Malietoa’S Answer To The

Mau

From Our Own Corrp^^den 4- APIA. July 11.

A S a result of bickering by the Fonn of Foipule. which is now dominated bv the Mau element, the Hon. Malietoa.

O P has resigned from membership of the T Q eislative Council.

Malietoa. who is head of the leading family in Samoa, and a man of excen t:onal attainments, held in high regard bv both Euroneans and natives, was ap pointed originallv to the Legislative Council by the N.Z. Government. The pprulv Mau cement. however, (to whieh the present N.Z. Government virtually has given control of Samoa! has been demanding that Malietoa either take his instructions from the Fono. or resign.

Malietoa. quite naturally, has refused *o submit to the Mau elements and now has resigned. He has a large •'raong the Samoans, and it is nossible that the development may cause some serious political troupe.

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