THE RULER OF SAMOA.
MEASURES FOR THE FUTURE, (nr TiLEOßArK—ntiiss associationJ Auckland, Jane 15. Dr. Solf, Governor of German Samoa, ji* plying at Apia to a petition signed by Ger- .1 man settlers for tho establishment .of blade police, said that, considering tho reoent disturbances, ho thought tho fewa of settlors regarding their property were justified, but be could not regard tho method recommcoided as the correct way to secure protection. Tho introduction of black police would rosult in the Samoans losing confidence in tho Govern; mont, and probably result in a general rising. Ho was in a position to state tbat a second oruisor would be stationed in the > South Seas, and that larger warships would probably call at Apia.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 535, 16 June 1909, Page 6
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