The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1875.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 307, 7 June 1875, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1875.

The telegram published lately that the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Lowther, in addressing his constituents, had given utterance to the extraordinary assertion “ that “ the present Government had tho- “ roughly resolved, under the circum- “ stances, to countenance the dismem- “ berment of the Empire,” turns out to be incorrect, Instead of using the

language imputed to him, Mr Lowther, on the contrary, stated that “ the G-o\eminent would nob be a “ party to anything that might par- “ partake of dismemberment of the Empire.” It could hardly be expected that a Conservative Ministry would do anything of the kind that the incorrect telegram, published throughout the colony, seemed to point out. It might have been different had the Liberals been in power. Mr Lowe, it is well known, has no affection for those colonies in which he once practised ; and though not possessed perhaps of the largest following amongst the numerous claimants to the Liberal leadership, he at all events has many disciples in the English House of Commons. We say amongst the claimants to the leadership of the Liberals, because there appear to be signs that the party is by no means content to submit to the guidance of the Marquis of Hartington, and the way in which he has filled the post of chief of the opposition up the present time has not given satisfaction to his following. Whether there is any truth in the statement in the Toronto Olohe that one of the colonies is to be asked to send three representatives to the Imperial Parliament we have no means of knowing at present, but it is evident that if such is the case, the Australasian colonies will expect to contribute a proportionate number of members to the Legislature of the Empire. The Hon Julius Vogel would be sure to insist on the claims of New Zealand, to a voice at Westminister, and no doubt would be ready to appear in the House as the choice of the duly-qualified electors of the colony with which his name is so inseparably connected. But such a contingency as the appearance of members for the colonies in the English House of Commons is we think remote, and Mr Vogel will be able to return to the colony which has the honour of possessing him as Prime Minister, and carry out his various schemes. It is to be hoped that the vision of a seat in the Imperial Parliament will induce him to return to New Zealand as quickly as possible, even if it is in order to leave us again as our representative at home.