BROTHERS IMPRISONED
SUBVERSIVE STATEMENTS (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyrlgnt) APIA, Sept. 3 Two brothers, Paul and Anslem Schmidt, traders in Savaii, half-caste Germans, were charged before Chief Judge Harley with having made subversive statements at Falealupu, Savaii, by stating that the Germans had taken Malta, this being untrue and contrary to the Public Safety Emergency Regulations. A missionary who was visiting the Vaisaigno district had a portable radio receiving set and went on the air at several meetings. The accused had been among the congregation, and one evening met a number of Samoan chiefs at a trader’s store, where they made the statement alluded to, and which they accompanied with the Nazi salute. They said they had heard it from the radio. In defence the accused said they meant it only as a joke and had mistaken Crete for Malta. His Honour said it was a very foolish joke to make at the present time, and sentenced them to three months’ imprisonment.
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Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21517, 4 September 1941, Page 8
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