THE SAMOAN MANDATE
NATIONALITY OF THE NATIVES
SIR JAMES ALLEN’S VIEWS
By Telegraph.—press Association, —copybight. (Rec. April 14. 5.5 p.m.) London, April 14. Sir James Allen, New Zealand High Commissioner, will attend a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva on April 19. In reference to the nationality of the natives in the German mandated territory, Sir Janies Allen expressed the opinion that the Sampan natives could not be considered natives of the country holding the mandate. It probably would be agreed to call them Samoans under British protection. He. preferred New Zealand protection, as it. discourage natives and others thinking they could appeal through other channels than New Zealand. The Germans in Samoa could not be naturalised under the New Zealand law. He agreed with Sir John Salmond’s suggestion that if the Germans were satisfactory citizens the law might bo amended to enable Germans to be naturalised.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 178, 16 April 1923, Page 6
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154THE SAMOAN MANDATE Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 178, 16 April 1923, Page 6
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