NATIVE MINISTERS RESIGNATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1335, 20 January 1881, Page 3

NATIVE MINISTERS RESIGNATION.

The following synoptical view of the opinions expressed by the colony, relative to the resignation of Mr Bryce, does to a very great extent bear out tha opinion we have already expressed on the point : — Otago Daily Tintcs :—": — " The afcranger part of the matter is that the difference is said to have arisen from Mr. Bryco urging a policy of immediate action in regard to Parihaka. The general impression was that Mr. Bryce was an eminently cautious man, and would rather hold back his colleagues from taking any decisive steps than urge it on them. Duiiedin Star:— "lt is not evident whether Mr. Bryce altogether coincided with the reccmyneudations of the West Coast Commission. If he does nofc, he most , certainly waived his own private views, and gave loyal effect to the approval of the Cabinet in the matter. Up to this time the recommendations of the commissioners have been carried out in their complete spirit, even to the last move of placing the Governor in personal communication with Te Whiti, in order if possible to bring that irreconcileable fanatic to a reasonable frame of mind. Taranali Herald : — " We may be doing Mr. Bryce some wrong by implying that he advised hia colleagues to march the , Constabulary in to Parikaka, and take *"V active measures against Te Whiti and Parihaka ' may mean something else, It may mean moro active measures — carrying on road- work by means of contractors than at the present snail -like pace of Constabulary work. If that is the meaning we cordially agree with him : but if it means the flash of bayonets and burning of powder, we must condemn his proposal as tho proposal of one not equal to the occasion, and under the circumstances the Cabinet have acted wisely in rejecting his advice." Dutwdin Herald : — "As far as we can judge from the telegram, Mr. Bryce seems to have acted somewhat rashly. The Government are certainly right in leaving no means untried to bring the prophet to terms, and it does certainly look as if Mr. Bryce has committed a grave error of judgement in regarding the Governor's invitation (as he seems to have done) as a kind of ultimatum ; he might at least have waited till the Commissioner had tried his hand at conciliating, especially as conciliation was part and parcel of his own policy. It is plain either that Mr. Bryce is a very touchy gentleman, or that there must be other and graver reasons than that alleged in tho telegram for his resignation. Wellington Correspondent : — " There are conflicting rumours abroad as to what is really at the bottom of Mr Bryce's resignation, buf all point to soheming with the view of securing further expenditure of money in. Taranaki. One is to the eflect that Mr Bryce, with a view to stopping the expenditure, has advised decisive fiction aguinst Te whiti, and, finding himself overruled in the Cabinet, has washed his hands of the consequences by resigning. Another is to the effect that ho has been a mere tool in Major Atkinson's hands, and has been made a catspaw of by the latter to advise a step that would precipitate matters. Ido not endorse either of these theories, but give them merely as current in Wellington, and for what they may be worth. My own opinion is that Mr Bryce feels himself unfit for the position of Nativo Minister, and, frightened at tho present aspect of affairs, ia glad ofjany excuse to resign the cares of office. The rumour that Mr Sheehan may be induced to join the present Ministry is revived, but there is nothing in it. Canterbury Frets :—"lt: — "It may be, of course that danger is ahead, of which at j^resenttheie has been no symptoms, and against which we must, for the present, continue to rely upon the constabulary pi'Otection but a possible danger is a very different thing from actual menace. Nothing, we must repeat, has happened which at the present necessitates a change of policy. If there had been such, the necessity would of course, have to be faced, but it could only be acted upon under the condition of calling Parliament together at the earliest possible moment. We must think, therefore, that Mr Bryce has been over hasty in his decision to retire from the Ministry on this point. He can scarcely be saul to have been guided by what may properly be termed political reasons for the course he is thus taking ; it looks rather like a step taken in a moment of hasty nritation at finding himself unable to accomplish the reduction of expenditure that he is so anxious to effect, and the sentence of the country is, we believe, m ith the Ministers in their determination to persevere in a pacific policy, even ■if that should involve the continuance for some time longer, of the expenditure which Mr Bryce is very properly anxious to reduce." Lyttrlton Times : — A thunderbolt has fallen across the Ministerial heavens. In the midst of the utmost peace and goodwill which we have been carefully and repeatedly told, have ever been the leading characteristics of Ministerial intercourse, the country is startled by the resignation of the Nati ve Minister. Why, if there was one thing upon which Ministers were more unanimous than another it was the Native question ! If there was one thing more than another, upon which this charming agreement of mind included the new Governor, it was the Native question. Doubters and scoffers were treated to the language of dignified scorn. They were spoken of without gloves, as the saying is. Nevertheless, it was impossible for the unprejudiced to believe but that some element of discord existed in some part of this sol dhant hajfcv^amily. The sign of the weathercoqle"sas too clear in its indications to alloY people to fall victims to specious theories and plausible explanations. It had pointed for months to the aggressive tempestuous quarter, with unvarying pertinacity. Suddenly it turned to the opposite side of the horizon and looking in the direction in which it pointed, we saw nothing but peace and moderation, gentle persuasion, and a desire to give To Whiti the benefit of his rank. The change was covered by disguise of language, provoked, of course, by outspoken comment ; but the disguise proved thin, not to say transparent. The truth is that i twas impossible to hide tho fact that the explanations, of which there is a long series, were divided into two sets, like the pointings of the weather-cock. The aggressive policy was the result of a most careful attention, we were told, to the .advice of the West Coast Commission. The famous new departure was, we are ' .likewise informed, also perfectly in in accord with the same counsel. We , exposed all the- contradictions of the two , gets of stories a few days ago, giving it as ' ourVpinion that Ministers and the Gover- - >nor had been at variance, and that the ) Governor had carried hia point. It now 'appears that there was a difference be- /'. t*len at least the Native Minister and his ' ' c&lleagues,' and that upon a very import t l r tMxf point of policy. Who among Minis>^tera supported tho Native Minister, and ~||p#Fwhoae side was the Governor? To #Jan&wer tjiis question is unnecessary at '§§osaat^-The truth ,is developing itself. iMffiMjjhtfl "probably, hear more anon,

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