THE KINGITEB AND THE TAUPO ROAD.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 722, 1 February 1877, Page 3

THE KINGITEB AND THE TAUPO ROAD.

Sib, — Under the above heading appears paragraph m the" Herald." of the 26t i written from Alexandra, signed A C, It tera which have evidently been adopt as a cloak It is needless'to say the di guise is too simple, it wont wash, as ti Bentiments expressed savoured too mvi of the self constituted Delphic oraole c native matters who resides m that settl ment. This correspondent comments i follows UfOn a letter written by a br< ther scribbler, "Your correspondent slighting remarks about Manuhiri an "Major Te Wheo«o are calculated to rait m the minds of those chiefs an ill-feelin against • the Government a(.ent here I The individual who hides himself unde the lett.ra AC has the reputation c beiug of a pious turn of mind. If this i really the case why does he persistentl mc : te certain aboriginal natives tooppos the Resident Magistrate ; has he forgot (c: the doctrine inculcated m that boo which he is so fond of perusing which teaches us to do unto others a we would they should do unto us? Afte this he asks which of the two Commis siouers is the most useful ?j T he reply ii perhaps, that t o one but himstlf is aware o til eng two Commiesiot ere, and tha if. Mure are two, tke one no doubt ii working to further the interest of the Waikato Bettlers, while the other, ruooui says, is doing the best for himself and native relatives. If this report be false.il is to be hoped it will have the effect o\ making him more cautious m his future dealings. No doubt contemptuous silence is the best antidote for such cowardly productions as have appeared twice or three times lately m the "Herald." If Major Mtdr were to confiJe m A 0 the same as the so-cal.^d Abori.inal Commissioner apparently does, no doubt he would say ' Knpai Mea,' the same as Bewi did some time since, when he. said * Ka\-a,i Taffi." When a European correspondent writes as this one does m the concluding paragraph,, of his conoootion it behoves liia fellow-settlers to watch his conduct. He concludes as follows: "Serious trouble will certainly arise if any attempt is made to force the survey, which the settlers thiuk the Government are bouod to do." Where did he obtain this information from ? from Mnjor Mair or from whom ? The answer is obvious. Strange that he should travel to Auckland for a newspaper to publish hiß correspondence when your journal is on the spot, but I suppose he thinks you are like all other Waikato settlers too well versed m the true facts of these mat tors. There are some jlcs where conduct less despicable than this has speedily introWed the perpetrator to Mr Justice Lynch. — I am, &c, F-HONTIER.

Bttssta on England's Fighting Weight. — The "Russia Mir," m an article discussing the forces at the disposal of England to a war against Russia, says that it is easy for an insular Power to defy continen al S ates, but that Germany and Russia, with their , co'ossal armies, have nothing to fear from ironclads which are powerless to att.ck their shores, or from tbe small English army of soldiers who serve for pay. •* England may well boast that she is ready for war, for she does not require much time to mnbiliee her in>-igninoahfc military foroe and to send her fleet to sea. Sweden and Denmark may aIBO say, with equally good teason, that they «re ready for war ; but the /question ib whether England is able ro enter into a successful conflict with Russia for the achievement of a fix d politioal object. England is powerful on the sea, but she is hope'essly weak on the Continent . ♦ . We may leave the

sea to the English, and m the meanwhile we can quietly destroy the Turks on land, or allow them to escape m English ships.' We can raise an insurrection m India, form Persia and Khokand ; and we can destroy Englai d's maritime trade by the help of a few cruisers, while the English ironclads will endeavour m vain to approach the torper'o protected harbours of the Black Sea and the Baltic. Our railway com Jiuni cation & would make a successful landing of English troops on Russian territory as impracticable as one of Russian troopß on English territory. In a word, England ia harmless to us so long as she haß no continental allies ; and she will not find any for the Napoleonic regime m Erance has fallen and no o'her Euro can State is disposed to follow iis disastrous example. The great Powers of the Continent must attach far greater importance to the maintenance of their mutual relations than to the alliance of a cemmercial nation which, being separated from them by the sea, holds aloof from the system of continental politics."