They're Seeing Submarines Again

„ , Some European residents of the Gazelle Peninsula area of New ritam believe that agitators—possibly inspired by a white man are irring up trouble in the Bainings area, where natives are falling for le American submarine J ’ fever that was gripping other NB natives month or so ago.

Father J. Hoehne, of the Vunapope Catholic Mission near Kokovo >ld the local Town Advisory Council in mid-January that bands of ative agitators were creating false rumour and panic amongst sections F natives, some of whom had been led to believe that 12 US war shivs 2d anchored in the area. y Other reports had it that some natives were expecting a US .HU! *• TJ 01 them t 0 * r - I ™9 e "'V', f tow the Council that suddenly natives would disappear om their villages into the Earning Mountains, then would reappear the villages threatening and scaring the rest of the people and llmg them their days were numbered.

Mr. Frank Wilson, a Kokovo planter, told the Advisory Council acting that the trouble went even deeper than Fr. Hoehne thought id that he believed it was possible that a European was behind it. He •heved that the unrest was controlled and created to a set plan.

Moresby a few days after the Kokopo TAG meeting, the ■NG Administrator said that there would be an immediate investiga on into the alleged native unrest in New Britain (See also v 130 ) ' y ‘