EUROPEAN NEWS

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 324, 27 November 1860, Page 3

EUROPEAN NEWS

TO 36th SEPTEMBER.

Home News Office, London, Wednesday, September 26,1860. The intelligence from New Zealand has revealed a state of things which demands immediate and energetic measures. It is pretty evident that the force in the colony is inadequate to the new circumstances which have arisen, and that fresh assistance must be obtained from some quartereither from India or from England. It is idle, at present, to rail about settlers and natives, and to spend time over investigations as to who is wrong, or how this lamentable civil war originated. The first duty of Government is to bring the contest to as speedy a termination as possible; and this can be effected only by affording the colony the means of restoring order and asserting the supremacy of the tribunals. The longer the conflict rages, the deeper will be the sense of wrong and feeling of hostility on both sides. Show the natives that you have the power to put down insurrection, and that you will put it down before you entertain any claims or complaints, and you shorten the term of the struggle,. and save the effusion of blood. The 2nd battalion of the 14th regiment sailed for New Zealand nearly three weeks ago to relieve the 65 th; but the battalion is inexperienced, and not :likely to render very efficient services in the kind of warfare for which they will be required. We trust, therefore, that additional strength will be obtained forthwith; and that if the Home Government have not seen the necessity of supplying it, the Colonial Government will feel the responsibility of acting with that promptitude and energy which the occasion imperatively demands.