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

Capital. Miilimm. 1 * .'.lit;. '.’T. 18811. To W. J. Hunt. Ksq.. f'hief Secretary nmi ; Minister of Lands, Mnliiiuu. Si! i. —. \ s f under-u.in I til at. a complaint lias been made to tin* X 1 on. Nr Arthur i Gordon, High i'ommis*inner. that you haw bet'll eausing trouble and trying to bring , about war in iuv kingdom. in jnsfieo to , you 1 in a lit wav that it. is entirely untrue, and that on the contrary you have endeavouivd to bring about peace in this kingdom, and have used your iulluence with the chiefs of.Aana, Ainu, Arc.. with that object. I havo furthoi* to sny that you have always advocated a peace policy, and that it was on your advice that. I requested * 'aptuin Hruce, 1 of H.M,S. (Wmorant to proceed to Snfotu and Atua. find during the time I was mi these places that you did all the negotiations to bring about peace. 1 may state that I am perfectly nalisfied with the manner in which you have performed the duties assigned to you in my Government. and that you have ihe entire roiiJldouee of myself Hnd my Oovernment. I am. Ac., (I At Mat.ikto.v. King of Samoa, [ I hereby oort if v that thi* letter was fully interpreted* to Hi- Majesty Maliotoa. Ski.u, Interpreter for the Government of Samoa.]