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Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1932, Page 4

Ar/nioreir '..(IV is li**siivl of t IC Snmnjui fjii-'ti<m, llii'i'i' is still :in in f'i'i' i'll Sammi, which tbi: cniiiitry fliiijlni ,(, r.s. nwonluij! < ' |{cvil. H. I >:• it l»f t who l<‘<tnr<'<l Inlely :it Home on the Siitnoiin situation. Mr Hurt Id I spiMit. n number of yours m Guinea, and a? reported in a

Leanington newspaper when addressing a meeting of the League of Nations, he said that never in the history of the world had there been such a universal doisire for peace on the part of civilised people ais there was to-day. Slowly, hut surely, they were coming to realise that force of arms was out of date and useless, ancr it- had now to give way to mutual goodwill and understanding. Ho and his wife had i-pent a number of years in New Guinea, among a tribe of savagey who had a reputation for being surly. However, this reputation was found to be unjustified. These people became his friends, because mutual understanding existed between them. Similarly, it wins understanding, and the work of the* mi.s’sionaries, which brought a tribal fend to mi end, when the navy had failed by a display of force. Turning to the situation in Samoa, Mr Bartlett outlined the history of events in that country from the time it was mandated to New Zealand, and gave a graphic •description of the trouble between the Samoans and the Government officials of New Zealand. Ho showed how the trouble among the natives had its roots in the easy, simple life which they led. This gave them plenty of opportunity for sitting and talking, which led to trouble. Ninety-five per cent, of the natives were against the New Zealand mandate, and the various officials sent out by that Dominion met with opposition until the missionaries took a hand in the affair. Air It irtle-tt concluded by -soiying that the system of sending a new Governor out to Samoa every three years would never bring peace to the country, us it was impossible for a white man to understand the psychology of the natlvre and gain their sympathy in that neriod. Peace and understanding came through the London Missionary Society, which had been there for a century.