CANADIAN AND AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, 2 November 1889, Page 3

CANADIAN AND AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE.

;The Hon. J. .J ('. Abbott. mam'-ar «< , tho Domitiion (iowornnvut. and leader of the Dominion Bnnnt<\ who In I heen «]>■ mli: g «.i;,,r> linii* in England, lihk r-tui"..od tn PanaJif. According lot!iCniiiu) Hit iln/.fttf !•<• will wwian't with i h'n pullm^ l «». i"< 1 ill-1> *«t oitliy w«y iti' >'aii FrntU'iKrolo \iiHlr:ili i. to attend I tl ]>[Ui>iu'lil»|{ Intel untioiinl .\j:iffj- ; •■tiro, in I tie utijiaoltv of Chief t-.'atinditn ftinimttnmner, ife will bo otfomf ]«i.i"'ij by Mr. A'l'iin l'rowno. a mriolihi "f tlio Canadian I'arlianont, and t Mr. Parmalee, of the I>o»>itiinn Cut- .' tnm» Deit.ir-ment. Ttie Canadian > (rnzotte «l«0 «tnt«'» 'bat in retponwjto fl i nopulei <lomnnd. the To tiiuicu <jov rn< . niciit i«*urd tn iuritation to thf > v* ioue Atietrnliau onlojiiea tu *en«l | il.Oo iHtea to n Confi-rmce «o bi> he'd ~ inr Canada to diecoa* moan* for pror noting the commercial relation* of th< »arioua coloniM concerned. To thl i. inriUt ion A u«t alia ratpondtd with th< ') reminder: " W" ate eeron, while yoi k are but ana; »m)d your deleajate hart a and wo wt will welcome him. and dl» : cut* quoetiom of mutual iutaraat to m r all." Mr. Abliptt'a prtaent iniwion ii ik tlit outoome of thia reeponee, and tin « •elect ion of a faremoat member of thi Dominion Cabinet and the Iwader of tni 4 Dominion Sonata aa tht epoketnian n i, tho Doraiaion, botokan* the i nj o tr a r whtehtba Canadian E«*cati»e attaoha • In tho otaaaioo. Tho object heforo th( t .Cwoferanot la to promote the oloaer ra n Utiofif of the) Canadian and Aaatraliat 4 (Vonfe*. Aa important meant to thi ' end win, H (a hoped, be fond la tt< , Jatan) attJtttnoa af a rtfolar aad irtt a elaat Una of mail etaamthlpt betaeei I Canada o«l Anatralaaia, toward wbid o tha Dotlatoa TarHnfctat, laat aotafee r. rated m aaauaJ aaaaaij of *Sa.«M i aaaV m turn mm baai areeee* Mag m Oaamlagoad reaaontaoawaolaiataai m SKkmK tlawaataaiawaMkill wbith I* ail thfj Ear lliiat taiSH

I tnsshla^anasaVsanst&J I I HtT«lssMa> knaaaalßstsil anssra , wny. wy m woAew^v^vmefSrw*^ ' nj-mt. 1W sttkasV of ASsttfM Mis* Sr 9 to thodotonef nltonySiwJv* to I the r*.iae stossid m>* boa eWta^ho- , msuger on*. tRMBgh wo admit thar* are rertetO stmOx whtostfoaa to Frswth etleotou. If tho sVaeh furniahsd 1 omi-ftort. to'fhs FMh5 of tHe sfoklmb or itevmwa typ*. »*oua *do snitors i eome to ssok, by bduntry, aßvrHWmtl 1 in new lands. wtMoV •tbm to thorn a*t»oijrh»»oO-0. "It Is ! notovionv however, thar Fra*»**, with 1 a |K»mlatioatlK*t tocnersee so etowfy I that births raro*/ owfbalOasf dottba, does not sead out ooloaUts of this kind. The majority #h«* tost* hor soil if* Uw«-toutrfawoof tlftototoali kUnvj s : »her-, lent* only for tb*r sosmtry.'s ! giHsf. and under *trow# Ots»tpaM«i. or ' else at the eall of duty. If itMhirai | fresh territory neor Aast»ali«^sfc<)rss t j it can only be for the 0 usw p-nal ae:tlom#ii». or a new'nataf sitiiion. and either wowH bo to ptotenMe Am« talia, a cause of legirimaut I c-j