GERMANY AND SAMOA.
SYDNEY, January 24. A letter received here from a prominent Samoan merchant states that the natives of Apia are opposed to the rule of Germany, which Power the Island was made over to by the recent Anglo-Gcr-man-American treaty. Tho main trouble, adds the writer, will be to keep the Matqafa people from fighting. Already the Mataafas are trying to get the Malietoans to join them and make the Samoans one people under a Government of their own. The natives are stated to have plenty of rifles and ammunition, and to be still in the mood for fighting, while the genera! cry is “ Samoa for the Samoans.'’ Many are leaving- for Tonga, Fiji and other places.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19000125.2.26.4
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 3958, 25 January 1900, Page 5
Word Count
118GERMANY AND SAMOA. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 3958, 25 January 1900, Page 5
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in