SAMOA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15446, 8 September 1914, Page 5

SAMOA.

PEACEFUL SURRENDER. OFFICIAL REPORT. BY MR MALCOLM ROSS. i (Per Press .association.) "WELLINGTON", Sept. 7- j Tito follow lug id tiiti ot ticiai report sc&imtieo. to cut? Aimtsnetr ot lfeK-neo bjf Mr Alakotni ituas on the taluug of Samoa k>» tue JVevv y.eula.ud i\\; itito eaJtoy Jruixt;: — "i tu.vt> tue honour to repirt that having, aivjcuoii/aui-oa ttie Nt-w y.t\ laud ixpeuitjuuiwy Jf'arte to saatai, »tut bavtug witueaaca its suceeasiui ::t»"iug tliere. t reum ueii tuVtae Uuuun 01 Uus mui'uJig in TroOiisutp No- i haviug dating tile cruise, owing to tuy knowledge oi German tci-ii ittat to rtau-er some to che_ ot freer cou.rnanamg tu<* Expod it on. Foi vour information 1 Uavw aw* the honour to suomit the foLowiug rtp'>rt u" lie i-ntisc: _ _ I •"The two troopships left Wellington ' on the morn ins; of Sc cnrday, August ISth. and after steaming along the i.'astera coast , of New Zealand sighted the East Cape on the morning of August 16th. I " Fro ra there a eoucse was set for .in appoints rend v.ms. t.-it. 3fi.f> s.„ t ng. I 175.50 K.. where the- troopships were to ' V- met hy a eru'ser escort front \c w Zealand w-.tfcs, co-sUting of the Pyramtii, Psych"-, and Philomel. T«-> crnis«*r» xvere si-rht»'d at S p-m. on the h«r" Burt. an>l we came up- + o thero in tho afternoon, after which a A>ttr3 J vid. .xpt for Nouicea. Xcir C'aVdonr i. - in'? to the fact that tho whereabouts of The German crwwers Sebcrßhnrst #H Orieseoan were »till! m»kati.vr», t ne »l tps, had to- steam each night w th lights out, and the wireless could not be t>secJ «♦ cept f«r rufwriagr. On the- *7sh, S-tb and Idth th« ship® eoattri tod n t--eir northward course, geceral'Ey at'C'ti < o-t degrees cast, ftn-h day hetng t-ecu-pied with staff du.t'e» ami drilling the troops. ' On Thursday. 2'Vth New CaWonia ws srgbteti, and the- troopship?: w'th their escort t*>s»t samp- erenin?'entered the harbour of Non"'e->. Tho French pn!iect"d frokr Mor>tcnlra had that dav r t-o tftt v harbour. Th" Exnedft'oa a most pnthn. sinstie welcome nt th» F-e-fh settlement. and hv pprrx's-t'-ri of the nnr tTir» Officer fommandint; was t*naW<»d to arra.i n ;it> for r« ro-1r' v mnreh of rt roTrtrnn r>f On 27st. kh" m-'w \tistrrtfa and tho Ttsht trttber sirno

