SAMOAN RULE FOR SAMOA, IS DEMAND
Man Prisoners Reject Proffer of Clemency PREFER IMPRISONMENT TO TERMS [By Electric Cable-Copyright.] (Aust. am. N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received. Tuesday, 8.30 p.m.) APIA, March 3. The Administrator’s proffer of clemency‘to Mau prisoners was rejected. Tamasese as spokesman for two him drod (about half of the prisoners) intimated that the concessions offered would hot suffice. They wanted Samoa run by Samoans entirely without white officials but under the British flag. The Administrator replied the proposal was seditious and could not be entertained. Unless the proffered terms , were accepted imprisonment would continue.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6551, 7 March 1928, Page 6
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