FRANCE TRANSPORATATION SCHEME.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 367, 20 June 1884, Page 3

FRANCE TRANSPORATATION SCHEME.

" A TmrlyTearsTtesiaent in Austra- j lia" requests the 'Time&'flto> allow Mm the opportunity of placing before the English public the real significance ©f the cloud, at present little bigger than a man' 8 hand, which has arisen on our horizon. In a long letter occupying about a column aadjLhalf^he_dfeals_mth.the_newFrench scheme of transportation from three standpoints. He>im«irjpi-T-t^W"hat ■will be tne result- L os-~Tsh'is- -fHgrrt; of Pacific Islands ; (2) the colonists of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, the Fijis, tbl and iother ; and (3),<wffas is far <mor3 inporiafiJ^the future relations of , •: isome: _> /ißtwjQpean States? Eirst, as regards_the Native laces," he saM^ffit-is^fficult^^iiD^ t^ contemplate .the horrors which must ensue from turning, loose this horde of mhcvcnMhUkfgtt&e HmM&<M tfie' Pacific. If Europea^fjCJYJlJ^a^ipn is< now to be represented, in, .the. pacific by the irreconcilable ruWamsm'bf France, the Outrages of wretcHeV Will' be arenge&afciifiiinxd&e"!! innocent? •! peaceful trade wilTDeeome impossible, and missionary enterprise synonymous with, martyrdom. The Pacific will be converted ■ ■•'viftt^^a'"pa?id«in<attum.j ,IjHd' ; all hope of the consummation ol'so hideous^ a crjine. Secondly, wliat is to be tlie effe 1 ct on' the colonies of Austi^laSia'fr«»3it«is^Bitaiii that those of^gwr^^e^r^n^ajs^who escape the tomahawk of -the savage, will uravitate tawaxa£*&W' n &nfi^\fite where wealth an^-'lhe^elatidn^ipopula'-' fion will offer raofeitopfciifgn field if or.'/their professional We Anew by sad and costly experience what busnrangmg means in a country where vast' Solitudes'" shelter the tandife^&dm thkiisnaiQJMfra law. To the &s&&**■• land colonisb the presence .& W**e hardened criminals means the Inspcttrrty ef all life and property, vasftiin : ci*das&> ■ in the machinery^pK ; |?epressjng ,prjme, and a corresponding hur^en^ taxaiion on all classes of the comm«f TMMIy, what will be Tl ih%vi < tfabiS ;! ileftctiOa ott European piyl*ttesf^ltf.ißannotfbe;belieVGed that these powerful colonies. -will calmly submit taflstLchi lattLJ intolerable OQurden^ They will be driven by a^eey necessity, that is de&rYstHo r melV to"' put bo? fend 1 'to the terrible inflictioitta If/ Bagland' fails in her fetytq stay tins in.icraitv at tho ' outset,T« *etf but' one -rtsaidl Adatr^ l lasja must put an enditb"-^!by^ fdtce of arms. The recidiviste law— of France means, war||fo;rthe masteigr-.01-«lEfr-S ! a«iucrr-a prolonga^ tion of the great t? s^uggjßj wh.ose M^ory during three j r c^turies "Erotoqj ' |§pljy :j has so ably [R l!racM^ Jl sti^gglrfbr t the i mastery of the New WdmA If the Australasian colonies are driven to destroy tb-9^ French " settlements in the Pacific, ttr|»d^Bngla^i^ ( he compelled tt>%ti|^)CT^BeiL dependencies. & For England cannot affpm,, tP f(H WP se =• yapldly growing States traliHOf med into tion of prestige — andi;he loss of Australasia would surely .pfeftnthftifirs^cen.e in the downfall of the British Empire— her pecuniary .interests are foo deeply engaged to permit "hb'P'/^to^taß:^ aloof ita the contest* .To' talk of Australasia going to war with trance" ' may create a smile. But* why P •••ETan- if^ahe stood^ alone, the story of the- revolt of the American colonies flight. teach i us. th^at it would be very difficult fof v a country on the oth6rVßiaetb4thd-wo*ld to; conquer. tta; imall community nfigbting ou-^fjlr^wnj boU for^k«^fex§^^MmoiiJ>.<^# .fter large flge tj^>f Smb. fteainers, ample annaments-iancther 'i aMy'.msciplmed and trained' volunteer corps) it w;ouldbean easy task for Australasia to- 'overwhelm the forpes wMcji {^-present uiain-. tainsin her settlements, m .t^ Pacific. It would be hard to shbw" that a'gredter disproportioßr:e»ia4a^bAt<ween Australasia fltnd Amafr can colonies and England in the last cenSy. But yßmw&tiP =wo^ld- • not fight alope. ' As^ I fe^sao^ n,TETagland would W poipßtoa%i^p J Ti i e t .!trsgg]fj nor. p England sbJjjnk tan what would be her manifelriiiSeresi atKt'duty, would ATlstralaii^ttfe^sarily^ TS© * 'stnglcf-handed. S cannot be doTjbJbe^tUat.iif she threw herse'lf iifeo^v^W^^^^ 6 Wted States, that great^and expanding Bepulijjc V^ft^ nof fajrpo gjfaHp^iii opportunity which, would raise the first rank among- nayaiPftwers^and convert the whole VncxitUosi^American lafe, To majiK^^^^fc^S^^-^err*^ ■ftripifiil SBecnlatipns on tne future, and ties th&mmMw%^«^'Ws awaits^t^to o^ pPfS '■&s£ hare endeavored to show that they are based on a forecast, of what mustrathei than what may>?esult: from the^success of the policy of the French Goto*