THE RAIDERS IN FIJI

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17158, 10 November 1917, Page 10

THE RAIDERS IN FIJI

ANOTHER LITTLE STORY.

SUVA (FIJI), October 31. There comes to hand another little story concerning the capture of the Germans, headed by Count von Lucknor, in Rji. He was a Rotu man, was Piufou, and a member of the British Empire, when the raiders landed at Waikaya Island. Piufou is a simple-looking, guileless native,; ana about the last in the world to hare a second thought about anything, one would think; but Piufora was not quite so simple as ho looked. : When the Qermans came they told, him, in English, that they were castaway English sailors, whose vessel had been wrecked. The Germans were careful enough to re"alise that even away out hero in the midPacific the native might know there was a war on and the Germans were his r enemies. Piufou spoke excellent English; although the Germans did not know this, for he answered in 'broken English,* and agreed to all they said, and listened—very carefully, for Piufou also spoke. German, or, at least, he bad a good knowledge of it. There used to bo many : Gorman traders in the Islands once. Now, although Pinfou, the Rotu man, spoke excellent English and middling German, he only spoko lo.tha Germans in broken English. He , onfceriamect the Germans, and made their stay a happy one for the few days they were there. Uβ helped, too, to quieten their fears, in brolpa English, when they saw a cutter beating out to windward. This was the cutter, with Macpherson, the half-caste, in it, wtucn. brought the news to Levuka, resulting eventually in the capture of the Huns. It was Piufou who told the Huns it was the usual cutter'which went to Mokogai, the leper station about there. It is to be hoped that some day rm Lueknor will read this, and learn how Piufou, the Rotu man, with the guileless face, was' instrumental in sending them to a place where they can cool their heels.- 1 -Auckland Star's correspondent. '