joined the force, end i.ftcr coaling, tho Exneuit. ou was rta'ly to sail tor 1* iji on tiio toit>jwii.g nit., ii.uy;. Ow t ug to thu ground tug «>i the 1~. oo[><inp No. 2 on-a situdbauK itt the hat hour, however, h e'etav ot twittty.fjtir hours was caused '"On Sunday. August '23 rd Troop. No 2 havajg in the meant tne got oti the hank, ell tlie shijxs left their anchorages and steamed to a reiiderous off the south-eastern c-nd of New Caledonia. In the evening !!te ship? of the alFei fltvts. with es ort- and trcopsltips, tinder eoremand of Rear-Adm'ral Sir G. Patey. jined in line ahead and steamed for Fiji. ' On August 24t{j and 2oth tho ships enntntred on th? c«ur-e to Fiji, the dnv> heinj; fultv occtir>is'd hy physical and military drill and firing, both with rifles ant! maxim sruns. •<)n August 26th the Force arr'ved at Suva. Here a number of mea from the survey ship Seatrrk were taken on hoard, to assist in the boat landing at Noumea; also a few volunteers hem £».t, and a number of Sanioan chiefs, whose services would bo nsefid niter n land-'n-; had been affected rt Samoa. '"Oa August 27th in tiro tnorn'njr some of the ship*? havtnsr iaV»n in coal. wr>te". and pmr : sron the hirbour for At*'::, in German iSaTi'^a. " On August 2Sth, owing to rotigh weather, part of the day's drill had to be abandoned, but parades of tl(e men in their shore-going kit were success* fully carried oat. " Ou August 29th the weather continued rougu, but dtiUtug was successfully carried on. and ttie troops in shore-going kit with ritles, ammunition, maxim guns,, and one day's rations, practised taking up their stations in view of boat lauding on tho following day. " On August 30th Samoa was sighted, and tho fleet steamed along the coast of the islaud of Upc'.u to Apia. Early in the morning, after the harbour had been swept for mine*, the Psyche entered under a Hag of truce. A boat was sent ashore witn a message from Admiral Patey, demanding the surrendoring of the" territory. In vi£w of the overwhelming force at his disposal, His Fxcelleucv, T>r S hultz, being temporarily ah en: from the town, his deputy replied that he did not approve of surrender, hnt that no resistance to a landing would be made. A c-ver nj; pnrty promptly landed from troojvdtio No. 1. C-lo el Lncnn (the <-fFVer r mm"-'t'n i r th <v Kxnecl t on) r and;>t w : t'> t l > : s fo-re. : and a'ter German tl— sr had ; Ifrnd'-d down be t«>ok pr- -rs> : on of "\e Governm -rrt bu'Ed'ncs and pr-pe-tv. ; Stthsequently the Ta d of t'-e u-'-r-h. I force, w th '.'uns. r"fl s nmm ir : t'on ' prors'ons and ermp rf)t>;n:n nt. tva« i w'th rerr>-r T -?b"-> •'«-srat"!i. I without the fcf=s ff a s'-pjr'"- 'T->. rnd i w'tb lio ncre "sf>r : ons re"*de-t tlmn a 1 broken leg. Tit"s sn- ' a - ( j nl , ! and o~eapat"on of • Go-man terr't rv refl-cted errd't en a" e-n-ern d Coln-rel T oran w'th 'h : s st-ff wis <ju : ' kIv •n.=^a' k l"<! at the -<\t' of Pov-trnipnt and all ftf :, " : a*s and G-niai I in Ap : a were prcmpt'.y brouglit before

him. H's Excei'.eucy the Governor was iliat n gat on tioopsh p No. 1. whi re no \v..s ncaiid r.s a ot hoin-ur. lie was suh.e. <H>vnt.y lake.i on board tro.psii.p No. 2 t'ur "cvnveyaiKt- to Suva, !•' j.. ••On Aiuiiit 3lst (Ai.gusc 30tii Sainoaa t-me< at S a.m. t .:e liriv:va Hag was hooted \v ta luU in.iitar> icicmtmy, aud a to.af la.iu.- trom ti:e guns if i'swiie. 1 ,ie ten. m.uty was in s: .mpr.is.ve. iium.cl..:t>.ly fcLowing khe'hi...-t ng of tlie Hag a pi-odama-t.un was read hv Co une» .n---fonn.ng all and sundry that "lite New Zea.aall Ccv.rnni.iit of H.s lir.t:.un c M jesty Iv g Geo g • V , now occupy for his Majesty, all the Gtima.. :urr tnriis u- ud.U .11 the .s:a:.ds of I'. e Samtan gruup. "AU ini:ab.tauts oi the otvup'od territor.es ctm 1 an;!eJ to subm t t> all such d rcct 0..s a.; in gilt b.' g ve . by any off cvr of tno ccvi.py t:g L.i\ e, and var.ous rules and itceessary under such circumstan es were proela metl. 'I he tri-atm- nt of Urt-'sh tesdvnts in Germ.n Sam-:a s nco the dcctai a.icu of war w th E..g!and has Le.-n all that cou.d b_- des ivd. and Bra sh, Fr.n- It and li g a.i ivs-de.-i.ts the e s-. Ned a mentor a to C.'>: . i.ogan. st:it». g this fact, and expressng the iioj>e litat :tt .he ,v nt o if hag smlar tre.tment wat i be g ven to G-rittnii res.dtiits in the occupied t.-iTitory. "Ihe hea'th ot the troops up ti the time cf tteparture of tr t pS . p N>. 1 had been ex-client, tiiougii ta y had had the rev rs;? of an easy t me tieni start to fin slu ■'Tro_iis;> p No. 1 left . A pa : n due course ami arrived in Wei. ng.o.t harbour this morning. "It s tnadvs.ble at tho present juneture to place on record an;.ill r.g leg.id ng the luevtm.nts of tue o;.ier sh ps. : ' STORY OF THE RAPTIL'L. TOLD BY A NON-COM, WELLINGTON, Sept. 7. Hie Mo.-rattt, lue -so. 1 t.aiis t Jort. of tite -M->i Xe.i,.i •»lt j.' oiVt'i arrived »a<.-K in \«euii!gcou ri.i uour ttoiti Samoa at 6.30 in.s cii.rge o' \Wt.d •k. t-ii-w----ard. w ttt 2i tnvalt .nl xenr. ina-a and i.ftien men of il-M.S. t 'k's icml>ai;y. Ulaekmore, in tho c«t:-si- of a st tenent to a te;>:\.x ';t . 1 ,ive o the Pre s A.-s^ciatit)it stated tii.u wait the except.o.l of two days •.hey had giol weather during the whole o; ti.-'ir nip. CALL AT NOUMEA. First cf all th\v ca-lcd N«n Ot'edon a, then went ou to Suva a .d to >air.on A>. New Oil-d jni: - th.e 111 ops were landed -itnl niarch.vl m' nd snme six mile-. Thev made the French people wild'y entlrtsiastic -m.l tiny >-.ii2: ''Tli > Ma"sp : !!r< " a*id " r J >d - e th" King." In the evn tig 'he Frcreh perp'e liold a p>tr : ot'e ok the wh-;rt. wht'-h v.*'s attcalrd l.y *i Ti-rv larjte rwl The prrva'led. Se--<r-nnt [i n kmore de-'ar. erH l >-'t hf had it »n h's l-'f.v .At ♦>.,> .o->--i<i--I >r fli« or-Ttre-t th-» boats wo o arch -md in tho stream and they sa led for Suva nexo morning.

