BOHEMIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2412, 24 December 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

BOHEMIA.

sh Tin: :\'v Mt ft* {ln l 1 1iM‘_f wt •!: of t ,■ "if I •-•< to ;» -rivr , if\ • • i • • v- in 1 1 Hi” n >--t tvflv ni'i'i' ii ,;>■■! -i: riv p; 'iii t m:m‘.; k in dU‘ m Itiu'l ; i.' f. .!• ■!). i ' ot"' 4 1 :;i- ---- ’ ■ * * *m ■ -<■■ l-r. nf (live ( r 'mv 1 f‘ ■’( t :l .1 !l I ■' Ml ill 11--.il ■!■ ”f th” cm-h cm ->f In- fit ■ i’ 'll year of tin- r- i.m of Her M >-t Gracio i. Mii'-.tv it «'.« 1 a ee-v Ii: o”-.-do.i for an imp-• -ii.mil:- n d ih-:ii-*n>(ia'i>.n. f-r not only Snv-- th.- lifty years of th\*i -to!i ui a.; - I-- n a period of unsnr-p-1-.a-d proa,-.--’i to the British nation, felt tie- vast h.-ie-lim eoiit--iTi-d up Mi 1 ur own rieopl- in that sill if tim.- hiv influenced the whole World, and have created ehatie-'S and miferlal advance amongst a'l Mm n ili'ms. kindreds and toiyom; „r Mm earth had- made tim world and i’s ii-” i l -i-' «u*-= in -omparal.lv he*ter til. 10 ivi ’ the ei I- fifty years before. 'i'li.. S ,v.-reig-i of rim mo<l pow-rf’ul .’iml a'r.i!t!e- empire the World has ever wit lie ; !, whom *w IV to-day extends ov-r dominion-: in 1 bids in every portion Ilf tim Sit -face of the globe, and whose, mill, rity has Ir en iner.-i-in; for fifty yi a- s till it is li’i-.v aekn-i'vl. d-.-ed hy one third of th- thousand millions win people Hie e irMl —a liinltitndi-e\-e,-lling the stars in the heavens for mnnhr-r, such a monarch sl-.nnld u’lditeousiy i-.-eeive at such a tint", all ti c symptoms of ropicings fro n hj -r people, in wuo-m all-e----tions mill- Ins .die lived. All th” honarr ami chivalrous devotions oll'ered from the four corners of her far-P-aching possessions were due to her as empi'i-’-s and the most exalt'd woman on ntrill. All nations sent their gifts and ambassadors to do homage to Solomon in acknowledgement of the wisdom power and tich.es which sim-nmided his throne. Iml the glory of Mint great king sink into mere insigiiilie’-nee by tim side of the. s'upendons majesty of Victoria's reign and power. Tim amount of public money devoted to Mm necessary | r-j a a i lis for the Jubilee rojoiciims in London, about £IOO 000, was very paltry when considered as coming from the. treasury 0? sueli a great and wealthy nation, though Mm hulk of the money was expended in labour. Rut that sun was a mere drop in tim nei-an c-.rnpai- d with flu. immense amount of nrumv sp'-nt hy Mm people who flocked to tim great metropolis to witness the nagm-iMt. Two and a half millions of visitors from ali parts of the kingdom, from the LVmtinent, Indin, America and Mm colonies, people from Kurope, A-ua. Afro-a and ihe. New ’Word, assembled in London to do honour to tim great Queen. It has been calculated, at a low computation, that at least, thirty million pounds sterling was put into circulation at the tune; and that this vast sum percolated M rough a multitude of channels down to Mm bottommost grade of son et’.-, is proved hy tim fact that labour was scarce and very dear for the time ic ing. It was a jubilee in every rest) et. for the poor were recipi. Nts of its influences and where the rich spent rummy like water as they did on that occasion. I have no doubt the people would not ohj -et to a pilule o on the same terms every year,!' that worn possible. ♦ » » * Hut, I remember, many v> ry em-ions tilings were sail to Mm discredit of ‘ I far ALijcg'y. They are, for the most part, stn’-lc slanders rebasiled hv per ons of doubted .anteeedents and social (Lsabiiities. which are unworthy of notin ’. It has been customary with nm, when hearing people enveigh against others in high places, or \vl o are placed in ,author-) v over ns. fn tal--e a note of their own position and surroundings. In tliis way f nan form a fair estimate of the value of tfmir opinions, I have generally rdos-Tved Mia* detra -tori -if ’-ur Sovereign's p r-onal eh-iraetei-. .arc men who villify women. Ugh and tow: W'ho possess non” of that Deling of chivalry .and resje et for tim fair sex which should c >me naturally to men. withou' even the aid of education. Tii : man who habitually lit) I- worn 11 bf.' ie.l Mmb- lrmks and newer refer-; to Mm n ere-ot. : u I'mcnage of vidtrir brutality. forg..(< he was born of woocm. and n in bay" no regard for Mm virni” of Ids mother, or bis aider, or bis wif”. Again I 1 1 i v - 1 oil -rv-d th d. Alan ler-es of I[-t M i e‘-‘-." an 1 hor could, belong to a e!-isj w’l • i-.t -k tla -if wives and thrash Mi -ir ”'.il!.!-,-”n. who v.-ndo tiu-ir earning.; and obtain Mmir bl iluat in nui-aMi.n•ro-ii t l '-' v : 'laMons whid.-ev of Me- b-iv-'.-ootn, nr v.di , hum ir d ;g;n'” e inn-gn punish-ii-ad. fo!- le'oae'i of tiu-ir eoiintn's and noii-oipiiuit'y l’.‘s”tit their jn-r. punishment hv inv- eMvcs against ail an-Imritv. It is v ’l-c curious how m i:.y im-Caie-e-i of this f have e.ame across, I h-ive not, found the gennino believer of Mm republican idea weaken his position by virtuporative arg imonls. One siipei-stifinn common amongst a few wilii ri.f-T.-ume to Mm Oa’ Cii is (lie supposed bo ir.lings she Ins ;f-eimiu!:i.ti”l din ing- h-e- reign, f ia eolleet seeing' it slated two or three years ago that the O-ieeii must have raved three iniilion-.. Tiiat w s not -n very heinous if trim, for aim rtill wmild have been poor by tim sid-’ of many of her subjects an 1 the millionaires of other countries. Tiii* seems (o have occurred to the fantastic in-aginations of liter detractors, for they began to assert that she had seven nr eight millions snugly put awav. Some letters appeared in the Auckland papers during' tile Jubilee exi-i’eni-ait. In one of which one- of thes ■ wend rfnliv well informed and learned gentry gravely asserted that Hit Maje-ty could not. have less than twelve millions put awav, and the oiler day another lunatic cancel this by declaring that site had positively hoarded c.p fifteen millions sterling This myth oiiginates with tim eri- ;'- anneig'st ignorant people with r fc-n -c to the extent of Mm Q eon's income, which they believe is f,100,!M0 or -.Uino.fOrt per annum. The ab-ur-lity of this is apparent wb- n we f k- the trouble to read tlmolliei-d r- p-nls ~f Mm payments made to Mm Royal l’iin :! v. The total s-u:n voted for M:c- n ” of II M-ijcst.v and Imr hou-i hold is M A A, r (-! ■), o' -.eliieh tim Queen receives vild.llOf) P - Imr own n-e orprivyiiursc: t-’IJ .ghi ' is . xpoinl. d on th« salaries, and tllT’dohO .-n Mk> ~,x. peliscs i.f the J| ,||--hii! 1 ; tl:;,-’t)0 is set aside for the Koval Ramie, and tin ba!me” is unanpr ipriati d The annuinf--limnpfopri‘|t.'d nm of Mm annual vole form an aton-niil :Mn;i to tlmcredif of tin Sir-it-’. In adbtion to I’m above, McQueen receives Mm net revenue frn.-n lie ll mhc of I. iii’-iwhich ti-ov reielmtim ”iin of Clo.owi -i v”-ii- Thus II r M i ■! V-’. e hi in ■ .am is about £IOO.OOO I am-cn L rn-.l b • 1. wue in mind tlrv I 1” fbi.- -n iim in-.ui-'-n-e ;;rivile in • . . || -ten.g hj ;-,-y e ills ||„ipm -e, of v. oiiMi. no n ■ not whliin reaeli ot Mmcx il .1-ipiief” m’.vh'.c'i-iie moves can fo-m any c mcention. The extent of Imr 'lien.’