The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-03-20

troy the armed merchant greyhounds
that would arise in case of war but
would hold their own, and more,
against the kindred warships of our
opponents, whomsoever they may
be. We want, in fact, real fighting
ships, and not paper navy" There
are positive signs that the ministers
are alive to a sense of this necessity
and that surely in the coming ses-
sion the First Lord of the Admiralty
will bring forward his proposals for
increasing the navy. The knowing
ones, or those who profess to be
possessors of the backdoor keys,
says the proposals will be amply
sufficient to place the English navy
on a respectable footing.
On the question of the almost
yearly encroachment of churchly
people on the personal liberties of
man, by forcing upon him new
church commandments in addition
to the original ten, the Rev. w.
II. Bullock, chaplain of the forces at
Rochester said, II protest against
adding new commandments to the
Decalogue. These commandments
are added by what l might call re-
ligious people. will not say church
people: Thou shalt not play cards
and thou shalt not dance" l see
no harm in playing game of cards,
in enjoying Gods good gift of time,
or in the whirl of the dance. will
not allow any man to interfere with
my liberty, nor will l interfere with
the liberty of another man. Right
he is. We want no new command
ments; we have trouble enough to
keep the ten that we have. The
spirit Of resentment to these religi-
GUS encroachments isgrowing bolder
every day. Already the patient ass
goading under the additional load
of its masters new enactments, is
beginning to kick the traces loose.
Some five or six thousand persons
assembled a. Hyde Park on Sunday
last, to take part in n demonstration
which was called to ''protest against
the cruel treatment of Mr.. William
O'Brien, NJ. F." and to demand the
independence of Ireland. Resolu-
tions were adopted strongly con-
demning the conduct of the Govern
ment in Ireland, and at the same
time complaining of the indifference
of Liberals and Radicals to the de-
liberate suppression of free speech
all over London. This meeting
made such an impression upon the
political leaders that the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, speaking on Tues
day at st. Georges Conservative
Club on the matter of the meeting
at Hyde Park on Sunday said thus:
they saw iconoclasts of resolutions
associating with the iconoclasts of
the Constitutions. He could not
imagine what would happen with a
government resting upon the party,
that at present supported Mr.. Glad
stone in the House of Commons, for
the present ministry would be sue
ceeded by government of sensa-
tions, sentimentalism and expert
ments. These petty agitations in
stead of being the means of pacify-
ing the destructing elements, are
simply but as so much inhammable
substance poured on the Goals.
When will Englishman learn the
lesson, that the proper way to deal
with these frothy, agitating citizens,
is not through a medium of fierce,
factional answerings, but, in the
surer and more invincible way of
cold necessity, and stern policy.
Home Rule may possibly be thing
of the future, and perhaps as Mr..
Gladstone says, the handwriting is
ON the wall, but it certainly will
never come to pass through the pre-,
sent system of agitation, which is
only productive of unquenchabIe
hatred. System and Union alone is
the only way that points to success
PALETHoRPE.
London, Feb. 18th.
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