The Timaru Herald. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1906. A CANDID FRIEND.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 21 February 1906, Page 4

The Timaru Herald. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1906. A CANDID FRIEND.

515 Dd< ** fum the pruning p rcMteti (; v - "** «*««£ entitled lie NationaJ Ik>vj^. 1 ' We L,v„ «.»«* , rata , „ ju * u r, tt? *« **** «? a« ]jf c r ! t <v 19 lwve » W . It 1* too <.ui*p»t«n, and ofteDtuaee ';; ia 3! -» deisms of the a** 4 ° l f nm Gi lie laws. J'laini Kpea fc. 32g, w ea there i« occasion for it, i K | f> be commended, and tie - X,&m] terror" * good mallJ «««.* *bi* »cat «f *ie d,fer( above mentioned. o ae cue articta 2ta* been <!on«dci®d worth repnnut-g- for circaini* n j n pamphlet fcwm, £ * * <"**••« W elicit J , , a Mmd, who ft ™ th ™ «-*<*«* dwire to point *5 *• ** «"• may be f (ir !L LtfcTi T Jt ImMl " Lcr " * Ute -- M <* * de■r&rv "d*<r J"* 5 " 10ean <®« *weral ff€mit *»«■• H may mean lie wjclmw <rf tie British puUlc Wing ie «f Deral *"*«* of lie - He ..f c ;'^ ed **« < >f Candid IjiJpj«KW(«, s of England" whidi *? «* **«3 for their wider t«r*" f' puox> ** • fH,>m « WK,a:: l3 ' at « few ibe wccttracv !' ,5W La re m.usJ.l. 1„ 51,CTD -•»k»d <* X be »ml.v ,» device. Our ■Mivrnwh** W* lie pamj)We| / a rm,a,tl I'ewdttii wl„ Jm Im jn tot m lie M ] e «{ iu av4 w:ou] he *'»* <4 ih * «»<);, ? B)W , ,« Ww . !-;j - .woj'd , g ,. inKt Jie (xintil ry th,.i i c dl<j j» e . «re be tnae. Hente w-« infer ih„l, Jl » «jmt* liidr thai tie firrt <*f ii c alK , ve pmbaMr ti,. <)BC Lici 4id r<;)33 - v tie rcpvhlicutioa <>f tie «Hde. «ill then w * remvziUm U> be gasiif, aad it may »<-]3 be liat c in Jii» a»tijK»dcai) wlony look upon tie C ondition -of Laglaad" jij'«b]em witl« vt.fr difl'ereot irnTii of tie j>et>plc <'f iCngiAKd. It an qnil« an actvij'd -w-iti tie <Jd h;jv. tl«t Jitwe "Cicmdid JmjnwKioiiti «f England" iij'e »n'ji.it , jj by "A (rcrman ftewdwit." And wiai h-1* tins ■candSd friend to nay of tie jieaple ii.Tn<itigs.t whom ie .»<ijnit>. that be k« been iwpitabily reaaxtd, aud ihtrcfme offer* bitcriiicwm with THjJw^nance? The fi:*l defect of the nation.-)} tiajatlcr tiat dailies iiim is tlse indifference of J-Zngli»«iinen l» Jiesr individual daiieK as of ;i. %**■»■' caipiie A xaoaJ] miurj-jty aa* well Trailed in 7<,' v jx■ct. atid •the i-tteccof t]<c G'.vc;n.utfclil of India and hgyjrt. Tie gjejit majojily are not, and tii* explain* tie p<nver3e*>tievß nf wtn of riai'aeler .befnre 11k- tiari mob <i.t ir*zne. Xext tie ptiiruiiTv ;j>cbool ednca,tion comes; under tie limb, fur failing- t<. instil ibe papils wiii natioiKil I feeling, witi a ♦.ewe <jf duly, :»nd ■with, a -mukc *»f tie mioosaw* of life. Hence I I bey jjtoh- bj» with a fctsencj ajij»«cia.titia. of spoiling ijcm-v tian «f oatiwal emeu. Tie multitude axe broug'it -up if they *«•« u> remain through life cMdren iii the nursery. Munkipa] a.dn-jnii!ii ration i* in a bad way bccaiiM.- it j* c*ntni*t.ed t ,, > the wrong w.j-t <jf taen. nbo are empotrvred io other peapV* mortty win Iwdt-i ha\*iag iad any iraining to fit i} wm f„ r >nci a doty. Tie Britisi Amy -ives onr (J-crmari ciitic «n opening fw wiaie scatiing ncmaiks and pa.infal cfTapwrison^. The officers are too anxicru* to get li» cxiifoinK t*fF ar»d ei»c«*.pe irc>i2j Tie of their men; the rack* arc lecruited wTti difficulty, and mainly by tie prewtne «f hunger ; and the in starved and obsolete. Tbe haughty contempt «{ tb» Britijili for all f<mngntm oaf, only lack* justification; it makes the Jofiedgaern oaat at rath baaelets* pi*t«a»»otPK. Tie grave defects of national character, ie say*-. cna)c tnji in tie prenent squabby over Protection. -One day yon lie deMh of ii;„ hero ScWm, mad the next- fall to tearing one another is> |»>eoes over tijs ridicalcoH trifle. Xelwm gives uj» hi* life for Kaphnd: ii. dwcendnr.it* reJnw Jo surrendei' one halfpenay ■» veil* i««r lhat Kmpiie which b« won 1" Tie latest tiling in education, tecinical nhooh. be forests will be a- failure, because tie people »-o given vp t« .po,t ;it)(3 i„ aa-sking that il .>• »«cW t.« wi w »lK for than. Oar (5-emaa ciitic wind* up a strong jsdictmeal of national failing

a warning that tne Empire is "un- - stable as a house of cards.'" "A single hard push from a great Power will bring 'it down, because of the want of patriotism in your people." All these points and ■ others are amplified and illustrated in a forceful way, and the perusal of the whole pamphlet is calculated to make the judicious grieve and say "If true, 'tis pity "; and, however painful it may -be, it seems scarcely possible to avoid completing the quotation: "and pity 'tis 'tis true."