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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1454, 27 October 1881, Page 3

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It iiiay readily be demonstrated that the adoption of Mr Bryce's plan would not have settled the difficulty ; nay, tli.it, on the fonti.uy, it would have agiiiavatc-d it. What could have been done with Te AVliiti had he been «u rested? What could have been done with the 400 native priaoueis? They must all have been libciatcd some day, and then their release ■n ould ha\ c bcc'ii the signal for a ronew.il of all the tiouble in av\ oisc form. It v\ as urged that Te Whiti's influence would thus have been destioycd. It is much more likely that it would have been immensely enhanced by his */««■>< -maityrdom. E\ en weie it othei v\ iso, that would only nie.m that we had destioyed the sole influence which had hitheito pieseived,ihe jmw c ior us. The situation at the piesent tune is totally diffuent. All the prisoinKs have been released. Ihe Eoynl Conimihbion has been ninny months engiged in dealing; with, and, so far as i o^sible, Milling .nil equitable native grievances. A l.uge jnopoitum of the land hd.^ been sold, yottlen.cnt ha& pioceeded steadily and lapully. New and inipoitaut interests have giovvn up Ample pi ovision has Leon made for tlic native^ in the shape of lc&ci-ves. and no just jriound ot complaint left them.