SAMOAN CENSORSHIP

Grey River Argus, 22 March 1928, Page 5

SAMOAN CENSORSHIP

Denounced i>y Nelson < E.u Ox’ xLZ. SYDNEY, Marc.i 21. ..I: - Nelson, on air.vai from New I Zealand, said the partisan ,i i css in < -Xe\. Zcalami \.as conliu.led >»y the 1 difficult fur peopk lu ascertain the 1 • i.'ii. of in,, position. He fel. confi- ' deni if th. - I’rus- had b. en impaitiai 1 111 I j.,...p1. ha.l 1..-..,, given a . rue in- L sigiit into tli c allairs of faamoa, wiml of the people of New Zealand) j would hav< risen up against tie policy | of ’.h. Government. lie ulain ed that some paper.-, ha<i published reports against him, but had noLthe courtesy to publish his replies. In view of the censorship established in Sauna, some mouths ago, only one side of the case had In am sent to ..c\v Zealand and Sydney. There was no reason why there should be censorship of news from Samoa.