Show princess te buea new zealand village ruler Is worshiped by her subjects under the leadership and direction ot of the daughter ot 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 ot of the tribe writes a waikato Wai kato now 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 teri te dear to the history loving lovine maoris laoris and here dwell te pue buea terangi and several hundred of her people dobli 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 re regal al look her complexion was light brown her figure 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 as she discussed the conditions confronting her people her voice was 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 wai katos to enlist in the allies army it is said that if she had acquiesced to these persuasions and sent her people to fight for england she today would be a grand dame of the british empire and i in receipt of a comfortable pension she steadfastly refused to accede to the requests of a government which she says has stolen the lands of her people |