AN ISLAND REBELLION.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12768, 14 April 1910, Page 3

AN ISLAND REBELLION.

KING OF WALLIS ISLAND

TACKED

FRENCH SETTLERS IMPERILLED

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Sydney, April 13. . By the steamer from Walhs Island, north-east from Fiji, comes news of a rebellion of natives. Armed . with : rifles and spears they marched to the king's residence and fired several; shots through -the windows without doing much harm. The King was surrounded by a body of native women, and this fact is stated to have saved his life. The rebels have nominated a successor to the throne.

Matters are so serious that the safety of ' French settlers is being imperilled and the French Commissioner has cabled for the- assistance of the French warship, which is expected soon to visit the island.