At the conclusion of an investigation on the spot of complaints! against the administration of Samoa by a self-constituted citizens committee headed by a merchant named Nelson, the Royal Commission has voluminously reported that the conditions under which the Samoans have sold copra to traders were unjust and unreasonable.
The Report acquits the Administrator of Samoa, Major-General Sir G. 8. Richardson, of the charge of financial extravagance and also of the allegation that deputies were appointed to the native Parliament without fully consulting the people.
The Report upholds the Adminis-teater's action in compelling the! dispersal of rebellious natives. It] says that the natives were way dissatisfied with the Administration prior to a certain public meeting in October, 1926, at the house of a European, which was} attended by Europeans and Samoans. It condemns the action of the Europeans in mixing with) Samoans for the purpose of vent-Dating: porely motive, scievances, and, finally, declares that the acensation that the Administrator has not paid due regard to the customs and feelings of the natives is unfounded.
The Report finds against the Administration only on three minor} points.—Reuter.
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