WESTERN SAMOA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20432, 12 June 1928, Page 10

WESTERN SAMOA.

THE NEW ADMINISTRATOR. A MAN OF SILENT ACTION. MORE SETTLED FUTURE PREDICTED. (Special to Dait- Times.) AUCKLAND, June 11. The incident of May 26 in Samoa, when a detachment of military police went out to arrest Chief Leota, was spoken of by some of the passengers who arrived in Auckland by the Tofua to-day. They saiu that as far as they could gather -he action of the police was not extreme, and that it was intended mainly to have a salutary effect. It was true, they said, that rifles had been carried and bayonets used, but not to any great extent. Since the affair the excitement had subsided, and it was now regavded ( more or less as a “ nine days’ wonder.” According to those who have been in Samoa the new Administrator, Mr S. S. Allen, has made a good impression among the natives, as well as with the while residents. He is a man of silent acir and Jew words, but it is felt that has already gained a grasp of the affairs in the mandated territory. The Man (native) police are still very much in evi. deuce with their picturesque uniforms, and thev seem to be concerning themselves as much as ever with the life of the settlement, while it is understood that the natives are still refusing to comply with the orders to pay taxes. It is said that the campaign of boycotting stores dealing in Now Zealand goods has entirely disappeared. In general, a more settled future is predicted for Samoa.