SAMOAN MANDATE

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 June 1928, Page 7

SAMOAN MANDATE

CASE FOR NEW ZEALAND

(Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.)

GENEVA, June 22. . The Mandates Commission 'have not yet concluded their examination of Sir James Parr and General Richardson, concerning Samoa. They will be further examined to-morrow. The questions and their answers closely followed the lines of the Royal Commission’s report, but various members of the Commission put questions based on the petition that has been submitted by Mr Nelson and by certain of the natives. One question related to the complaint that Samoans had not been introduced into fihe Legislative Council, as was promised them. ' It was explained that this proposal originated in New Zealand in 1923, but that the Chiefs did not respond. General Richardson said he was convinced that the Samoan natives did not want representation in the Legislative Council. Moreover, he said, the Royal Commission had pointed out the dangers that were involved. Sir James Parr said that the native

agitation in Samoa grew to large proportions owing to unceasing and nnscruplous agitation of half-a-dozen whites, while the Administrator had neither legal power nor the police necessary to deal with agitators./