WHY MISSIONARIES ARE DISLIKED.
GIN AND FIREARMS. REPLY TO FRENCH COMPLAINTS IN NEW HEBRIDES. ' ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyriß"'. (Itec. August 25, G. 35 p.m.) Sydney, August 25. A number of persons in close touch with the Pacific Islands have been interviewed with reference to the charges made by M.'Colonna, Deputy French President in the New Hebrides, against the missionaries.
Messrs. Harris (a well-known Island trader), Parker (who is in" closo touch with the missionaries), and Cameron (a merchant with a great knowledge of tho Islands), agree, that tho French object to the missionaries because the latter vigorously protest against the French trading in gin and fiTearms with the natives, which is against the law.
They point out that the English.traders are not ablo to do this..- If they did they would be arrested -by. the British warships. The French authorities, however, wink at tho practice, and the Britishers are unable to touch French sub-
Ever sinco tho establishment of tho joint Anglo-French control of the group, tho, French (have- been trading in this manner, thus wiping out British competition.
It ,is alleged that the French also mnltreat the natives, and strongly resent missionary interference. Another grievance is that the missionaries educato the natives, who then, wont remuneration for their labour, instead of gin and firearms.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 905, 26 August 1910, Page 5
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219WHY MISSIONARIES ARE DISLIKED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 905, 26 August 1910, Page 5
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