SAMOAN CRISIS.
A COUNTER PETITION. (Per Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, July 2. Mr. Coates has received the following message, signed by 150 adult male European residents at Apia:— “Europeans disagree ■with the prejudices and tactics of the Citizens’ Committee, and strongly disapprove of their methods in causing disaffection amongst the natives and have every confidence, in the impartial services and good judgment of the Administrator. ’ ’ Mr. Coates states that the message came purely voluntarily. He added that the electoral roll last November showed 222 Europeans The allegation that compulsion had been exercised to secure signatures to a petition had been oflieiallv denied.
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Grey River Argus, 4 July 1927, Page 5
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101SAMOAN CRISIS. Grey River Argus, 4 July 1927, Page 5
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