THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1889

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 39, 13 July 1889, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1889

. mHHMW> leeoivid npm many of til aerifying ditdrieU of the group #it * tommtifrle account of th« I, J3e>rel white tnHkn tfcrtneftt or Upohi |K who lately vieUed mi * that the natives afe JMIMHBNt OB 000eH8te» W9 other St **«*. e»eJbbk. We bn truth it|tHu».»3">h eJthoage,*oe*MdteereHy.of opinion crist* «|tin the subject in Apia, many old of' opinion that ■Mrfljfll "the ordinary food of the Seuxanw « not procerable, tberc . ere- pieaty of wild yehis in most, of *Jm Matrices which conld be subrfieetod for their present nece/untiea, «-4r «M%r,- feat the eearcity of th* pfeaeftjreer to nothing intonipariaoa 3TMI thai of 1883. and the .J**-* is that year managod to with eome kind* wS take upon ourselves We ' ml H our duly to bring the subject **fr entbrothe p«bh> It will W for thee*, meet of whom are old Mttion, to HJfßf. whet utepa, if ' *ntf. ea» Jeahabio to. be taken to JJMUJfi 1W WMQIt dlfttfWk Our ■fujifrefo of afl 'natives of the Apjp* ftesJfe is that a* loop m they fer they,do not exort ■Mfrt*. *ft<J the Samoam are Nation to the ruW, and many iJfcldittttkrß will naturally Jbe report of, the eeareKjftT**!? onotlier cry of Mpt\ way probably be §•*» tf it m>, are the K*f;*k- ">*od.\ who M| expedenoe any lingkhemeclvea.jiwMindiflbrence ■h* reports of ■barney or* whits Hexert ! Mh7 H * 1

Wf»l«« MHtr le* abandoned the ta*m*J*the soil, and who were tlwjlfi^piiaaonesdwar. Plaatglfeted,.. Gv«n »n the few district* "Mi did not mix! contingents to either party in the strife the natives were too frightened or no* willing to cultivate the ground. Under these cireaiiUpiiiiii it is Mi improbable that real distm* dps* exist in some of the tuUi ve vUlages* and it is our duty ttpmk* all peer*, wry inqoii ies,end gtverelfc#wher*H is needed The native in and about Apia, we believe, are fairly weft provided wfth sufficient moiteyto buy food if any suitable fbr their use wee procurable. Should not our merchant? vnduavour to meet the, demand* » We are told that the rice supplier have run out, and Hwenits are getting soiree awl very high in price, in Apia, both of which are the principal artifim of food purchased from the storekeepers by the native* Doe* not this fact prove to a certain extent that the natives are run short of their own regular supplien, and are craving to buy both rice and bweuiu, even at a considerable advance on former prices. Notwithstanding the cry of manyof our friends, " Oh, the natives will do very well," we still fool dissatisfied.until the subjeetaas been more thoroughly Investigated. In any ease, as our rise supply is at>< m the and Richmond may not very likely mert the demand, it is necessary that omne concerted action be made by our business people to supply the market as quickly aa possible to meet the exceptional requirements oi the natives, and it is oqually neceasary that all our foreign residents should devise some measures to meet eases of real distress, if such there ate, whore whole families may be without sufficient food or money to purchase it, if available. To make a public display of distress is not generally advisable, or ia it * pleasant subject to dwell on at an any time; but under the exceptional circumstance* which the natives of Samoa have been placed daring ilia last twelve months in honourably fighting for their freedom, it cannot U sonspdered degrading in snake known thai they wUI be a eoupleof month* without food sufMsm. Under these drajtfP ilsiiw'iiei foreign resident* should for a rim* ai least forget the character or BSamlMMj •nV* vW» of their present troubles, for it Is in oar opinion beyond a doubt many . of the natives will have a trying ttaevrftt to find food for the next eijjmMajMßmsfmsKMtjßßUßjjjjjajßjM