Samoa

Nazis Removed from Samoa Fifteen Interned in New Zealand

“ A FTER consultation with the Acting- Administrator of Western Samoa”, said the New Zealand Minister of Ex ternal Affairs (Mr. Langstone) on No vember 28, “the Government decided that, from the point of view of the safety of the Territory it was better to remove 15 German internees to New Zealand. In cluded among the internees are the former secretary of the Samoan branch of the Nazi Party, a local organisation which was dissolved in the early part of 1939. There is also a German school teacher, who recently arrived in Western Samoa, where he opened a German school.

“Several other internees are of part Samoan blood, of whom some received their education in Germany, and some saw service in the German Army or Navy”, added the Minister. “The ut most consideration has been given to their comfort and to their social needs, and special arrangements have been made to mitigate the effect of the colder climate of New Zealand on their physical well-being. The period of their intern ment will be indefinite and at a later date consideration will be given to the question of releasing them on parole or returning them to their homes”.