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Hotr Orri—I’ojtulation in Prermtwl in tin-Tnle* oj the South J'acifle.I San Francisco Chronicle.]A ('hnmirle reporter yesterday interviewed Capt. Kanzau, who for fourteen years has been cruising about in the South Seas. He said that famine and starvation were frequent ou the coral islands of the Pacific. Capt. Kanzau has seen great suffering 011 the Kingsmill group, owing to the failure of the eoeoanut tree to produce the usual crop. The vessel of which he was master reached the island at ft a. m., and by 12 o'clock m. lie had 130 natives on board—all he could carry. No force was used, the chiefs allowing their subjects to come on board freely. The natives thus procured were destined for Samoa. On other qpcasions the Captain carried away natives with their free and | full consent, but. they would not go anywhere else than to Samoa, for fear of being sold into slavery. Captain ltanzau asserts that when famine exists on the Kingsmill group the newly born children are exposed on the rpefs to l»e carried out to sea by the current. The destruction of female infants in China, to prevent over population, is well known, but in the Coral groups of the South Pacific, when a famine prevails, both male and fe-■ male are exiosed to destruction. The natives J are by no means cruel, but this pructice is | resorted to in order to prevent over popula-I lion and starvation. What is described as ; having happened on the Kingsmill group frequently happens on many other coral j groups.( )lie. of tltP llinct i Ilf omctinrr ial*i mllt;
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Daily Globe
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sun, Feb 24, 1878
Page 5
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