SIR ARTHUR GORDON CO RESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1848, 25 November 1884, Page 2

SIR ARTHUR GORDON CO RESPONDENCE.

Further correspondence relating 'to the dispute between Sir Arthur Gordon and his Ministers re the Parihaka v % proclamation was laid on the table of ** the House recently, The memoranda of Sit- Arthur Gordon, in reply to the complaint of his Ministers as to his conduct, and Mr Whitaker's rejoinder, •- which were presented to the Imperial Parliament sonio time ago, are republished, together with a despatch 'from Lord Derby to Sir Wni, Jervois, in •• I which the following passage occurs';—/ i" I request that you will inform.J.Sir James Prendergast aticj .^j)u^Mini6tierß' that I ha7o forwarde'a copiea: •■of-; these papers tp Sir Arthur Gotddj£ r &i£c(~ I •have intimated, to lijni;;;tf>at > "' Her. Majesty^B : ■^dver^iment,;d6 , •v'npi ; .that-.the points .referred ;tq ; in the'-W' yespon'denco towhicfr thißlmemoranda{. especially .-relate are of sufficient inteWj}o.thiß,country to ju'g : tifyj. : pommufucaUon of-iurcher'ppeS to also informed Sir" A. Gordon that in x ffl y opinion the controversy.niightnow ' -. 'tfithadvantageJe allowed;to"drop.";- '• Tb.this a reply/Was- prepared by Major- '- - Atkinson,'and-Mr'Stout, oncoming'into' ;-'■ .office, .memorandum' '"'"" transmitting it,'as he-states, .without. ■'. comment beyohdexpiaihinghowit cau.e ■", ;■'' into his possession, "The late Premier's f 1 - 5 ! dispatch reviews' the faraec criticism ;^> '"' of Sir Arthur Gordon's conduct and then goes on .to complain that his ',! reply, " which is -inaccurate in state-. '■;.- ] meufc and offensive in tone, was atonce-'.''. presented to the Imperial Parliament, but to the remonstrances of the la'te : " ''''"' Administrator of tho Government and the Ministers of the Crown like publicity has been denied, on the ground that the points involved are not of sufficient interest iu-England." It concludes as follows:—" While ac- i quiescing then in Lord Derby's decision t . that further papers on the subject ' j, shall not be presented to the Imperial « Parliament, Ministers deeply regret ™ that which has been permitted by his Lordship. They earnestly hope, that _, ... what has occurred may not be regarded''-'"" as creating a precedent, because they feel that similar treatment in any case whatever in which the colony may be ' concerned will involve, a risk of a serious disturbance of the good feeling that hitherto as a rule characterised the relations between constitutional colonies and the authorities 'at the Colonial Office."