1909 uprising In 1909 Samoan natives, due to discontent with German control, rose up. Germany sent three warships to put down the uprising. Economic development Saluafata harbour (R. Hellgrewe, 1908), 10 miles east of Apia During the colonial years new companies were formed to greatly expand agricultural activities which in turn increased tax revenues for public works that further stimulated economic growth; “... over all, the period of German rule was the most progressive, economically, that the country has experienced.”Davidson, Samoa mo Samoa, p. 82 J. C. Godeffroy, as the leading trading and plantation company on Samoa, maintained communications among its various subdivisions and branches and the home base at Hamburg with its own fleet of ships.Washausen, Hamburg und die Kolonialpolitik des Deutschen Reiches, p. 56 Since the Samoan cultural envelope did not include “labor for hire,” the importation of Chinese (coolie) laborers (and to a lesser extent Melanesians from New Guinea working for DHPG) was implemented,Spoehr, White Falcon, p. 40-42 and “ ... by 1914 over 2,000 Chinese were in the colony, providing an effective labor force for the [German] plantations."Davidson, p. 77 However, when a dissident Samoan matai (chief) exceeded the limits of his considerable tolerance, Solf stepped in assertively, pronouncing that “ ... there was only one government in Samoa,” and it was him.Lewthwaite, p. 148 “ German rule brought peace and order for the first time. ..  Authority, in the person of the governor, became paternal, fair, and absolute. Berlin was far away; there was no cable or radio.”McKay, Samoana, p. 18  Energetic efforts by colonial administrators established the first public school system; a hospital was built and staffed and enlarged as needed , and Samoan women were trained as nurses. Of all colonial possessions of the European powers in the Pacific, German Samoa was by far the best-roaded;Lewthwaite, p. 153 all roads up until 1942 had been constructed under German direction. The imperial grants from the Berlin treasury which had marked the first eight years of German rule were no longer needed after 1908. Samoa had become a self-supporting colony.Schultz-Naumann, Unter Kaisers Flagge, p. 163, the only other German protectorate in this category was Togoland Wilhelm Solf left Samoa in 1910 to be appointed Colonial Secretary at Berlin; he was succeeded as governor by Erich Schultz, the former chief justice in the protectorate. The Germans built the Telefunken Railroad from Apia onto the Mount Vaea for transporting building materials for the 120 m high mast of their Telefunken wireless station, which was inaugurated as planned on 1 August 1914, just a few days after the beginning of World War I.
 Economic development Saluafata harbour (R. Hellgrewe, 1908), 10 miles east of Apia During the colonial years new companies were formed to greatly expand agricultural activities which in turn increased tax revenues for public works that further stimulated economic growth; “... over all, the period of German rule was the most progressive, economically, that the country has experienced.”Davidson, Samoa mo Samoa, p. 82 J. C. Godeffroy, as the leading trading and plantation company on Samoa, maintained communications among its various subdivisions and branches and the home base at Hamburg with its own fleet of ships.Washausen, Hamburg und die Kolonialpolitik des Deutschen Reiches, p. 56 Since the Samoan cultural envelope did not include “labor for hire,” the importation of Chinese (coolie) laborers (and to a lesser extent Melanesians from New Guinea working for DHPG) was implemented,Spoehr, White Falcon, p. 40-42 and “ ... by 1914 over 2,000 Chinese were in the colony, providing an effective labor force for the [German] plantations."Davidson, p. 77 “ German rule brought peace and order for the first time. .. . Authority, in the person of the governor, became paternal, fair, and absolute. Berlin was far away; there was no cable or radio.”McKay, Samoana, p. 18 The German administrators inherited a system by which some two hundred leading Samoans held various public offices. Over the years, rivalries for these positions, as well as appointments by colonial officials created tensions that dissident matai (chiefs) gathered together into a militant movement to eventually march armed on Apia in 1909. Governor Solf met the Samoans, his resolute personality persuaded them to return home. However, political agitation continued to simmer, several warships arrived and Solf's patience came to an end. He had ten of the leaders, including their wives, children and retainers, in all 72 souls, deported to Saipan in the German Mariana Islands, in effect terminating the revolt.McKay, p. 20 Energetic efforts by colonial administrators established the first public school system; a hospital was built and staffed and enlarged as needed . Of all colonial possessions of the European powers in the Pacific, German Samoa was by far the best-roaded;Lewthwaite, p. 153 all roads up until 1942 had been constructed under German direction. The imperial grants from the Berlin treasury which had marked the first eight years of German rule were no longer needed after 1908. Samoa had become a self-supporting colony.Schultz-Naumann, Unter Kaisers Flagge, p. 163, the only other German protectorate in this category was Togoland Wilhelm Solf left Samoa in 1910 to be appointed Colonial Secretary at Berlin; he was succeeded as governor by Erich Schultz, the former chief justice in the protectorate. The Germans built the Telefunken Railroad from Apia onto the Mount Vaea for transporting building materials for the 120 m high mast of their Telefunken wireless station, which was inaugurated as planned on 1 August 1914, just a few days after the beginning of World War I.
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1909 uprising In 1909 Samoan natives, due to discontent with German control, rose up. Germany sent three warships to put down the uprising.
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The German administrators inherited a system by which some two hundred leading Samoans held various public offices. Over the years, rivalries for these positions, as well as appointments by colonial officials created tensions that dissident matai (chiefs) gathered together into a militant movement to eventually march armed on Apia in 1909. Governor Solf met the Samoans, his resolute personality persuaded them to return home. However, political agitation continued to simmer, several warships arrived and Solf's patience came to an end. He had ten of the leaders, including their wives, children and retainers, in all 72 souls, deported to Saipan in the German Mariana Islands, in effect terminating the revolt.McKay, p. 20
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