AT FIJI. _ Thov reached Suva »i Sur.tliy m~, i,- ! >"-■ After taking on io Sva.a,k s shif.'s company the tram>.rts li ft nt 6 0 lock on Tue='nv nior.ung f.u* S« in.-a, which w: s reached o-i A;i i 'st, L : 6- '.'bo 1* yc':e wont i:ti> Apia r:id tl,o trans-ro-ts land \l : >t 2 o\-i •« k. 'I !•.» K<alark's company wo k?d a'J n : ghfc 'airline tli - ba"Mip« vn«l .<|tfn i: <.f the men f -ou! the .M-er-'-:*. In tii— ;i < •'>. iiu; tho MoiT'ki l"ft fir AVellington, Pfirrov") li- r!ir> I'v.-cli", I i,t cVo'-md ; l»"r af <5 <>V!o-k ttevt ft? • v-r. aid -lie ■ r.n by "issrii'f nirir'ng a: P. 30 this momintr. THE SrRTIKVIjV.K. '/ho Pysclie, under the «lnto flag, entered Apra dea-aia!. - ! is suren*l or ' ' !l Mu-sh:ll i.mid i-or hr.il t *o Governor. hue t-K 1 \;t«? in po ve- would not Tlv ihu aUv ho t' - o Cli>vi»riior n lli"» wiicles.-> i tat'on, lr>rtd~l t':e troortft. aw] htmnlly tin> town '-n-1 "o'ui.oi L"ir»n to -lc com-nand. Tli« "Won ovai tr)r>'-- t' l " Gr,v« r n hmr,| »a;r«n'ulit. Xot a \va; fire). Tho natives seem d:v-idrd!\- favourtble. A STKOXG CONVOY. The British transports were convoyed by the i s. , lie. P/i, i.ine . ami I'wam. s and a: Noumea were met !>y the \ustralia, Melbourne, ami tiio French ship ■ MouUa.m. i 'lhu transports picked up thuty nun «t the Son lark's IXuupuiiy at Suva on August under the command of Lieutenant A. L. Jackson. Tiie nun were sent otf for the purpos" c-f manning the transports. F ft.-jii me i vveic placed on each tr.:n>port. T.ie.-e men a.thoujih sent back to New '/...i:and w.th the transports ant'epate loav.i g aga'n at an i.irv date ft r further serv ee with tho ether transp,rts, but: it is not pr.ss.bie to g.ve ;.ny deiinnv .ntiiimal.oti. W iieti the Moeraki left 5-amo.i there ! were no s mis of any attempt, to r - 1 cover po:se.-son. Xo.h n.; wa; -en if r tite German warsh ps tn the i".c n.;v. i On Aui:ii>l ;.t Suva a church ;• Ui:itl , was he d. An Amer.can vese! w:k ; lying n Apia h.n b.jur. :>.ml the Gerj iiiaui w. nid not g ve h< r cli'. l iu.i e. | but as ; <»on as t'i.- [t:wn was a::ne.\ei! I tho lioat was a.li.m\l io pro eed on { her v-.yag>. j All tlu- mirsin-j; s'-tel's ivho re:ra i:ed at S.moa aiv n ltol h altii. A i:e/, s ster and a :.um!i.-r of front.lisiirii were piked up at Suva, t Geii'-raily .•■j/eakin;; the men have no 1 complaint tir make whatever with ■••yard to their treatment, but irr.-gu-