npliiint. Artoiher•penal settfemeit j means the drifting hither uf:'k'u-ia-i; creaskd f,iiauii y of f-.roinn scoundrel itin, ami a nnvni elation can only be u-oful tr WAtch these shorea, an stt*utioii winch isniost U'idesiralde. Tneg«ogrnphical jiosition of the N'ew llo- • brides, and the fact mat Briton* have developed snob a trade snd resohrees ' it- they pot»eM, give these colonies a moral right of poasessffr'n lit rrgsrd. to < them should they ever codse to be ini de;ien<'eat. Austratin in the interest ; <>f her comfort and safety, would hive j good grounds to protest- -sgaiust tho i near MtablithuMrnt of aoutber outnjiel • > of a great military nad oavnl power i' and. fortunately, in this enaos What is j equitable i« secured hy formal engage- ! ments lwtwe.n France and Orent | li. i:ai i. Tbe convention that settled •imu!t>t.ieoii*ly the intarostioital posi- , j fioi of the Sues Usual, and arrange! | for tha evacuation of i..w New HeI briihm. is «o joi-ent thatit is im|i.>ssil>!>>I to bbheVe I'm*, it c.iii t.o ignored, not- , I v. i'!iet m<!iu7 the ambi/uou* . j of tho Qvvoraov <>f Sew Caledonia, the . ! laud pn;■■<!i.isPHi , i ?lm ialainN t.y I r>ni-h . speeulntors, and the demoni.traiionM or the Prot.sh niftti - of- wsr Saono. l'.o ; linhlv. thr-ugh soma totrlgu/\ sneh «•*. tlrjse. inot long siii« n fonii'iitetl by an j itillueutinl t a Us- of Knglisb Inrth hut who had i.-il.n i I'lctit !i nuttirallmitioii, a petition for Ihe <-ti'.li»lunei.t of • Ftuneh rwlo baa been ol.t.ifued the sjjf. r untUMte of the I- Hugluli residauts in 1 i ilie New Helni!«». and wan presented s i at Noumea mi iho l'.hli iustant. Tlic '; governor, u|M)ii t■■ • ih proclnus' I ' ii.<niue»t, (.aid 'lint it would tccoive I I '• tho utmost i»iMsi.lerntii)'i," hut if thn ' j Foreign Oihcc lu.s due etninhferttbtii * , for its honour. 81. Noel Jon will 1 i gve i 'o understand that lie is tin no ' 1 acvouut to attentat to pl.ty thu i. .it ol *!aß.»uth Sea I)ajdeix The Indo- ' j nuiiiivuco ol tl.o Now Hulaiiiet rtst» '" ! in the first nlnco »n coiiventioimdating n back to 187S tn I I$P»3. lu IHuC " Fratiro departed from her agreements '" | so far a* to land detachment of'troops, A | but when tailed upon from LtnJou fur " | explanation, said that the oecupatiou >* j bv tho iiocesetlv of protuctSng rolnuists '• of her nationality. The temporary oe« I' eupatioa coutinued without sign of '• ceaation during the following year. ">* despite intermittent negotiations eon- *> oerniug it. At the end" of October, •• IHB7, .the new. eonvoati»n settling ;• various Augb-Freneh dlfrkujties wa« <* agreed upon'. By this Instrument '• France, (n tvnuideration of various '• concessions i ■ regard lo tho Bue«C asl, '* end the recognition of her sovsrei :nty ■»f ovtr Hiiictea, Ilohvßols, and IfuaH hei.is, known ss tha Lseward IslauJs "» of the Tahltian group, uadartook to >• loavs tooKew Rohrlasa Indspaodcst. ►• sad to withdraw Imr - soldlsrs/ The ■ witUiawUborsnMataasartv!nlßßß. '• sad to attempt »o reverse it to IM9, '• pastisulsrly a« it waa audo to spun «• queues of valuable ooosldorstion » tooalvrt, would bo a ptoss of most un- » frtosipled levity. tneidsttOi of the ** Had show tho need of Australian ?• fedsiatlua, whieh, even If it served nc * ofhat asjrpaasv wwaM btasßsi msem *• favumaHag tho votes of tbte eoattossl f (htordlysW faspsHhl QatiUmmt, VMkananlssplsia^tlsUthovoavouM us ii K» v*P aasat aW iataresst gj^^^^BflrtNiWWpHy%»»uajoai

