ECHOES.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5178, 27 May 1885, Page 2

ECHOES.

Gkown bolder by 4h'e^apparehKmdiffer< :: ence of England, Russia ia showing what : eheoflieans, ;and ifitshe -ie % taking a/very^quarrelsoine'way^exhibit-' ing suchdesire. Nqt.satiefied With theinsult ; offered r thrpiip;h him, to Bngla i nd : deepened -by-, the .presents andy,hqnourß; bestowed on : the latter. ; If : -;|the' Czar.'ie- : -"' : dissatisfied : wifbi the -actions oEhisniea-:. tenant he certainly takeea very uri'Englieh;: way of:marking it. f = Such ■ the •: presentation of a diamond-hilfed'swiSrd to the aggressive Genera! can"only'liaye 7 the: effect of the"oxa'spevaHon in : English minds, and the' dayipf .'reok.qning, ; Whenitcomes, will be 'all tlie^hWder;'.to - meet. ! ; ' '"""■'

' It is , interesting .'to;'study,; the: of ?: the ./recent /events' uponUtie/ twapersons '■■'■'-■ most intimately connected therewith.:: General . Kpmaroff,. ; the v Kusaian, .for (apparently jdisobeying orders,; fading to large loss of ljfe, is ■ generously rewarded ■ by his Lumsden, on the other hand, can see no honourable way out of the difScultjrbut by : resigning liis position as Commissigner.;for; delimiting the -Afglian frontier.:-:He-.obeye^;orderß' r and is discountenanced.'"The Totlier dis- - obeys orderß- : and;;is ; rewarded.''Why is. tliie ?.; Iβ it because the .tone ofc political; morality:, is' higher in, Jnjjlairtl. than in ; - Russia?:' Is brie side scrlipuloue in regard to its .pledged honor,; and Jhe -.other un-scrupulous,f->T.; do [not vCare, jto ;:anßwer these questions, but have' a pretty strong: opinion as to the answer moat Englishmen would give.- V-'-k ': ; ■ Already do we hear ■; the distant' mutter? ings; which!always :precedeithe 'dtmuaKassemblage of Parliament.- -AftwiW long period of silence he, whp^a :: yearjago jiw£i so,exuberant :of hie own verbosity; weraeatMajor Atkinson, has comeMtlof hie shell,|jand lets the.Co]pny;:Kno"wMhat;>; : although a silent spectator of eventsfheis:: an observant one, and does' not. intend to " let any;;opportunity/he^rnay;!,have : of :> damaging the prese.nt;Minietry pass finira- ; proved. are glad to know : .that;this is';i so; For the: greatest -safeguard of our; constitutionie anj active :and;ienlightened;; Op'positi6n| hence called 1 "_Her Majesty's" -.the .';mpß|;-, and liberal Government! iV : not worse ,bnt;i: better 'through .having^aj partyo! opposed to'its' pre hopetha.gallant' piivt.be a!ert,p and \i he finds Mr authoritythat he:willbringhim ; to book, i : ;■ .■,j|-..r577.-.:.:;'.. ;iJu;.'e ! ; i'X';(j^" % f : ="--; .VJ. 1 ' 1 -'*- ■: ■---:'■- .- At .the.present ]'uncture'r|e3peoially is ay strongandtreasonable ;opp.i^([ijin ; likely; to prove behefioial ? been! unduly excited, • the may be increased.'in .the. nearifutureyji In such times the Ministry, are.apt to kick over the traces' , ':.and lose-•;their.r.coolnes i s —, perhaps do incalculable mischief,.ln such circumstances a leader of .the opposi- ... tion rinds his opportunity: he'requires ; to be cool and collected, able to; 'point but. dangers which jriay ; ;be;;ahead, re- ; store the popular "'miad .tip; ( its proper ballance. Large sums'of money have been being .spent, in fortifying tho harbours' of ..the' Qolony, and in proyid- ; ing men : for defending them; :i There isa danger of this being overdone, and money,' being used for these things which ought to be sparit in developing the,resources of the country, proyidingrailwaye, and trunk roads, and in fostering the ; industries of the land. Defence is necefl'sary, absolutely necessary, but a great mistake will be made if the various industrial, resources of the polony are 'neglected, or : forgbtten in.; the excitement of defence/'thus.in a measure killing: the gooso which lays the golden eggs.; V.' : ;,,...;, ":,■<■■■

\ : ■■■■ o ■■■•.''■'■• The Auckland City Council has at an expense of about £50 provided its members each with a copy of Badger's Laws of New Zealand out of the civic puree,'' This is a precedent ..we hope for. the sake /of morality (we mean political morality) the Thames Borough Council;will not follow. can conceive no, reasons why the present iiieihbers of tho City Council should be supplied with copies and not each succeeding raomber,;. If it is riecessary for one public* body to have a copy of. the laws, why. not of all tho public bodies, harbour boards, hospital [committees, .: county councils, &c; ; Truly Mr Badger may expect to : reap \ a.; golden harvest from the ignorance or culpability of our.public men, iialNiu actuated by the same mbtiv.es as■ the.,inenibors ■of the above-namedOounci.l.- :; ; >=?v:-^ : ?

- ■ ::':■■:•'-:-:■ o '.-^'C ■'■:■}■ r ?y< \'. : t re/ : •.■ : ; .;.'; 'j.'.-.. , '•'■"■■:•. ■.■0";:-'-." : '. t ;".- r iii.;;S..t. , r; v ';-.";.': / We - should ithink ~the'i May or ; wiU (haye a ' lively titu e of it. if eaoh member ineists on: , Ais anterprotatipn. of tlietacta' as; beipg ! tlae right There-^aro-.some:: o£ which would require" the /proverbial;Philadelphia lawyer to understand, and .if the City Fatliera get foul .of one oflheae? we. may.expeot. to .see-either .brokenheads ■ or oandidatos for Ayondale as the result. ': -.■.■ ■■r'.; ; - ' : .:-:- : :.y- '^':?u,+: