Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana July 27, 1914, zuva rimwe Hondo yeNyika I isati yatanga (uye inenge mwedzi pamberi pokubatwa kweGerman Samoa
kushanda), Herbert akanyora tsamba kuna baba vake, mairi anotaura nezvengarava nhanhatu dzehondo dzeGermany dzakasvika muSamoa; "zvichida... kungoda kuzviratidza".