LATEE FIJIAN NEWS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5230, 17 July 1876, Page 3

LATEE FIJIAN NEWS.

B\ the arrival of the s s. City of New York on Saturday we have Fiji papers to the 3th instant. They aie iingulaily void of items of new s possessing any save a local mtei est The following are the most interesting : — Since the new year 1,400 Fiji inauiages have been rcgisteml. — The Ttnwi says : The news from the Sigatokc la of the greatest iinpoitance, and the decisive steps taken by the Government are worthy all commendation By the execution of these notorious lebels and cannibals, a death blow has been struck at disturbances which, under a different course of treatment, might have become perennial, and so have tended to have kept the colony in a state of constant uneasiness and alarm. The strong hand was needed here, and to have spared would have been mistaken mercy. The security of others is to be taken into consideration as well as the leniency to be extended to lgnoKince and fanaticism . and while eveiy indulgence should be aflorded and allowance made for actions committed under the in iluonce of these sentiments, the safety \v Inch is demanded by the community, and which can only be obtained by justice being carried into effect with stern, unyielding resolution, is really the dictate which should most poweifuly sway the feelings of those upon whom the resposiUihty of action is cast. The want of this was the real cause of the New Zealand war ; and the removal of Governor (Sore Browne and his being replaced by Sir George Grey with Ins " sugar and Hour" policy, accompanied of couise by a rcveisal of that firm and determined action which had preceded it, cost thousands of lives and millions of money His livcelloncy lias taken the proper combe heio, the only one open to him in the conscientious dischaigo of his duty, and the thank-> of all — England as well as Fiji — aro due to him. The subjugation of these mountain tubes not only gives an undmded einpno, but stops, at once and toi e\er, any outbieak winch might otherwise have been (headed in the futiue. A soiuce ot constant appiuhenbion is removed, and the entire country may now be regarded as under one acknowledged sway — a cause of legitimate congiatulation for all dwelling theiein.