SAMOAN UNREST.
STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER.
A brief statement setting out the facts in connection with Samoan affairs was made/ by the Prime Minister (Right Hon. J. G. Coates) on Saturday, the context being as under: —
While the Government are not yet able to make a full statement as ::o the position of affairs in Samoa, and as to their immediate intentions, I wish the public of New Zealand to understand that the alarmist reports that have been recently circulated from unofficial sources in Samoa are greatly exaggerated. My information is that notwithstanding the activities of the Mau there does not appear to be any present danger of a. breach of the peace in Samoa. Provocative and ill-informed comments on 1 he position are not of course helpful in maintaining peace, but lives and property in Samoa are to-dav not in jeopardy.The large numbers of Mau adherents who had gathered in Apia have now dispersed to their homes, and while I do not wish to be understood as implying that the position in Samoa is yet satisfactory or that the law is being, complied with, I can see no reason why in the absence of mischievous interference any breach of the peace should occur.
As soon as the Government are in a position to do so they will make a detailed announcement of any action they T/iay decide to take.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3769, 20 March 1928, Page 2
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230SAMOAN UNREST. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3769, 20 March 1928, Page 2
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