SAMOAN AFFIRS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14507, 26 April 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

SAMOAN AFFIRS.

• VISIT OF (fI?R.MAX WARSHIPS. | AUCKLAND. April 13. j Samoa paper.-; received by the Yetltlo, j referring to the visit of fiei •mail warships j to tlie. islands, suit-.; that on Marc.h 20 ; Vice-r.dm.ir.il Cv>erper an<l • liis chief-of-slatl' attended :> Foiio hold by tho doi vernor fur the Samoans. j The Yicft-iidiirivnl tool; t lie opportunity ! to inform the natives of the object of liii visit. He explained that lie had been Kant by the Kaisor av ibh some ]>overfill ships to protect the loyal and friendly Samiiajis, but he would not- Instate 1o use arm.-; against those who opposed the orders of tin' (iovenimem with rebellious intent iiiid who niado impertinent deliian'ls. Vice-admiral Coerepcr eonc lidcd: "I | will ouergoMy, suuport the policy

Ii the Governor. your father, is •in;,' mil. in this colony in accordance the directions of his Majesty the Cl.'' ie speech made a marked impression .lie native^. ataafa visited the German warships welcomed! them in the. name of the onus. April 22. v the Tol'na. which arrived at Aiukiro.n the Mauds on Tuesday night, a-; ascertained that matters at K-amoa u;,r the natives there were still quiet, .jneh t'ne natives appealed to he much dissatisfied. When the Tofun. left the three German warships were lying in Apia, llarhour. with the ringleaders aboard. A proclamation issued hy Dr Soil. Governor of German Samoa, relating to the di.-alTccied chiefs states that they ale to he deported, with their relatives, tn Sipnn Island, in the Caroline group; that, in the six islands over which they ruled no new appointments would lu> made for one year; all guns and ammunition must, he surrendered to the German authorities, and the head of every family must pay a tax of 30 marks, in addition to I lie ordinary tax of 12 marl;.*. The Governor lays stress on the lenient treatment meted out, and expresses a hope that it ivili he appreciated hv the local natives.