The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-27
SAMOA IS GETTING ALONG
RACING HORSES AND TRYING
10 RAISE M BBER.

the Island of saw AL Blasted 10, oIrsns.
but OtherS Are Prosperous GON
soft. Who Lives len the OId sieN ensOn
House. brings News Of the Country
The volcano IN Savaii. the largest Ut
the samoan Islands which was awarded
To Great Britain when Samoa was divided
up a little more than ten years ago and
which Was later coded Ia Germany N ct
change for valuable rights IN the solomon
and longs islands, - still active ana lava
has ruined a large part 81 the island, ac.
cording to DR. ". II Solf. the Governor
Of German Samoa. who arrived from Apia
yesterday on his way to Germany To take
a holiday
DR. Solf has been Governor IL German
Samoa over since the colony becam" such.
"a. is popular with American diplomatic
and consular representatives He speaks
English a. easily a. his native languag"
He had n good word to say for Capt
! Parker. the Governor uf IItIIla.
Capt Parker. a very able man. - much
beloved by the Samoans sad Or Soli
az the Holland House yesterday Rela %
tions between the Americans and Germans
are most cordial and the natives have bee
come quite paciiied. They haV" all"
begun 90 show a lutte more interest "a
their work They will never work tur
other people az contract labor"rs. how
ever. and this Is the reason why the Ger
man Government felt obliged to import
Chinese labor. The Chinese coolies have
~ far been found satisfactory. Their"
are now about so of them and Their"
IL a Chinese consul at Apia The country
il developing fast.
The leading native product i coprL
made from the Cocoanut Tn" Govern
ment has made stringent laws that only
a good quality u the stun be produced
and this has raised the value of samoan
copra The natives are obliged to plant
Cocoanut trres on all III" lands Ia"
b white planters go IN Tor CpCua and rubber
la ApIa there ~ invested English ard
American capital beside Germans Tia"
three nat,onalitie and the natives ar"
living together barmonlousy The Whit"
population - growing. aud - u IN"
samoan.
IA for rubber. -o far there has hrsS'
practically no output For Eve ~ SIN
years we have been '-ying al sorts q
rubber plants The samples are very
good several companies are planting
but none Of the product has been 81
ported vet The rsvenue~ ot the country
are nov five times hIRRer than they ~"-"
ten years ago. We nav" f'l"luptt' -'F-
vice and good roads. Automo1nohlle- n"
few but we have fine horse Ia lar'
horse racing - the prn'iPal amusement
81 the place There - sports club. ~
which | am the protector. ana good
prizes are offered II is our boast that
we have the best horses IN he Pacific
Dr Solf lives IN Robert Louis SteN an
sons old home. NailimI. which wa-
bought by the German Government. ell
larKed and turned into m" Government
house
There are excursions el cry steamship
day 20 Yakima and stevenson tomb on
the hill -aId DR. Solf MANY ~ ~"
travellers who make tho pilgrimage at"
Australians and New Ieland"rS who
seem to be among hi- most devoted adj
mirerS. No. We do not have much eN-
citement IN samoa ~ rule though IN"
volcano on SavRi has prov det a LOT "t
IL In the first years Of it, ACTIVITY u
destroyed lots ~ fertile territory IN"
natives were transplanted 10 tpolu. But
lately the lava has found an outlet under
meath the older lava by which ~ ioWs
directly 10 'he san w" hope this Will
continue open and that there will 10 ~
more puibursfs : great region i- n0w
covered thick with Lava. and - cpur-e
the land - destroyed for agricultural
purpo-es II ~ quite black