The. New. ,Zealand Government has had to take the strong
measure of sending two men-o'-war to Samoa' to prevent any disorder there. We .regret the need but are not in .a position to criticize the action. There are good whites; no doubt, Samoa and good natives, but also a very difficult body 'of half-castes and of whites who have more or less" gone native." The Germans ruled them with a firmness that no Briton expects to have to' exert, and advantage has been taken of the change. We have no fear that New Zealand will not justify- herself before the League of Nations. The pertinacious Dr. Schnee has been complaining of British intentions in Africa. We are quite certain that no step is contemplated in regard to the• future of -Tanganyika which will not bear the light bl inquiry which will be properly thrown upon it at the right time in Geneva. - No federation with our Crown Colonies or Protectorates seems likely at present; but the mandate for Tanganyika expressly mentions " administrative union or federation with the adjacent territories " as allowable.
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