larity of mca's caused a good deal of d s.sitislact on unt.i alter leav ng Suva, •when it wi.uld appjar that t'iie commissariat became hotter organised. Concerts u\ re held at freqvie.it intervals, and the men are quite a happy party. The men inval : ded have not suffered any ser.ous accident: it is t'li efly sea sickness and other in.nor complaints. A DIARY OF THE TRIP . AND ANNEXATION. "WELLINGTON, Sept. 7. The following are extracts from the diary kept, by ouo of the returned men : " August 15.—Loft Wellington 4 a.m. We kept alongside the coast antl had fine weather, Picked up a canvoy off Auckland at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Reached Suva Tuesday IStii. On the way over picked up H.M.S. Melbourne, which chased and captured a German vessel flyin"the Norwegian flag. Drills were very hot, and we had a hard light to get tucker, but managed to get it in the end. AT NOUMEA. On Thursday, 20th, arrived at Noumea at 1U a.m., and there found the French cruiser Montcalm. She presented a very pretty sight as we steamed by, bands playing the "Marseillaise" and "God Save the King.All the troops s.tood to attention, ana the New Zealand troops sang "God Save the King" and cheered the cruiser. _On the 21st the troops were exercised on the island by a six-mile march in excessively hot weather. The men were kept moving very briskly, and several times had to double. The> were not allowed to accept limes or lemons, or anything in the way of gifts from the French people. When Leaving. Noumea the Monowai ran agrouncl. lr-t rrflrvtfrl the Wowing day. Rome of the toys took advantage of the occasion to get ashore, and as a result sentenced to five days solitary confinement. INOCULATED FOR TYPHOID. "\Ye lifted anchor at 9.20 a.m. on the 23rd. All the men were stripped an ..spo 'ti. u and inocuiateil for typhoid, and it may be mentioned in this connection that in a number of cases of sickness among the man invalided home it is attributed by them to this process. Xo lights were allowed after six p.m. on any of the boats. On Tuesday, 2oth, we were given ' f! > ball cartridge, and anchored in Suva at 9 a.m. the following day. It w>s raininc: exefntionally heavily. After stoning 2i hours we left fnr Sinwi mWinji up a number nf S-mni»is .if Sip- who~were to act as '■"'"••ureters. Tbo reason fnr t'-is n-- 5 t'<nt I—l t-M the tW fi.« New Zeal-infers wore f +i-^—.i T'i i«> *i w —i* <-r "I V w'Mi T-0 rcnn's or -mi-' 1 "" * n ».•; '» n-j.. »t ~" r»"i~d 'lnt. st fT fi• - 1 -1" g wii'd take p',r. - '•-> ij t tfrs :'s not r al'^O'l. O-i °8"-. t-V" <v o'liov rami l un voi— !• r -h. and nearly a'J the men were s'~as"'-k . THE TASK PERFORMED.

