OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3134, 29 May 1879, Page 2

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The Auckland Herald says— •" Of course there is no tolerating such proceedings. The Government have not,, we think, sufficiently taken iuto account the possibility of such acts as these. So long as all unsettled questions were allowed to remain in that slate, and confiscated lands were allowed to lie unoccupied, we were sure of peace, but when an advance was made, and all outstanding questions were pressed to a conclusion, so that settlement might be promoted, then difficulties arose on all hands. The chances arc that this last complication will be arranged quietly in a shoit time, but the danger is, that amongst the natives are fanatics, who may at any moment commit some terrible crime. Apparently the desire of the natives is to avoid bloodshed, but as they must be ejected, who shall say what the consequences may be V The Post says there appears reason to I>3lieve that the native difficulties at Tar.waki and Wai pa which have arisen during the last few days, have been a good de.il exaggerated by the popular anxiety. TE WHITI REPUDIATES RESPONSIBILITY. A telegram from Wellington last evening •tates that Ministers have received important telegrams on the subject from the Inspector of Police at New Plymouth. The Inspector says that he .has received a communication from one of Te Whiti's principal chiefs, a man of high standing and respectability, to the effect that the late trespasses upon the settlers' lands in the Taranaki District was • directly contraiy to the orders of Te Whiti, who apologises for the conduct of his fellow-countrymen. He expressly repudiates all responsibility for their misdeeds, and declares that he had given most positive orders that none of the settlers on the confiscated lauds should be interfere! with or molested in any way. Mr. Parris has been instructed to go at once t-> see Te Whiti on the subject, and meanwhile the settlers who have been intruded on will be instructed to take legal proceedings against the natives for trespass, in which proceedings they will receive the support of the Government. We understand the Government is determined to act with all necessary vigor to enforce the law, without fear or favor. THE WAIPA AFFAIR. With regard to the alleged difficulty at W.aipn. no reliable information has been received, but the affair is believed tD be merely a private misunderstanding, and of no public importance.