SAMOAN NATIVES
POINT FOB LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTRIODT.)
(AUSTRALIAN . NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
LONDON, 14th April. . Sir James Allen will attend a meeting, of the Council of i the League of Nations at Geneva, on 19th April. In reference to the nationality of the natives in the German mandated territory, Sir James Allen expressed the opinion that the Samoan 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 discouraged natives and others from thinking they could appeal through other channels than New Zealand. ' The Germans An Samoa could not be naturalised under the New Zealand law. He agreed with Sir John Salmond's suggestion that, if the Ger-. mans were satisfactory citizens, the law might be amended to enable Germans to be naturalised.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 90, 16 April 1923, Page 7
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146SAMOAN NATIVES Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 90, 16 April 1923, Page 7
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