The Position In Samoa.
The news printed to-day from Samoa is the worst we have had at any time since the trouble first began. Even if there are no further developments it is clear that the situation has been gravely complicated on both sides, and that the future for a long time will remain uncertain. It will be a great relief if it turns out, when the full story is told, that the folly of the Mau in defying authority was not matched by folly on the part of the police in choosing this time rather than some other to effect arrests. It is unpleasant to think that there may have been stupidity on both sides, but the accounts which we print to-day do not make it as clear as most people would like it to be that the police showed all the tact and forbearance that the situation called for. One thing, however, is certain, and it will be in everyone's mind: the real responsibility for what has happened rests with those people who have played, for personal or political ends, on the minds of the Samoans from places outside Samoa.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19814, 30 December 1929, Page 8
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192The Position In Samoa. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19814, 30 December 1929, Page 8
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