FIFTY YEARS AGO
THE SAMOAN TROUBLE „ The instability of the position in Samoa was referred to with some apprehension in a leading article in t'' e New Zealand Herald of October -6, ISS9, as follows: "It would seem as if there were still trouble brewing in Samoa. A few weeks ago, in noticing the meeting ia winch Malietoa gave up, in the most patriotic and magnanimous manner, his power and authority to his relative, the younger and moro vigorous Mataafa; we said that surely the representatives of the Powers would at oree recognise him. Surely that is common sense. It is all one to foreigners who is king ot Samoa. But we hear of a serious battle between the followers of Malietoa aim Tamasese. The incident is awkward, because if the Samoans cannot refrain from flying at one another, the Powers will have to interfere to keep til° peace."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23487, 26 October 1939, Page 8
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