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MISSIONARY TIE PORTS FROM TUE NAVIfîÀ
?'? TOUS',- NEW HEBRIDES, AND LOYALTY
ISLANDS. ; ,
, {From tlie Samoan Reporter for January.) ' \
. . THE WAH IN SAMOA.
'.In tour last number wo Announced that peace-had
been proclaimed by one of the war parties, viz., Manono;
and.exprossed a, hope that Ibo other would, ora long, he
indüood to' takb a similar-step. -In'the month bf March
last; an ovent occurrediwhioh, for .a time;,threatened, to
disappoint that hopo, A young, man. belonging., to tho
Manono party was captured and murdered by their
enemies. This proceeding :was a severe trial .tOithoir
patience. , It occasioned groat excltoraont, and seemed,
for, a,time, likely to lead to a renewal' of hostile .opera-
tions'on their part. > t '. i-> v; ?::>.,: i i ;.!:<;' ,:
i Peace counsels): however, prevailed.r. It was. resolved
to let the matter'pass, in consideration of tho fact that
a similar deed had been perpetrated'oh tho bthèr party
'some months beforo. : Thus- this difficulty was got oyor.
Both parties oontinuod as they had been before, tho ono
declaring for peace, the other for war; but both increas-
ing their offensivo and defensive means.i. It was evident,
. however, that ; tho war was i losing, its hold.. on : great
numbers connected with' both'parties.' Notwithstanding '
the efforts bf tho'' leaders," by coerciveand other,
measures, to keep their, fprcos.. together, their numbers :
continued to diminish, and the prosecution of tho war]
became moro and moro unpopular. ? .?'. . i':v.. r io j
: ' Thtis matters remained till j early in.Npvombor, when '
a general meeting was hold by the'Atua. and Aa'na party,!
at which it was agroed to discontinue the wór.! '.' . < i
i - i So far the prospeots aro encouraging. Thero remains,
however, ono difficulty as regards tho permanency
bf peace.' "Falenpuna, a village in 'Atuny and Safatn,
a : distriot of Upolu,- aro in alliance. with Manono.
The people of ,thoso places, : have ...boon, , se-i
parated from their own. lands, and hayo ; shared tho:
vicissitudes of the war with'Manono and hor other allies
ever since 'its commencement. That; tho .honour of
Manono, and. Savait may not bo compromised,'and that
thoso partios ' may bb placed- in ' a creditable position'
among their", neighbours,- - it, is .nooossary that thoy bo
taken homo with an armed force, so "as to show that they
do not1 return as a conquered or degraded peopled And
tho difficulty is tb accomplish(.this in a way that .will not
bo regarded by the other pVty.as an assertion of supe-!
riority, and so load toa renewal of hostilities ' on their
part. - As both parties, however, seem thoroughly tired
of. tho war, we cherish tho hope that some plan will bo
devised. which will moot tho 'difficulties of the case.'
That such may be'the -issue' may tho God of peace
grant! - ., ':? -, ' . . . ,-\ ... ., >_ ?
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