Notes and Event.

Manawatu Herald, 5 February 1895, Page 3

Notes and Event.

MaxO'Bellhas been very much impressed with his visit to the Englißh colonies. He says "It is neiffiS 1 by his intelligence or ty nia __WfenS that John Bull haft built tip "■^Sat British Empire ; ifcjfc by the force of his character." "Again he says " Thomas Garlyle calls the English of all the Nations in the WorW the stupidest in speech," but ho also rightly calls them 'the wfctfii in action.' It is true that j£jin Bull is slow to conceive ; but when he has taken a resolution there isi no obstacle that will prevent his putting it into execution. There are three qualities that guarantee success to those who possess them. John Bull has them all three: an audacity that allows him to undertake any enterprise, a dogged perseverance that makes him carry it through, and a philosophy that makes him look upon any little defeats he may now and then meet with as- so many moral victories that be has won. He never owns himself beaten, never doubts of the final success of his enterprise ; and is not a battle half won when one is sure of gaining the victory ?" In concluding his book on " John Bull A Co" the author says "To keep up the British Empire, an empire of more than four hundred million souls, scattered all over the globe, to add to its size day by day by diplomacy, by a discreetness which hides all the machinery of government ; without functionaries, with a handful of soldiers, and more often mere volunteers, is it anything short of marvellous ? One magistrate and a dozen policemen administer and keep in order districts as large as five or six departments in France."