WESTERN SAMOA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20930, 21 January 1930, Page 10

WESTERN SAMOA.

IKE DISTURBANCE IN APIA. MB HAL^KELmN , | AriywT Mr la 11 ari ived by th Tofua#to-oay, eaicf the night of Tamai se’s ftMeral saw a large force of fightir ; men Brmed with great strength. They i ppeared, from out of the darkness. “TI i High Chief Fanmuma and xnftf elf h d the greatest possible diffiocty hi sta; ing their hand in taking off _ tl s Administrator and o>r police, which hey could quite done. The> A ministrator little how close they i ere to decapitation They evidently tvere as they were barrici ling th# njjfice quarters, and a force i is postfe^^protect the Administrator; and were calling on civil official! to tmre up rifles. The Samoans were s thoroughly enraged at the death of whal they termed their ‘beloved King Tamasi e’ that it'was marvellous how they;d< isted from revenge. "At ay last meeting with the 20 chiefs they o ened _ their meeting. with prayer. Throuf an interpreter I found out what their : rvent prayer was: ‘Father, forgive tl :m, for they know not what they dp/ ai 1 calling for assistance to give them s length to guide them not to stain their 1 nds with the blood of murderous reveng One old chief was particularly pathetß when he prayed*to be given thb. light to understand why it was necessaanP to' have them murdered, and whether Et was wrong to require an eye for ai ele from the police." 1 ' b say there was a riot wa^^^^ true To say that was chopped jidwi infivVire and then beaten to! deat t, addlßhat this was the cause of the jolicl firing was untrue. old aan,"Westbrook, called at thglWmce of the Administrator and said***!enter my protest against this outrage as n Britisher/ the Administrator ordered his immediate arrest. He was roughly handed, although very old ,and half-blind, and licked up apparently for three hours. Laten the Administrator ordered his release 1 without charge. Westbrook is issuirt a writ for £IOOO against Colonel Allen j for alleged illegal arrest/’