It is quite possible to appreciate thoroughly the loyally of a people which changes its religion at the bidding of its chiefs, and the irritation of a people which revolts from a creed in order to express its political feelings. But we do not understand how any British people can intelligently and thoughtfully wish to he politically federated with such an undeveloped and primitive type. The latest phase of the Fijian movement makes plainer than ever the utter unfitness for self-government of these Polynesians, the difficulties which the Crown has to meet, and the folly of any British colony mixing itself .up with Fijian affairs.—Auckland Herald
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 844, 19 March 1903, Page 3
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