MILITARY POLICE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17176, 5 February 1930, Page 7

MILITARY POLICE

FORCE FOR SAMOA MEN TO BE TRAINED IN N.Z. : ; BE. SUPPRESSED RfPer Pmm Anauclatlon.) . - «WELLINGTON, last night. The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, announced to-day that'in view of the '»' necessity of bringing the present situation in 'Samoa to a satisfactory termination as speedily as possible the Government 81 Had decided to take steps to prepare a sufficient: fcW of military police lor despatch- to the. territory should the circiimstances require it, and in particular if- it becomes necessary to relieve H.MiS. Dunedin. "it wilt be. some weeks before the police will "b» ready to leave New Zealand," Stated the Premier, "and it is jibped that, the events which will tfampire during that period may render it unnecessary for tlie force to be despatched. ' '* VThje Government in Samoa is chal-. tenged-by: the'Mau, and'as a result of " the Mau r s organised activities the wartants for arrests on criminal charges have not been executed. The authority of the administration must be asserted, and jaw and order must be maintained. This cannot be brought about until there isi a complete cessation of the Mau movement, arid there is how no alternative but to secure that, objective. 4, 1 i wbul.d .bei Well for those who are in. : sympathy with the Mau to recognise this; arid if they are genuinely anxious for. 4he restoration' of harmony in the can] best contribute to that end by counselling the abandon- ■ rmmfcof the Mau; when "the way will be open.fdr a discussion and redress of any frievames that may be found to exist. |» Hdn. |. G. C-obbe is leaving for the territory next week."