The' Samoan War.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12169, 19 January 1903, Page 7

The' Samoan War.

CAR'i)iNA£ MORA K'S' CHANGES;

AGAINST, PROTESTANT, MISSION- - •*' - l - -' • ARSES •-■• - Unit'efi -'PresA-' Msb^iati'bnl— Fy i?JttcIritf T^iegrapn.— Copyright ,\i- ' ' Sydney, January I ' MIS. Cardinal Moran, at 1 -{Me/ opening -of a seminary at .Waverleyy'gaid'^hatf he had repeatedly laid theHbldm'6-oE the disgraceful and disd^tV<!xtt^ sfcrttg^lo'.iii, Samoa at the door of-thG'JProtest-ant >! ?taissiontoy i » i^genSs, , r ., ah.d Jtie was convinced that .M.jonU. their shoulders the main.'C<sh.ai r t e. „ol' the responsibility- -. ijnbysti ultimately rest. He did , not, 'hpAvevar,' clesire . to exempt from blame' other oincialp -,en--gaged in the shameful, .proceedings... . , ( comparison ' wiT^^kEini:; 1 ; Received Januaiyj.;^, t „. ; Sydney ;- -iJiaipLU;ar*y ,, i 9. • ■ ■ Cardinal MorauM&aid.'4hat-. h,e - l\a&' hcqt^ .jc^iasiured, jf pr s < comparing 1 • the proccediiig \q^ ( ( ]l^p yAHie&.jin^anipa and '/their na'tivo auxilia,ries ffti t6 r the Armenian outrages." Possibly Hie had erred ia the comparison ; , ho" sliojxflcl ;J; J probr a l .>3y have said Th'ii, 1 ; th^/p^oiieedrngs ,wei*e far worse than mc AiTOenian outrases for the reason- that/ two - great Powers were Te£tf6tisib'je'' :i /foi" • them and they • Wer6 >; * perpetrated ■' >\\"?th; a | Bciii^djanpiaiofvlegalit^ian^theaiaine i, of iciyilisation unflf.Qj a^mask of justice. '; " What.^^ai^r/jjthenPai^^l^iycpp^df. )iq 6rtrongei\» )^^n;;^l%Jin.al!.-and [ oritative deci^oiV.^f ;|viing % o^oa'r"io£' Sw^d.W-.as ( j^b^^to^/I^W^e^a.ctipn .' '{pt the Amefr<^':ra^> B^j^i«4x, .warship ■was illegal^ i^warraiil'ed.^" . waiitpny [•cruel and \yrOTta3 t< *i '"« :', "■ : The * Ca9jnaTlAvaism}y^dKm6il ttie .allflgatJo^%aWe-ha<l ibfnuted -all tKo, calamities o^t^e waHid-tho British Admiralty and Officers 'eiiffigifefe'd in" it.< ■ In sxipporfc of- his,- cWarges -against tlio Protestant missionairpS. .he quoted jthe rep'Jy of the Tanu-i chiefs whQ, , .when asiked why they destroyed >-jthe^ .5 Cathol ic Churches and , - y>ricsta' rpsj -„ 'es said :—": — " Our wh,itei.teiiGhess> lUrged us, ,tp ; do : scy",;,. )U ; ' y _-■ „ ,