“Fanaticism” Reported
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Rabaul, July 14.
REPORTS have been received that Rai Coast natives are awaiting the second coming of Christ, who, it is stated by mission teachers, will arrive on a large white cloud.
The rumours are causing considerable interest amongst the local natives, who have been told that they must all remain in their villages in order to await the arrival of the Messiah. Natives who are absent from their homes at the time of the coming will not be “saved.”
Many indentured labourers are seeking permission to return to their homes, and recruiters are finding it impossible to ob tain recruits from this area.