NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2366, 2 November 1881, Page 3

NATIVE AFFAIRS.

CBy Telegraph.! [FROM THE OWN CORRESPONDENT OF THE “ PBESS.”J Wellington, November 2. Full reports of the speeches delivered at the Parihaka meeting yesterday by Te Whiti and Tohu did not reach town till this afternoon. I will not inflict them on yon in extenso, as they would fill about four columns. I have read them carefully through, and can give you their substance in brief. To Whiti said their salvation lay this day in stoutheartedness, patience and forbeaaance. He had nothing to conceal from them, and they had nothing to They could not escape from the danger by flight. They must believe in his teaching, or they would die. They must remain at Parihaka, and none of them should bo taken. They were not fighting against men, but against the devil. They were not to use carnal weapons, and there must be no fighting, hut all glory to God, and peace among men. They were the chosen people, and none should harm them. They were told formerly to fight, but not one man against ten. His gun today was not the gun of former years. All fighting was now to cease. They were not to follow therein their desires, but the sword of God should fall on them. Forbearance was their sole cause of safety. He exhorted them to patience and moderation. Lot there be no anxiety on their minds. Te Whiti concluded by saying, “Tohu has nothing to say to you to-day. He has launched the canoe of forbearance, which alone can save yon. God wonld not be pleased with any fighting. The young people hitherto have had their way; they must now sit and look on.” Tohn*s speech was still more significant. Ho said, “ You heard what was said at the two previous meetings about Pakanga. These words are now changed. We have nothing to say to-day but tho glory to God and peace on earth. None of you shall bo food for guns or swords. Yon can’t be overcome if you remain at Parihaka, but yon will perish if you flee. I would sacrifice myself to tho guns to save you. Rejoice that the strong and their hosts have come hither. Let the Government also come and bring their quarrel to be settled here. X will not say to them stop, bat will allow them to do as they please, and will not resist them. I feared not even tho fighting I spoke of at the September meeting. I paid no attention to the 500 at Pnngarehu. They were only guarding their redoubt, but now the land and the sea shake, and the fish in the sea tremble. The south wind brings men from all parts. They bring big guns lest we should kill them. That is quite right on their part, for my sword has no rest against evil. This quarrel shall not touch yon; I alone am tho victim. You shall not be given over to death; God will not permit it, or yon wonld have been killed when yon provoked them by fencing. I place no weapons in your hands. I will not take you from the gnus or swords, but I will thrust yon on them. If nny warlike man asks me what he is to do, I will not answer him. I have no place to hide you in but tins Marao. Wo can’t be overcome if wo aro united. Those who flee will die. If you have faith, and say to the soldiers “ Go,” they will go. To Whiti then made another speech, briefly reiterating his exhortations to patience and forbearance. The above speeches so clearly indicate tho intended line of action on the port of Te Whiti and Tohu, that any explanation on my part is needless. There is very little other Native news to-day. The Natives who robbed Fleming’s house have been discovered. I hear that the Government have received letters from Sir W. Fox cordially approving their present course of action.

I hear that at the commencement of the fencing at Parihaka two Native chiefs of high birth in the Wellington district •wrote to Te Whiti, telling him to desist and to remember that if was his elder relation, Te Whareponri, that welcomed the whites to New Zealand, and that as a descendant of Te Whareponri he ought to protect the Europeans. No written reply was sent to tho letter, but Te Whiti is reported to have said, “ I have received a letter from some Wellington chief, asking me to protect the Europeans. Let those chiefs protect them, as the y are residing among them.’* On another occasion he remarked to his followers, “ If tho

white people come even into my yards and chop me into pieces, do not interfere. Let me die for my land.** The volunteers whoso services have been accepted for the front, cannot leave Wellington until to-morrow, probably in the afternoon. Tho Hinemoa, which is to convey them to Opunake, only left New Plymouth for that port with the Northern contingent at ten o’clock this morning, and it will therefore be some hours after midnight before she can reach Wellington to receive the volunteers awaiting her arrival. Those include members of the Wellington Guards, City Rifles, Engineer Corps, Makara Rifles, Navals, and the Wairarapa contingent. Tho embarkation tomorrow has beendetinltely fixed for 2 p.m. The Maoris of Papawai, near Groytown, profess to be much scandalised at the Greytown volunteers going to Parihaka for the purpose, as they suppose, of “killing the poor unarmed Maoris.’* Their chief, Manihera, has spoken to several European settlers, remonstrating against this proceeding, which he says is not right or like Christians.