoa by tho steamer Tofua, strongly criticises the action ■ of'. Governor, Solf in requisitioning Gorman warships to impress tho discontented natives of Savaii—one of tho islands of the Samoan Grouf) under German control. Ho states that_ it is alleged';' that .tho ■ Governor --swore publicly on .thfc :Biblo,in- tho-presence of tho Savaii native's, that,tho-',chief; 'Lauati was blameless and fbrgivenj. 'and,'.upon\th'is assurance, Lauati .surrendered.; As ~ soo'ii'. as he did so ho was placed upon-aWai-sliip, and, with a number, of vothersj-' is to', be^'deportcd without trial. . ' • ' : 's■.i "Tho Government-, officials,.'' ;he -ciniinue.cl, '.'have given it■'out'; that;" tlie, l/ativo''disturbance arose spfno obscure; .matters' rof lating tprMataUM's succession.: That-is inly half the truth, .. They wero more, conoenie'd over marks ahd; pfennigs.. .Thoy- 'wanted t-o----know what had become, of oight- years' taxation, and why ''some, of it was not spent l for their benefit, instead, of being wasted on the' salaries and-trips .of .; the "army; of: German' oliicials. . :
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 4
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170THE SAMOAN TROUBLE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 4
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