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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 379, 24 May 1866, Page 2

The Asa-Was.—lf ever a tribe deserved well of the colony, it is the Arawas. And yet, somehow, the letters we published recently from - the East Coast fend to show that this tribe have been interfered with, and turned back in their enterprise to capture Kereopa. It is quite true that Colonel Lyon was out with a detachment, and wa* assured by the Hau-baus that SFreopa was. bound hand and foot, and was being brought in a prisoner; and it does not require a stretch of the imagination to account for the action taken by Colonel Lyon in consequence. Ho did not want the Arawas to i nterfere with his plans. When Kereopa.was to be delivered up to bim, he did not like the idea of the Arawas intercepting the prize, and taking all the honor and glory of the capture to themselves. All this is easily imagined ; but what is the sequel? "Why, that the Arawas return discontented. They complain of being badly treated; and not without cause. Still, if Colonel Lyon had been successful, which ho wan not, and which the Arawas told him he would not be—that the IJiiwcraa did not mean to. give up Ksreopa ; —wo would have little to say. But ho was not successful, and there is reason to .. believe'the Arawas might have been. At all Invents, they would have gone on and tried; whereas Colonel Lyou turned them back, and then came back Himself. Now, the Arawas certainly might have beau trusted in this case. They have given proofs of their loyalty; they have been eaten for our sake.s, and they ought to have been allowed, to proceed into the .Uriwera country, and capture Kereopa if they could. If Colonel Lyon waits until theUriweras deliver up Eereopa, his command at Opotiki will be perpetual,. He will receive as many messages as heart could desire,' to the effect that Hereopa is to be given up, but these will only be scut to befool and deceive. We do not blame Coioucb Lyon for not going on and attempting the capture himself; but we do blame him for hindering the Arawas mtoinptiog what his small force and scattered command prevented him undertakinghimself. It is time Uie Government informed, officers commanding on the East Coast that the ■ public safety is their first duty, and that what they cannot undertake or eifect .themselves, they ought to, permit others who are able and willing, to do for them.—Southern Cross,. 17ta May.

SepasatiOS Can'aed.—Wo are informed from. New Zealand, but only by telegram, that Mr Stafford's Grovermnentis likely to consent to the separation of the Northern from the Southern Island. That moans, wo takq it 3 if true at ail, cdusonting to immediate bankruptcy on bchalC of the Northern Island, as well as to a disnaem* berment most fatal to .the true interests, of th# colony. We trust ths rumor U » canard.-»l*»i) > > (ton Spectator* Js