The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Echo. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. 1927. SAMOA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 6

The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Echo.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. 1927. SAMOA.

For the e&twe that lacks aeeietanee, For the irrong that ne-edi resistance, For ihe future is the distance, AaA th* good that we cam da.

pciint of v-.r-.v. The ter..per of "he H"u^, ? warea>orab>. 1 Labour slowed a ?en>e cf re>por.?:b:::ry which iniiicate* :h:\: to the- rip]»i::o.n is -10-a.-yin,- :ho party. >r r . Hc-llsnd and colleacue"- «1: : no: jTvaiiOw wbo'.e :ho of disaffected partis ir. Samoa. Mr. Fraser. one of rich:- : . u .. : .r..; r..-;-::. r*n:arkt : there ■were feature? :r. :."-;- t. L •■■n~::*:ee s procrsainie that iVi'.'re resctionarv ihsn those ••*" i^c , Gr.v£-rr.:-eEi - >. Th:~ i> no: difSou!; io believe. The Govemir.er.: - ! r"" , sr..i a.!r.-in>;rfition 2-ay oe lar irom but no unprejuoicr-i v-fr—n voulo that the natives woulii he better off :i they were put under the rule of the Citizens' Committee. The petition from thi« Citizen;' C'-'Umurtee ' "r.io:: ~a< presented to Parliament ye.-terJ.-y j i* renamed in tone, and pays the Xew Zealan-i ' Government the eorapilinieo: of acknowlc-dirinv: its integrity and desire to prr-inote ";»eaee ani r, e worth the senov.s consideration of the i Governuient. There is more than all this, howi ever, in the present disaffection. There i> I some vj-tirieation lor the Prime Minister'.i «:aten:eni that "all kinds of interest?" lie i behind the present agitation. intere>t~ which are not those of the natives. That there -hou!d be su.«.-h intristae is inevitable. It could be found in any tropica] territory administered by white men. and the hijrh standards impo>ed Jby the best British tradition, which Xew j Zealand has inherited, and the requirements: of the League of Nations, probably cause an j exceptional amount of irritation and res-ent- ! ment in certain quarters. We write in srenera] ;!erm-: among- the critic- of the Government ■ there are. no doubt, ui.-intere-ted men of ; principle, who have valuable suggestions to ; offer. Disaffection, however, has several aspect?, and Samoa would be a paradise if i ' there were no elements anions the white ..population who tried to u-e the naive- to j further their own end.-. i This, however, doe- not ju.-tifr what Mr. ' Holland, with unconscious, humour, is >o fend 'of calling Prussian methods. If it is true that ' Mr. Holland's correspondence has been tarn- j . pered with m Samoa, the-incident is not' pleasant. The Government disclaimed re>pon- | .-ibiJity. but ultimately, of course, it ;.- 1 responsible for all official acts in Samoa. There : are one or two members of the Ministry who j may remember that interference in England : with the correspondence of an Italian exile brought about the retirement of the Po-t----maiter-General. There remain the new power? ' of deportation, which seem to us no more j justifiable than when we drew attention to < ! them some days ago. They permit of deport a- : I tion without trial for incurring the displeasure ' j of the authorities, and if New Zealand cannot j govern without using or threatening to u-e i such tyrannical methods, New Zealand should ! feel ashamed. The Prime Minister, however. ! showed a conciliatory spirit in the debate, and his promise to consider the dispatch of a j Parliamentary- Committee to investigate j Samoan problems on the spot may mean the j j withdrawal of this order before lon-.