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Show War and the Samoan Islands. A special link exists between Scotland Scot-land and tho German Samoan Islands, which havo Just been occupied by a British expeditionary force from Now Zealand. Most peoplo know that Vail-ima, Vail-ima, on the Island of Upolu, was tho homo of Robort Louis Stevenson In tho closing years of his llfo. It Is not so generally known that since Mb death tho houso and estnto (some 300 acres) havo been acquired by tho German government, ant( adnpted for ubo as a resldenco for tho governor of German Samoa. Though tho British government govern-ment renounced all rights over Samoa Sa-moa In 1S99, tho group has remained an important center for tho activities of the London Missionary society, which has a largo training collego a fow miles from Apia. From this collego, col-lego, which Is on a self-supporting basis, nntlvo missionaries nro sent to all parts of tho South seas. Until a couplo of years ngo tho English language lan-guage was officially rocognlzod In tho local courts, and although, ns tho ro-suit ro-suit of an agitation in Germany, oniy the German langungo Is now recognized, recog-nized, English is still widely spoken, bo that tho translation of tho lslnnds from a German to a British colony should bo an easy process. |