The native paper of complaints was particularly childish.
Out of twenty-three counts, the first two refer to the private character of Brandeis and Tamasese.

Three complain that Samoan officials were kept in the dark as to the finances; one, of the tapa law; one, of the direct appointment of chiefs by Tamasese-Brandeis, the sort of mistake into which Europeans in the South Seas fall so readily; one, of the enforced labour of chiefs; one, of the taxes; and one, of the roads.

This I may give in full from the very lame translation in the American white book.
"The roads that were made were called the Government Roads; they were six fathoms wide.

Their making caused much damage to Samoa's lands and what was planted on it.

The Samoans cried on account of their lands, which were taken high-handedly and abused.