not advsses others would. Prom a very oarly period of ay aJminiatr* lion, therof.MO. I east longing ere* up.,,, ih. Mch, heeHhy. *»Mr,| r4aw>ea ** the noriß of Cope Colony, wtfefc. an the gute in tit* interior of Boo** fti.d Ceutrol Africa, memad t» M ■>( infiaiKv tiraat«r kaporta ie«, thM tha f*ver-etrwkeii mangrove ewamoe aa tha Keel CWt.or ibeerndy. waterhto* fringe outks West. (Ho.ir.t-ar.) I ssnOTdlogly devoid my beet eftnta to the urf t uwiturn of that territory. For a time toy aoVoenev tu aa tha vofc* ofooeeryiug in the withernam; Hot »ha wKimate retntt has Wan that iuttead of tha Capo Colony being. aa it were, bide-ltound, and abut in on tha north I y a foreign Puwar, wo h»i» today in that • first, tha Crow* aolonv of British Herhusnabtnd. nest £he BeebwHulaad Protester**, extending to tha lUd degree of south latitude, ard horond ft th» oialnaiv* timer* of Britiah influence extending to th» ZomUsi. /. .. V" ~«. | COtOMIAUHM TKKOt'Oa IXFBXIAUM B» tuok pou<vr. ■ Th» truo British Ptdby for Booth Afrit* sasus to dm to ha what may ha t*rm*d Coloniajiam through itio ; in othwr word*, colonial expansion through Imperial aid, the Horn* Government doing what tha colonies cmtiot do' for themselves, having ( ranaUtutionaily no authority beyond tha : r border*. Thw aro three competing infliienee* at work in South Africa. They are Cbiooialiam.slapohlira* am, and ltnparialiaa* At to tit* last, it it a diminishing quantity, there bring now no p*rm*'imt place in the future of Booth Africa for diroet Imperial sol* on any Wfr* seal* With responsible government in the Hope, with NaUl aoon likely to attain that etatue. with tha independent republic* of Orange Free State and tho Tr mvaal, and with Germany on the Wwt Coa*r and Portugal o» the Ba.t, •h* id.) i of the perms tent pratoiue of tho Imiierial fnetor in tha interior—of a •'■'ou'h African Indin in the Kalahari it simply an nb»iw .ity. Tlli- KOLB OFI.H* IMI-**IAI.GoV*IIXMSJ<T. AH the Imperial Government oan do now i-iSoatb-Africa «•, »>y »i»»» <•< Ispheres of iijfl'ii-iict'. protectorate*. ««'' CiOWi co!oiii«a. to gradually pint*!* handing native territories over to the Omimj and Natal »<> auon a* »uch transfer* oan l>e made with jn«ti<-« to the nofivos, ami advantage to *«ll conc-roed. ;P!mora.) Tho precise timofor the i-.-r»:poration of »ny of ihe** native'«*rrilorios w i'li tho mnrhiin* British Malontea >' Uade.ail of i cinpavmi v« ly tittto in--1 por:anr*. Soma miaauprohe mioii *p--1 jienr* to l>* entertained at home; a« In ' Rritirth I ito" n l.c-ly [ milled the Nontli Afiimii O'mmtttae—--1 ,1-iughter)—winoHnead in i"< circular* i .'.» •• iinqaaatkmobiy tr«« "—tho word* • i.re ihalf own—" that thore i« a party i and persona in tho *\\m and Transvaal who aro proaaitiK for tho annexation of i Briush Bsthna'ialaad " I know of bc »I *uth party or |M>r*ona.