.■o'.cnc,’ and private chanties is riev’-r known ; there ai'c rcci|dents of her homily in all ends of i er ilommions even Imre in X-wX- Inni Micro are pensioners on her larges c, II t 1 tim Q men been in Mm habit of religionAy snip;; half her itmonm daring lea long r :;;n, ."he canid n d ii .. .; s. i'-'ic lower!: anion”' is credited igi 1 !. ivh. ' “’ jU’.t up in Twi.w in every Sotid iy for Mm last fifty ye;::--: mill! Ms of t,lm I’.riii-.h people liavo ii’-.s-o’chcd Mm I T..1 of their fathers not only to gdee Ills servant Victoria “ the victory over all her enemies,'’ lint ah a to ••.grant hj -r in heilMi .and wealth lung to live." .Millionsof our fellow subjects ot ali’-n rii'-i hive iuvokid their duties to prolong U\ - life of, and to shower blessing; upon Ml.’ load of the Kaiscr-i-hind and ! ire,at Mo'J; r. These otr repeated pray, rs and in ’ocatious eff red by the people of all parts of the earth have keen .answered in a most sign al manner, for Victoria, "our Queen and O.c <m if,” lie. l)...’ti blC’.cd as none

i ’ i.'-f i' i’ her hj i-i h.-ell, 11’)! aLiue in ho I' t; i i <;in;' in ■ Uu: cirMiii-'.s id iii'f nation, 1 i'i more a 1 >.in l l.in;■ ■ • ot wieldly Tio-i'-,-.)! mis, lint si!--) iii tli” wealth of I i;i i’o.o which a pur:- lira ami noble <■.:' it ni’l ih vi.ii’lii to tim ih.iliis of her ttoi it |nve g unci for her. Is it not o' o”’ .rot inconsistent tii.it there .0oo: I* Iho 1 1 1 -.!• >ll ‘ . 1 1., cvil-sp ■ ikl.ig, ami ,’of” i” g" hoc 111-o the lll(””'iri”S lie il.'lOO i.-m.-g'y adred for our Sovereign have I os ii >i”-.','oi”i! with a full measure hy the Ai eighty y T f 'i’ I’ -I'loi lout of Iho I'Vetieh Republic I'.-c ivs I’ll- "alary -iml nliowaiieos tiuli.OOO n i- .iin'iin, a large sum for that simple ami -in ’-Imitations foi in of Government, hut .til! not cou-idcrcd largo to maintain I!■•■ dignity of so high ami rcspmv-ihle a |”)siii,m as that of the ruhir of one of tile aro.it |i,i-,v,T.i of tin; earth. The President uf tin: Unito'l States, wlio is far remover! from the so'-nes of ohl worhl customs ami tim glamour of iiiteriiational amenities ami o iii'. ouliumililies, receives £IO.OOO a year an i an ollioial resilience, a salary now eon-id.’fed inaiieijiute for the supreme heal of a country that lias i-oii'-hi-d such vast dimensions In rofon'inc to tin- rulers of these two leading ivpnhlie i, pulling ahde any comparisons between tim actual cost to file country of tim c institutional machinery of their system, I wisli to show that, n itwithstall.ling tim fact of the simplicity ami cheapness they tire supposed to represent. a-'C'ii'iiiii-f to the democratic idea, ih'-v aie. hy no moans exempt from the attacks and slanders of the populace. In I'V.iiice, at this moment, we hear uf most serious charge of venal corruption and imi!teas nice preferred against the I’rosident and Ins relatives, so much so that under lint pressure of public agitation and a political crisis, they arc compelled to iviimjnish nflicc. The [’resident of the United States is accused in a somewhat similar fashion hy the slanderers of men who fill the mosthonoiu--ali!” positions in society, and acts are attributed to him, even hy individuals who aspire to act at guides of th j peopl which would in lower walks of life, consign the perpetrator, if file offences were proved, to penal servitude. Tims, it will be seen that no form of popular G ivcrnmcnt, no officer of State, however, exalted or sacred, arc free from the miiicc and venom of evii tongues and spiteful intcllecis. Fuavc TlltKl'K.