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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 162, 4 September 1880, Page 2

flnpital nf tho (iuvrrumant uf Siimmi, Muliiimi, Aug. 'JH, |HHO, To Kin KxcoltiuiaV' thu Jloii. Sir Arthur Gordon, K.C.M.U... H.B.M. Iii K h fomnilnnionor fur the .Woalurn Pmilio, A)rii». • ' You* KxcuLi.tNOV.~l have the honour to ntuto in rcfnronco to the complaint ivhiuh haa | 1 boon mndn apniuat mo hv ftonibieli, K»q., i 1 H.l.ti.M. Cniionl-fii'Brrul; Thomas M. 1 fl.-.Njuu, Kmj., I’.S. C.uinil; ami .1. Ilirka

. Graves. K«q., H.B.M. Consul; ami Messrs. j Trood, Coo, and Volkmaun, “ That tho con* j tinned presence in Samoa of Waller James % Hunt is dangerous to the peace and good order of the Samoan or Navigator Islands.” J as follows : I.—That since I have been employed by ’ the King and Government of £uun*a as i ' >®crelary and Minister of Bands I have ihuie ' everything in my powov to promote peace, I and that £ have used my influence with the ; Chiefs of Atua, A ana. Tutuila, and Savaii I to induce them to send in their represt nta- . lives to tho Government in terms of the agreement made on hoard tho Bismarck. ! 2.—That I have always advocated a peace . policy, ami that it was by my advice that Hie Majesty requested Captain Bruce, of J H.B.M.S. Cormorant, to convey Ilia Majesty ’ to ttafotu with the view of inducing the chiefs ' there to come and join the Government, and that on my return from Sufutu I again in* • duced His Majesty lo request Captain Bruco , to go to Atua (after mv having visited tho ; chiefs of Aana and that during tho time I Ilia Majesty was at Anna I conducted all the pence negotiations with tho high chiefs Mqmi.i, Tangaloa, and others, •I.—That I have further to stain that all ’ correspondence that has passed between His Majesty and tho foreign Consuls has been 1 written by His Majesty’s direction, ami that all letters have been fully explained before being scut. *l.—That L have also to state that I did not oppose the Ex-Ministers Messrs. Trood, Volkmunn, and t’oe during the timu they . were at Mulinuu, but on the contrary I i have sent tin* clerks to assist then. s.—That I bnvc had nothing to do with tho sale of arms and ammunition. ■ | (».—That with regard to th« settlement of i ! land titles in Samoa I have only made one ! proposition which whs that an international . commission should be established. , 7. —Thai in conclusion I beg to state that 1 deny the charge which has been made against me. and that 1 am authorised by . His Majesty and tho Government to say that should your Excellency require any 1 substantiation of tho statements contained * in this letter, or any further evidonco in ’ support of my denial, that His Majesty and l the members of the Government will will* » ingly wait upon..your Excellency to give j such evidence. i 1 have the honour to enclose a copy of u letter which I received from His Majesty, and which I beg to lender as further proof, i —1 am, &e. W. J. Hunt. •