Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-04-01 | Page 11 | British Conciliate Chiefs in Samoa

BRITISH CONCILIATE CHIEFS IN SAMOA i By Associated Press Preas TUTUILA ILA American Samoa April 1 Tho I.-Tho Tho British Samoan chiefs hn hat ha e e withdrawn their petition transfer to American rule expressed ex expressed ex- ex pressed dl dissatisfaction only with conditions conditions con con- under Colonel Jo Logan an former fOllner British administrator Colonel Tate his successor conciliated them and gained their confidence Note Note Native e chiefs of oC western Samoa under British rule were ro re reported reported re- re pal ported tel carl early In March as dissatisfied with the British administration c Tl were represented as favoring a n transfer transfer trans trans- fer for of the islands of oC Upolu and Savall Savail to American Jurisdiction The agitation agitation Ita ar-Ita- tion followed the Influenza epidemic winch which exacted a n ht heavy y V toll of lives l In Inthe inthe the British section lJ but t did not reich reach the the- American territory which was quarantined against It with great strictness