BARTERING COLONIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 55, 6 March 1911, Page 4

BARTERING COLONIES.

FRENCH XAND FOB BRXXUrf si^is^'itasssLi^ '■ ".'■' , """"^ — T?,'i.'. "■■•,' \"'K ; -'"■'■■'■'' ■*'!■'■ FRENCH OFETfJIAIi iSI^IBgEpEQi Monsieur Bouge, has just come M, S^e^ : froia .Hebrides, on .Jus;, wfa. ;*s ;*ike 'oTreiK Residency of r Mdnsieur Boughs atteiitjoii wu drawn to the article iirthe 'Tteily lekgiaph,* (referring to a -propoi*a efitouigvll colonial territories fey Greet Britain and' n_ce. "Tha t fliieetiiSi, bta consideration for some tune,' , wid. "It iB a rather difficult'ojttjto deaTwith, ■because, you cont mercial transaction^..' The aaunir prop* jof the : nation has to be cantidered; Mi the colonies themeelyes, might object to (being made the subject of barter.. Aj exchange of,.Eriuce'» U« Picifld- In-Wert Africa .would/ hovwer, ibe welcomed 'J* thej colenial in jßTrance.' ...'.. "iTiei jwoHJd' Hike io..ae<L.the Frendi Empin ©oncentwtted iri, * ,£a4dyr«onjp»ot tfe tory. This would give strength to. ti* central Gpyernmeni, aid ielie*e & al defending little possessioni ''-ia iataat jerts of the -world. The cbtoifrl'fcutj,. contend that etr&tegic poinU ia tl»» Paoiflo, for example, would cort wt inmensa amount to protect in tSttt'ef war, and would eerve no useful On the other hand, . Panama Canal ia ' exiting much fn the 3Paeiflf2 f andjiteffi i? ptcbne til feeling, against Fiance ahindoniiil her possessions there. , ' :;, .:; ! Monsieur Bouge was : aakad if te. 4i^ : not think there were many penoai a New Caledonia. SVench as well a> AiutnJiian, who woi4d f be "glad U toe; U*n| caaie' under that euch a change would -be .-Umliti T>y some, but could not Bay ijj! ty of the populaiion woul4 be ': : .tgfnt able to giving up their na^»B|B|y f ;flpi', tbnent entered into' the inette» -tif largely. Tho quegtion •Wβ* tw terial 'benefits Iβ. )be derived ifouk fleV weigh sentimental tobjectiamu - Tse» was '■a, movement, on iof&.isi. donja. 4p - ; -;Cu^me i: duced to allow Australiaa goode totm* into the cflu^tryTOpr^ f che»iJy. :i tralia favoured New Caledoak in tM same way it would ibring the .'tp» coi* tries mpre into touch mtli eech. p||Pi and that would ibe, posebry, : the bejp ninff of a clpae?. relatkmshin, "" ' i ■ "' CJOMKBOMISB ,-pf '""" HEBHiBES. ■■"■■■■>' '"' Monsieur Bouge ihas spent in'the New 3jetee,tt« Condominium end one aince. . El;U|ff for much from t&8 anil "Great - Britain, tut: aayej tbereriil' many difflcnlties cpnnected: wfcstJie «" ministration which will ham-te>M .•••* come. The balance to extreme eveniiess, jot i| jin. •be taken froni the eide of ene BitiOT*. ty it not only hurts that «4e *!"* •#• to the advantages ef the other, 5I»» every act of ad^m^ationiia^i^PiW; the' Ve?sW" 4* "w?«?4' to** 6 :»'*^SM' with pije (supreme jSoYennjwatT-.' ever, many difficulties; the*. WP» jn« thought almost iMtrromnntaible na , ?.*!?; appaared'aß the ; pflScere ol"ift?-.tf»Jl : . have conic "to other better, and a friendly ?pWy~ compr<imise 'ha§ e^nehed,.;. m side will make i 3, the othei; .iffill. letura.,, , later.' 'a - • ■ ■''■■. '-\LjotThere was-occaeipnal]y n. litue wspg,; ■with the missionaries.: They J»?«;WJ established in the islands. many yMS ; during -which time they had become influential with then'atfye, muoh' good "by stopping cannihaUemW other savage practices, and now je™W, they found it isatd to have to'lecogWJi the rule pt another ~^^^ 1 Tamift the missionaries werevery ful. They had prganised an «Wfs* lice to keep order, an* ¥*« I *S magistrates in the island. the islands were solely Bntol? might be considered helpful I Q J%, Government, but it must he J«ffieinW&< that Trance has equal rights oiw-tt»*j-lands, arid French settlers lesent practically entire British control <>»., one island. , '~'■' Recently the masters-of two reonit"* schooners, the Tarn Tarn and ■&<&; Slichel, made complaint to. t be and French Residents at Vila th»t. W-: at Tanna, they were #«£•«* ! local police force, and that.,»JJ'S; crew -was captured and ield pwfflWJg'. some days', during which time they ai-tr'eated. Monsieur Bouge,- a». «^- ; of the French police force, 'held »?,S qijlry conjointly with tho British g of police. Asked what had . Iggi the result °* * hi 3'W said the jriattor was w Tie |eft> $e JoMdßsm^ *^