DEPORTATION OF CHIEFS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 245, 10 March 1888, Page 4

DEPORTATION OF CHIEFS.

By the arrival of the Zealandia we have received additional infoimation respecting the deportation of several of Malietoa'n followers. The chief, named. Assi, is said to have boon deported becauße his daughter, a riotablo beauty, danced on. boa id an American ship and declined to trip tho light fantastic to the orders of tho G'crman men-o'-warsmen. Another chief named Johnny Upolu was deported for tho alleged reason that after returning from a vi&it to Honolulu he stated that an American warship was coming to Samoa to sec the natives righted. A third chief named Manga, of Tutuila, is .said to have been deported because he tvouid not recognise Tamasese as king. Thoc chiefs woio^sonfc away in irons, in the hold of a cutter, and dining the humcam) season to an island borne 1,000 miles away. They have not been heard of binco.

] r l(J 1 ! - JT AN DivD ITvOCEEDINGB. The Germans are reported to be very •MiMiniij to compel all undents of Samoa to j >uy taxes to the defado yanioan Government, but 15; itis,h and American subject*? ha\o declined to do .so, at» they look upon Tamasese as a usuiper. The (loveinmont did not attempt to enfoice the taxes on either English or Ameiican .subjects, bub set upon a Frenchman and jnaoo an example of him. As the nan declined to pay taxes, Iho property wasolteied for bale by public auction. The English and American lesideutb collected at the silo, wiuh the view of putting a .stop to it ii po.^iblo. One of the Americans wanted to know by what authority the nrngistiato sold the J'Yenohman'b eoodFi, and he was thcicupon ordeicd under ancst. TheiCbtot the Anicucans and English in the loom resit-ted hi.s ariest by blocking up the dooiway, and the matfifctrate's oiders were not eanicd out. The auction was postponed for a few days, when the Frenchman'.^ pioperty, A\otth some thousands of dollai.s, vih a^ain oiiered for sale. The Kii'nehnian then entereil a ]>rotest, and the auctioneer .said he would forward it to the (Jo\oniuioi)t. Theiimt article oflered wiw a case ot whisky, and this realised 64 dollars?. That was, the amount lequhed lor taxes, and the auction waa declared at an end. The Ficnchman, however, did not receive the balance of his good 0 , which aio still in possession of the Government.

AN INDIGNATION MEETING. The English and American residents, after witnessing the proceedinEf.s, thought it high bimo to form some society lor mutual protection, and a meeting was held, when the following resolution was passed :—: — " This meeting protests against the illegal action of tho de facto Samoan Government in seizing and attempting to sell the goods of Mr W. J. Laferrieve, on Tuesday, the 7th February, 1888, to pay taxes illegally and improperly imposed, and further protests against, the overbcaiing and aggressive conduct of Mr Martin as the representative ot the Samoan (4o\ eminent at the sale, and also against the action of Mr Martin inearryingaway MrLafei riere's property to the value of sevoial hundred dollars to satisfy a pietendcd claim of 63 dollars.'' Tlio.se present at the meeting further for Died themselves into a committee to ivateli over the interests of European and Amei ican residents, and to take such action as would conduce to the safety and protection of life, liberty, and property m ithin the municipality.

LAND TROUBLES. With respect to the land claim? made by the Germans, it is believed that if their present mode of procedure iscontinued considci able trouble will arise. The mode of action is that whenever any dispute aiises the land is seized by force of arms, and held as in the case ot Messrs MoAithuv's property afc Apia, which hah been Feized by the Germans and handed over to the Samoan Government, although the English flag had been hoisted there. The German Go- \ eminent also took possession of the pilot station and hoisted Tamasese's flag, butthe commander of the U.S. Mohican compelled the flnjf to be lowered. The pilot station is still in the possession of the Gorman?, however, and further developments arc awaited with interest. The Americans have their interests looked after by the United States war-ship Mohican, and British residents are much dissatisfied because they have not had a visit from a Briti&h warship for some considerable time. Auckland Star.