SIR JULIUS VOGEL. Sydney, October 27.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 312, 31 October 1888, Page 4

SIR JULIUS VOGEL. Sydney, October 27.

The representative of the "Sydney Daily Telegraph ' has communicated to that lournal an account of an interview which he had with Sir Julius Vogel in London. In the course of the interview Sir Julius said that the novel upon which he is now engaged is a political one, and would be a remarkable work if the execution was only as striking as the design. He believed it would command a large share of attention from the literary world. Referring to the Chinese question, he said his advice to the colonial Governments was : Do not needlessly enibarras Home authorities, but deal with the subject in a straightforward manner. Let the Co'© iial Office look after their own interests. It is really a matter for the colonies to settle. If they do not look after their own interests, they cannot expect England to do it. If the Home authorities choose to iacihtate matteis, well and good ; if tney will not, the colonies must do without their help. Australians must iefuse to allow any longer the unchecked immigration of Chinese. As to the Naval Bill, he looked upon its provisions as unobjectionable, \iewed simply as a business arrangement, \vl erebv the colonies were enabled to get war-ships cheaply ; but the transaction would assume a dangerous complexion the moment the colonial contribution took the shape of tribute towards the maintenance of the Imperial Navy. On i he question of colonial Goveinors, Sir Julius Vogel said that in his opinion the men appointed to these positions should be exnenenced and intellectual. With regard to the maintenance of the connection between the Australasian colonies and the mother country, he believed that the tie would be strengthened by the colonies being induced to regard the Imperial authorities as friends and not as iule*\s. Sii Julius Vogel declaied himselfunLivourable 10 the proposal to construct a telegraph cable from Australia to England vi i Vancouver, when theie was a shorter rjute obtainable in the south by way of San Francisco. The talk ot canymg the line through British ternloiy solely is in his opinion absurd, us the existenre ot such a line would simply offer special inducements to a hostile Fowei to cut it. He doubts whether capitalists will be found to carry out the Vancouver cable scheme. He believes that his own scheme will recommend itself in prefeience. Report ci edits Sit Julius Vogel with having in hand a huge financial scheme to buy up the present cable line, and construct a new one by way of New Zealand and America.