Show princess te buea new zealand village ruler Is worshiped by her subjects under the leadership and direction of the daughter of a maori chief a princess a group of wai katos has recovered by purchase from white owners the lands surrounding a spring sacred with religious significance and of sentimental value in the traditions of the tribe writes a waikato Wai kato new zealand correspondent in the chicago tribune A native village has been built on these lands after models and plans a century old with carvings and all the characteristics te dear to the history loving laoris maoris and here dwell te buea terangi and several hundred of her people oblivious to the changes brought about by aggressive invaders though seventy two years old and worn and wasted by tuberculosis she had traces of former beauty and she was a grand and glorious woman even in a recumbent position she had a regal look her complexion was light brown her III figure 9 was small and thin her fine gray hair was long and hung free and unconfined below her shoulders large and expressive eyes alternately flashed fire and misted with tears tea rs as she discussed the conditions confronting her people her voice w was as soft and her manners were gentle te buea is a remarkable woman she deserves to rank with the worlds great her people worship her she is not aggressive shuns publicity and devotes her life to the advancement of the maoris laoris she has adopted and reared more than a hundred orphans she speaks reads and writes english during the world war no inducements offered by the british could induce her to advise her people the wal katos to enlist in the allies army it is said that it if she had acquiesced to these persuasions per ons and sent her people to fight for england she today would be a grand dame of the british empire and in receipt of a comfortable pension she steadfastly refused to accede to the requests ot of a government which she says has stolen the lands of her people |