The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Tuesday, February 26, 1889.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 265, 26 February 1889, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Tuesday, February 26, 1889.

Be just and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God’s, and truth’s.

It is at present hard to foresee the outcome of the trouble that has arisen over Mr Mitchelson’s blunder. Many regard the matter in the light of a nice little picnic for the soldiers, the whole to conclude much the same as the Parihaka affair did; but those whose opinion is worth considering, look upon the trouble as a serious one, and one from which the most unpleasant consequences may be evolved ; those persons consider that it will take very little to turn the balance between much evil or great good. Perhaps after all we should feel thankful for Mr Mitchelson’s action—n 0 thanks to Mr Mitchelson, be it understood—in bringing about the climax, which, even if further trouble does arise, is far and away better than to have the district in a continually disturbed state. The later actions of the Government are to be commended in every respeet, and we feel confident that Sir Harry Atkinson will be just the man to see the difficulty set at rest in the best possible way. The latest accounts are of a very hopeful kind, and tend to show that perhap even force will not be necessary to settle the whole affair. Of course the actual intentions of the Government are kept secret, but we may be certain the whole of the circumstances, and the future effect, were taken into consideration before anything was done. If a demonstration of force proves to be sufficient, no one can be more thankful than the settlers of this district. What measures will then be taken to prevent a recurrence of the trouble at some future time have not been disclosed, but we trust that part of the question has had full attention, and we need hardly concern ourselves about it. What we wish understood is that no one has any desire for revenge upon the murderer; all we wish is peace and a cessation of the disturbing influences cf Te Kooti’s threatened advent, and these things can only be got to a certainty by his being kept away from the district, for which purpose he had a grant of land given him at th# time he was pardoned. If firmness had been used at the first all would have been well—there would be no need for the anxiety or expense that has been occasioned during the past few weeks, and there would be no fear of trouble in the future, but a wise policy even at this late hour may satisfactorily solve the difficulty.