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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4011, 5 November 1881, Page 2

Te Whiti, Tohu, and Hiroki have been arrested ; so our latest telegram from the front informs us. We are sure the announcement will be received with satisfaction throughout the colony. The policy of the Government so far has been successful, and there is every probability that the ring leaders having been arrested, the dispersion of the large body of natives will he easily accomplished. Probably the Government will authorise an enquiry to be made upon the spot, and the matters in dispute settled for ever. If the vigorous policy of Mr Bryce is carried out in detail, the Government of which he is a member will earn the gratitude of the country. The result has proved how correct Mr Bryce's view of the position was, and the probable effects of this bloodless victory upon the fortunes of the colony cannot now be well estimated, but it cannot be other than beneficial. To day's work may be looked upon as the introductory step in that new line of policy to be adopted in dealing with the native inhabitants of New Zealand, and it will be well henceforth if only one law be recognised for both races. The Government are to be congratulated upon the success of their native policy.