Show II I I I SAILORS PUNISH CANNIBAL TRIBE i I I i S 1 Murder l French Cocoanut Coc Planter Plainer in iii Hebrides Islands I Melbourne Feb 3 ColIc 3 of ot tho the Associated Press Tho Tho Austra- Austra vessel l was sent to tho the Now cw Islands recently to A of cannibals als accused of or having h committed mur murders ers The Tho oc occupied uple the tho northern side sido of or Island and were accused of or orthe the tho murder of or a French cocoanut planter plant- plant er i As s the thc New cw Hebrides are owned Joint joint- Jointly I ly lJ by Franco and Great Britain tho Australian warship vad ad selected to punish the savages Tho The landed a punitive c force of ot sixty five ors and aull mere men at nt Malua bay where the tho party was was Joined by eighteen native native native na na- tive guards Having reached tho the outskirts of ot tho village Milage where tho lie murderers were supposed sup sup- sup sup- posed hosed to bo ho hiding tho commander of ot I to the expedition sent seat an Interpreter the tho surrender sur- sur surI I I parley parlo with tho the villagers s e-s for Cor render lender of the lie men suspected 11 of oC the tho mu murder e J J 1 Groups of or armed aimed savages e front from the I II I Interior were hiding on the tho hillsides overlooking n the village and t two o of or their chiefs shouted to tho the villagers that If any of or them surrendered to the lie expedition the would be bo fired tired upon Ullon Seeing that these Island tribesmen tribes men were making all the Ire trouble the tho party opened fire tiro upon them with machine guns uns and followed this with a a. char charge c b by a detachment of or blue blue- j 1 Jackets ets who took tho the so ric-so nl e and amI drove drO I the ravages out This en ended the nCI afI af- af affair af nC- I I fair tho the expedition suffering no casI cas- cas I British and French residents declared I the cannibals had had bce beet a aBC aBC- EC se ere lesson l which would Insure tho the fu future U I ture lure safety of ot the white residents oi ot ula I The Tho curiosity or of others l ers enables SO some 1 moa mat t ty make a good living |