THE TROUBLE IN SAMOA
ADDit}SS& &¥ CARDINAL. STOltA'N^ CHARGE AGAINST PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES; TTnitecV Press Association — By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, June 25. Cardinal Morah, in an, address, made further reference to Samoan - affaire. He said that many young officers -who- were engaged in tile recent fighting wtofe at present patfiding:'. Sydney, saying: bitterY things nbout Mats j fa; He would like these gentlemen, to bear in mind that- if -they now , iiad their* heads ■ on their-' shoulclers,.Hfcey owed it toHhe, humanity,: prudence an'd.JEiii ' lightenmenfc of : Mafeaaf a, whom^ .they;" powi. accused ok barbarity. He had documents to prove that agents of ■■ the London • Missionary and other Protestant Societies had done everything in their power to oppose Mataafa. Some of tjaeir- agents- used influence with some of the commanders of the British Navy; to urge them to shell v Catholic church in which the aged and infirm had taken refugej. but • the outrage^ was not perpetrated.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6521, 26 June 1899, Page 2
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THE TROUBLE IN SAMOA
Star (Christchurch), Issue 6521, 26 June 1899, Page 2
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