Unity in Samoa

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 298, 8 March 1928, Page 1

Unity in Samoa

ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFER

End of Mau in Sight

Bp Cable. — Piet* Association.—Copyright.

APIA, Tuesday. THE 33 faipules ivho constitute the native Parliament, presided over by the Administrator, Sir George Richardson, ha’-e decided on legislation affecting the Samoans. The Administrator’s terms to the Mau included perto the chiefs, and the faipule in each district, to meet im nediatelv and hold a District Council to select a faipule if they were dissatisfied with the present occupant of the faipuleship; also to appoint a deputy faipule to the District Councils ::rom among the minor chiefs.

JT was agreed to in'. ite the Ac ii;s trator to visit the various districts to discuss any matters pertain■®B to local welfare. It was further decided to hold assemblies of all factions in each district in an endeavour tn bring the Samoans into unity, and then to hold a large meeting near Apia °n March 16 to terminate the Mau Movement.

Later on a deputation of chiefs will New Zealand to learn first-hand '" 9 attitude of the New Zealand Gover"«ent toward them. The full terms offered to the Mau j the Administrator were: That they Should Obey the laws and act constitu‘onally in future. That they should Put matters before him through the amoan District Councils, not through te European committee. That the _-iefs and faipules should make their ‘o laws as already provided with rer ®Hce to fine mats, the use of lands any other matters of Samoan c '«tOBl. 'hat* 18 an< * faipules of any district tiunS 8 to n °minate one of their no** 1 as a faipule in place of one r? Presenting them, could use the *rs they already have, and also

could have a deputy-faipule in each district. , , .. The Administrator stipulated that the people of the Palauli district must apologise for their insulting conduct in Apia a month or two ago, when a demonstration was made before the Government Buildings, obscene songs were sung in public and firearms were discharged.—A. and N.Z.