Atrocities In New Guinea
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Alleged
ALLEGATIONS that two foreign prospectors in the vicinity of the Yuat River (in the goldfields section of New Guinea) have shot and wounded natives and organised intertribal wars, as well as committed other crimes, are being investigated by the Administrator.
Some difficulty is being experienced in gathering authentic evidence from the primitive natives, and the allegations have not yet been proved. Public opinion is roused by the alleged actions of the two men, as it is feared they will endanger the lives of other miners.
Many deaths are said to have been caused among the natives by tribal war fare.