A\e ait ved n Ap'a baho-r- at 11 in <j;i the Jytii. Oa arrvai tho Psyh-r e: acred ihe ha bo r fly ng ;; fl.:g i t li'iicc. and co,.\ty g a a t-.-s g thai tho in ••".lv would b.> g wn an hour to surrendi' ■ " A r< .» y came ba.k sa ii; that tne t'oivr.-irr '"ad gore p g !ui:i. ::n l in hs iibcn e th IX-_i .ty G Torn r c a il no, si:r uukr but - ta.'.\l taai lie wjn <1 <;fi' r io< res st n e to the iand lig cf trron-". O.i re. c-pt- o! ilia; i\>_'j y tiio tro* ps 1-nil d, and took fcrraal pessess on. T'i-, w re put ash ro by bats t'ro.n the Mo:vn!;i and If AI 3. S v.la k. Ar a j-ivc-a it o i t:ie P.\vc!ie car f :!h sr~ r ol i rmr es at lha iiitran e of t c li 1 "' o 1 !r and laid o"t a channel for the trc'o|,sh ps to i'o 'nv. It 's sa d 'hat a"S:rr>o n native was tho first to liau! down Kh- Gcnn -n flTlie fo m i' rr <■ ama* : ' n fi'.'cwe! an! tho L'n o • J -ck was h • st' d. nd si lit: s. fi od l.y the Psy-lm a -, d Pyranir-;. U> n lh" S'ars and was lioisfed and also sauted by the wars'i ps. Tr-o--s we " tlirn tr.'ci m '!i r 1 ;itoris, cac'" in chnrnre of a set on, and *vit on guard tl/ircu-hout Ap : a. A l':o-ou"b s*">r-h was n>-vlo r oand a- , mu'''t : on. and p'x+v Ger-"nn i>">o-e:-s wcro t -k-n, n lu-l'- s Governor, w'-o w.s rv-!'tu"lly d's. covered near th- w : rc>-<; =-tat : They were tnk n to lv th" Psyche It was n!inourc<l that r.-ni" 400 or sro C'cnnan f rnr-ns wor-> : n tJ c li' Vs. r rid the Fxr>°d"tYnai—was (ItdM -'nto tw fo- th" rF fOTll'l' 1 t' lv c«-ocp : - 2 "s'and ivlrcb tliev were do'nsr ~wb i Mop-ak' left. O-i Svr'l«.y, th" tr-ons were pT'd"d n+ 6 a.m.. nn-i b•" f> m . the b-at « ji c c'c:it* a«rl sa- ed r n- T n<ra w : th 21 : nvnr''e-' men. Tb" home was n-t a.'+o-b-'-rr P\-!X> r -p ncof ]_ Th >mc red % 0 1..1V0 v.-"rmlr-nnr>v.-":«tod k'nd"os- of *'. c off c I-' ill 'l'-Oinor •'rr "II fijj.l r -nt "l—ta'n'>i"i)t.s rn-n-o Tve meal<*o i 1 pun] wa-nith (f til? k'ndnc-ss shown bv t'io nurses.

Head colds arr- very prevalent at the present t:mo: is ther--> anything more irritat ni than t'-nt ehnked ff-ling behin 1 the nr«al Tt -is "just natrr-'s way rf th'-ewin-.r ofT t' e impvr-t-ies.. and tli-> be«t treatment is n the form of a tonic, which rati;re'?i action. Break in vo'>r hendceld with a few of Tiling Preserver, an'l let its st : rrr>l->tin!i nronerties b'li'' 1 up vonr to prevent further at tacks Tll""P R rinf'-mrr ■ a'H.ut f h : s Ti'oT'id enneh and eoM ere it, U to t-lce "ti-l eff"f*ivo. Get a 10,1 bottle from vour or ("o~pr, n- if von hnv-n-iv in obta'nin" "t write to .T Bitter and Co., chemists, Ch-- Vi church.. l -3-

"Mv tittle dnu<»Mpr MniitT wai very had W'tTi oronp and T was nu't.o worn out prt Vsi of s'pcn,'' snj.i Mrs Cntli erine Holln"'1 45R Ad"l->'ri« Rond. BerItnnnoro. N.Z. "A friend had seen Cbnmberlnin's foils? h ftomedv rdver tispd for t!;o relief of ornnn nrfl snircest r>d n:v tryinu it. T did so .tnd it cave tho child instant relief. I hnv<i spen dozens of children reliovpd of croup bv Cbamherlain's Couch Iteuiedy." Sold •iverj'wLere. To call a Brandy hotter than Martell's is nn emptv boast; to bpat it for quality an impossibility. There aro no tipttc-r judces of a real crood thint; than Britons all tho world over, aid that is why they liavo mado Martell first favourite ...