BOW at PARIHAKA.

Patea Mail, 19 September 1881, Page 3

BOW at PARIHAKA.

TE WHITI TALKS WAR. MINISTERS ASK FOR SUPPLIES. REPORTS to GOVERNMENT. {Telegrams to the Mail, This Day.) Pnngarehu Cnmp. The monthly meeting of natives at Parihaka on Saturday was largely attended, but was not of so pacific a nature as previous ones. Both Te Whiti and Tohn spoke in an excited, and at times a th r eatening manner. To Whiti said every man must now drop the pen and take up the sword. It pakehas cast a stone at them, the natives were to stone the pakehas; If Europeans hit them with fists, they were to strike back with fists. If pakehas took firearm's to fight, the natives were to do the same. i Throughout the meeting this kind talk was indulged in. It may mean nothing, but from the bold and insolent attitude of natives, they appear ready for anything, and it is only Te Whiti’s influence that keeps them in control. rebellious spirits are amongst those who have been- ftnprisoned before, and who should never have been allowed to return to Parihaka. LATEST PROM OPUNAKI. (Telegram to the Mail, This Day.) Te Whiti, in addressing his people ordered that the fight should bo continued ; meaning the fencing of confiscated lands at Cape Egmont. This language was supposed by ' some Europeans to mean hostilities ; but the prophet has all along said he was fighting the Government with his tongue, which is his only weapon to wage war with. , r ;