The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 2, 1905. FARMERS’ UNIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1470, 2 June 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. GISBORNE, JUNE 2, 1905. FARMERS’ UNIONS.

fThlosie who are in sympathy, with Uie work or. Farmers’ Unions are not likely; to fool Very* pleased .with! Borne ol the proceedings or the Wellington Provincial 'Conference.; Indeed,; if one resolution were passed by. one of iiha workmen’s .unions the comments thereon would be .very strong. First we gob itbo pleasing information that patriotic speeches were made, followed by a resolution as to increasing the naval contribution ; a suggestion that comes with good grace from, those who would have to do so much .toward* paying the subsidy,. though' there may be scope for. argument as to whether a further oontrihutiopi should not also, entitle the people to some, guarantee that in time of need the vessels will not be oil the coast of China or Some other, quarter; that would not give much satisfaction to, the defenders of Australasia.. These, however, arc details that need] not ho entered into at tha present stage. What wo take exception; to is the resolution expressing sympathy with the Rus~ I sians in the loss of so many, . farave men who, had courageously gone put I and fqught the Japanese with certain defeat starin'g them in the face. Why should a Farmers;’ Union rush intp a matter of this kind ?i Is it j in keeping witijt the aims of a Farmers’ Union to he plunging into subjects so foreign to the interests o£ the farmers ? The resolution is calculated. to mislead people who have no l been closely following up, the details of tlic war, The 'Russians' did not ‘‘ courageously; go out and light the 'Japanese,’’ As a matter of fact the Baltic fleet has never gone out to- light, anything ?i They commenced by, the murdering of inoffensive and unarmed British fishermen, the shooting down of trawlers, and the abandonment of the sinking vessels to triedn fate., .This they, followed ur by iSWS 3%'jj jmu’afl

a lioaMicn Cttrin-amali)! blluslfl Wu'o'ughi J bis yollow, skin. Thereafter tiheso J pots of the Wol'lj'iiigton I' armtM's tu- j ion occupied llioi r, ’time j a aebing ioi I pi ratical fashion l , fining a 'k all ‘*^ UiiiK merobanii vessels, until even tbo | remarkable patience of the British 1 was oxlian-atcd. Did these Welling--1 toil worthies) never hear of the I Knight CommaniUer alTair V When 1 tlic Baltic fleet did get near Japan, I ‘tlic laws of neutrality, were set at l.'ilefian'oo,, ami wore it not for the cxI trenioly friendly relations between I .Jai a.ii, France, and Great Britain, the moislt terrible wari'lhc world had I seen, would probably have been, tbo outcome. What was the miserable climax ? Rosilffiesitlvon-sky thought ■ I to sneak uIP to Vlajltvosiok without I .cnceuWtcring the .Japanese. The J'aI pam-cso lva'd to make the attack, after I much anxious waiting for Bio licet I about which so muck- boasting had I Vlcno. Then it was more of a runaway affair than a fight as far as the I Russians were concerned.