THE SAMOAN TROUBLE

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10272, 1 May 1899, Page 4

THE SAMOAN TROUBLE

Cardinal Moran's Opinion Denunciation of America He Says that America Wants the Pacific as a Lake An Improbable Theory [per press association.] [by electric telegraph — COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 30, at 5 p m) Sydney, April 30. In the course of a speech Carding Moran characterised the trouble in Samoa, as nofc warfare bufc deliberate ( murder. He know on good authority thafc the Samoan natives were anxious to become British subjects, and that fche Germans were willing to forego any little differences so as to allow the Samoans to ba under British protection ; but it was the third Posver, and a very dangerous Power, which had taken fche aggressive attitude. America seemed bent on making the Pacific, Ocean anew American lake. He looked upon this as very dangerous not only to the natives of the islands af fche Pacific, but to the British Empire. Ifc was clear to him that the Americans fomented the disturbance to suit their own ends. He states that Admiral Pearson admitted to him that he would have liked to go to Samoa, bub fche Imperial authorities ordered him to remain in Sydney. Tlie Cardinal expressed the opinion that if Pearson had been in charge bloodshed would have been prevented.