SAMOANS WANT TO RUN SAMOA

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 297, 7 March 1928, Page 9

SAMOANS WANT TO RUN SAMOA

NO WHITE OFFICIALS CLEMENCY REJECTED By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. APIA, Monday. The proffer of clemency to the Mau prisoners made by the Administrator, Sir George Richardson, was to-day rejected. rpAMASESE, as spokesman for 200 (about half) of the prisoners, intimated that the concessions offered would not suffice. They wanted Samoa to be run by the Samoans entirely, without white officials, but under the British flag. The Administrator replied that the proposal was seditious and could not be entertained. Unless the proffered terms were accepted the imprisonment of the Mau men would continue. —A. and N.Z. DESPATCH OF WARSHIPS MR. BALDWIN EXPLAINS Reed. 10.45 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, said that the New Zealand Navy’s recent operations in Samoa were not subject to the British Cabinet’s approval. New Zealand was responsible for Western Samoa, and the despatch of warships thither was solely a question for the Dominion Government and the King.— A. and N.Z. LEAGUE INVESTIGATION COMMISSIONS REPORT AWAITED GENEVA, Tuesday. The Mandates Commission announces that in view of the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate the situation in Western Samoa, it will not express an opinion about the Samoan agitation, but will deal with the matter at the June session. The report of the Royal Commission will then be available, together with the observations of the New Zealand Government.—A. and N.Z.