ALL QUIET IN SAMOA.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1930, Page 2

ALL QUIET IN SAMOA.

STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE WELLINGTON, Last Night. In a written reply to a question in the House this afternoon, the Prime Minister made a statement concerning the present position in Samoa. He said that the military police as such had been disbanded in April, 1929 and were replaced by the Samoa Constabulary. There were no concentrations of the Mau and no other signs of Mau activity. Passive resistance was rapidly diminishing. “We are advised by the Administrator that for all practical purposes there is at present no Mau movement in the territory, and I trust that this cncouraging situation will be allowed to de-

velop. Since this Government took office there have been no banishments and no person has been imprisoned except by the due process of the law after trial with the right of representation by counsel. No Samoan has been subject to a banishment order during the past two years and no such order has been made since 1927.

“The following Samoans arc however still serving sentences of imprisonment imposed by the High Court in respect of the offences indicated:— Offences against maintenance' of authority in native affairs ordinance, 5, offences against Samoa seditious organisations regulations, 7.

“No Samoan woman has ever been subject to a banishment order and no Samoan woman is in prison.”