SAMOAN ADMINISTRATION

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3660, 2 July 1927, Page 1

SAMOAN ADMINISTRATION

MR. LINKLATER’S VIEWS,

Speaking in the House on Tuesday night in reference to administration in Samoa, Mr. Linklatcr, M.P. for Manawatu said“ Six weeks ago I visited Samoa. As soon as I arrived there I attended the Fono of Faipules, and "’hen General Richardson, thoAdministra- I tor, was introducing me he men- I tinned that T was a member of the Now Zealand Parliament, and he swidr 'Tf yon have anything against the Administration I should like you to mention it now, so that Mr. Linklater can take hack your complaints to New Zealand. That tine orator, Toelupe, got- up and said, *\\ e have I nothing but gratitude for the administration of New Zealand.’ And he said. 1 think it is only right that something should be done to stop the agitation that has been going on in Apia against the Administration. I 4'iade enquiries while in Samoa with regard to the trouble that has been going on, and I found that what the Prime Minister lia/s told ns to-night- has a great deal of substance in fact. I “I spoke to quite a number of responsible men and it appears to me tlmi the great trouble has been the matter of prohibition, and also the trading interests that have been operating in Samoa. It appears to me, Mr. Speaker, that a great number of traders in Samoa have in years oone by beep making fortunes out of these men that should have been I left io the Samoa people. General Richardson has-been doing his best in the interests of the natives o! Samoa, and naturally those people who have been making money out of the natives are up against Ins administration. I ran only say from what 1 saw in Samoa, General Richardson is carrying out his trust with ability, and I am siWe that, alter comparing the different islands that 1 visited. Samoa is a sinning example of the way we should carry out- the mandate that has been given us by the League of Nations.