Show IP I j TRIBAL V WAR VAR AR IN IN PROGRESS t. L A s GIS im ARE AKE PLUNDERED AND ANI BURNED jT C French Authorities ll have lle e Seen Keen Asked kd to tend bend nd a u War Vessel tl t to Ire tnt Further Bloodshed Rival III Tribes Advices have just been received by tel steamer of a tribal war which has re reo re hulled butted in heavy loss of life on E Espiritu Santu island the I largest of the New Hebrides group The coast tribes have been attacked by Ly a powerful inland tribe and several villages es were plundered plan w dered tiered and burned The h hill ill tribe led by a chief whose authority is extensive attacked the mission of the r New Hebrides society where several lk traders had g gone ne for safety Th The ast as- as t fie R r ailing Failing blacks were driven toward the thet t hills where they made a number of f if raids on the coast villages plundering pl t. t and and burning burning- Letters have been sent to the French authorities R asking that thata eo a warship be tent teut to prevent further massacres r Four years ago ago go father who was vas considered the most mot powerful chief in the island at that time massacred a whole village of a neighboring tribe besides murdering several traders For this act his own village was uns bombarded b by sailors from flom a Fren French h warship All his hib huts were destroyed and he himself was l killed in the fighting At Pentecoste or Whitsuntide island arc stated arc stated to be at war among themselves The trou trouble le has been caused through an excessive amount of sickness prevalent which the natives believe belie to be caused by bs their enemies on the island |