Mr Nelson Assails New Zealand Press

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 309, 21 March 1928, Page 1

Mr Nelson Assails New Zealand Press

ON WAY TO GENEVA PAPERS NOT IMPARTIAL | ; By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. \ Reed. 9.55 a.m. ' SYDNEY, To-day. I Mr. O. F. Nelson, on his arrival from New Zealand, said the partisan Press in New Zealand was controlled by the party in power. It had been very difficult for the people to ascertain the truth of the Samoan position. He felt confident that if the Press had been impartial, and the people had been given a true insight into affairs in Samoa, the whole of the people of New Zealand would have risen up against the policy of the Government. He claimejd that some papers had published reports against him, but had not had the courtesy to publish his replies. In view of the censor ship established in Samoa- a month ago, only one side of the case had been sent- to New Zealand and Sydney. There was no reason why there should be a censorship of news from Samoa. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Mr. O. F. Nelson, formerly of Apia, who is en route to Geneva, with the object of presenting petitions to the League of Nations for the' redress of Samoan grievances, arrived at Sydney by the Maunganui. He refused to say whether he had much hope of the League intervening in the matter. Mr. Nelson, however, was emphatic in the opinion that his visit to Geneva will direct the attention of the world to Samoan affairs. He said the redress of the grievances of the natives was bound up in the question of deportations. —A. and N.Z. DIOMEDE’S MOVEMENTS SUVA, Monday. The cruiser Diomede arrived at Suva to-day from Apia. She is to return to Samoa at the end of this week.—A. and N.Z.