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s A visit once a year at least will be madet ail parts of the Island, or oftner if required
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TO HON. D. DAVIES AND DR. M’INTYRE.,
“1rs,—For the lust eighteen months sevs eval letters appeared in the columus of the different nowspapers, showing that farmers are Gissatistied with the manner in which the Dominion Governm -nt is holding back the working of the Act of Weights and Measures in P, E. Island.
Now, srs, you are well aware that the’ Act of 1875, with its subsequent amend- ments, was extended to P. E. I., coming into operation Ist July, 1876, and at the same time Section Zand of the former Acts of the Province of P. E. I. respecting Weighis aud Measures, were severally re- pealed,
At Montague Bridge, when shippers or Luyers come to port, they will immediately ask for sm assayer or an inspector, in or- der to prepare a tub as a measure for po. tatoes, they are informed by middlemen that there is no inspector -that the old Act is repealed, end tbe new one did not come into Operation, The skipper, then, has no alternative but to cut his owa tub as large as the dictates of his conscience will allow hiny—no one to make him atraid, And in the same way the grain is bartered away—no One to correct or inspect the scales—-and when farmers complaio, we are consoled by telling us that there is no res dress for our grievance, but that there must bea ring somewhere. In this man- ner the poor farmer is fleeced of his hard and honest toil and labor. Never before on tbis [slind was there such wholesale in« justice practiced as has been for the Isst eighteen months, and cur representatives will treat us with silent contempt. We read a great deal about Free Trade vs. Prox teciion, but where is the protection for our farmers at the present moment, for un- just weighis ‘and unjust measures. You will scarcely meet with a farmer but will tell you that he has lost a bushel or two of his toad, With patience we wait for a re- ey. Wer
Yours Respectfully,
A FARMER. King’s Cennty, Nov. 10, 1877. P. S.—I fear that the farmers will re- ceive very little consideration from th- Queen’s Printer for their grievances. le will tell them the Act is lame, and very likely they must put up with this state of
Secretary | sitairs for some time to come. A. F. Jane 51877 {jir U8 | Sa aena = 7 ce i sence WILL FAR WAR BECOME LOR.”
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We hear little of what is done in Ger. many, but the litthe that is heard shows how wary and watchtul she is and creates in other countries forbodings of eyil and much uneasiness. We frequently hear of the preparations egainst the worst which which Austria is said to be making, and doubt is often expressed as to what her policy would be, should the war become general or should Russia obtain @ perman, ent hold of Bulgaria; but cae of the most eiartling events of the month 1s that the London Morning Pest, @ paper wnich usu. bgliy speaks for the fuling classes in Eng- Innd, has come out openly in favour of Bogland going te the aid of Tursey. If the English Government have resolved to take no active part in this war, and to do nothing to prevent the absorption of Tur key by Russia, they will continue, as they have done, to watch the Russian progress passively, but if they have any idea of in- terfaring the Posi truly says they should
take ‘action while yet Turkey has some strength left. On Nov. 2ad the fost said :-—
If Russia has spolren falsely to our face —and sho has; if Russia has brought not prosperity into a muerable Bulgaria but ruin and fratricidal bate into a peaceful and prosperous Bulgaria—and she has done this; if Russia has against her now not only the intere:is of England but the cons¢ienes of humanity, that very ‘ humans ‘itarianism’’ which was ber cloak, then we | say the time is gone for sitting still. | Seif sacrifice may have been nceessary, or 'may have been thought so when it was
fancied that humanity was to be the gainer. Self-sacritice is a stupidity and a crime When we are asked to fling
away the prestige of our empire, the priceless possessions won for us by the best and truest of our race, merely in or- der te allow a corrupt and faithless ty> renny to extend its sway and to prepare new corruption and new agresstons. In other days, at least, the mere tale of Turk~ ish bravery, of the patriotism of those brave and simple heerted peasints-—be they Moslems ten times over, they sre men and gailant one-—woud hive sent the blood throbbing in every breast in unison with Ghazi Usmau’s heroic garrison and Ghazi Moukhtar’s broken but con« quered files. It was the story of Spain’s patriotic insuriec.ion against the Napoleon invasion which kindled that stern resolve in England which never faded or sank unti! the eppreseor of nations was crushed at Waterloo. Yet the Guerillas had not a holier cause thin those fathers and hus» bands who pushec b«ck the Costack to the fata! Aladj. Dagh, and still fling back the countiess iosts which rush up the slopes of Pievna. Are we to wait until, ifso it must be, those patriotic armies have been decisively outnumbered aud borne down ?
Are We t0 sit still while the mere touch of | of Victory had fled.
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our right hand would turn the ba'ance against unmasked bypocrisy and convicted ‘ust of power? Germany dare not move, even now, for fear of France and Austria. {taly would be quiet, indeed, with British fleets in the Mediterranean. The Muscor vites are already hard pushed to break the lurkish resistance. What would the Muse for a moment were the furks to be guarded by the Power which could support fifty Britich regimente such as stormed the Alma and held Lukers man, by hundreds of thousands, if need were, of fierce auxiliaries drawn from the 40,000,000 of our Moslem subjects in Hin- dostan?
Following this up on November 3rd, it said : —
“So long as Plevny hold out England has the deciding voice in the E.-tern question. Were disaster to fail upon the turkish arms the control of Earope and Asia would pass over to the Russo-German confederacy, and would be exercised for the benefit of Russo-German interests alone. According to rational calculation this is DO more Uirin a simple summary of the situation inthe Eastat the present moment. Let us, however, endeavor to establish the converse proposition —that the interests of England must be untouched by grave calamity to the Octoman Empire, ind that it will be as possible for the
British Government to defeat hostile com-
binations after the triumph. of Russia as before it. In this matter we need only to look to considerations of pure expediency, and nothing but pure expedieucy. As is now universaliy adraitted, ‘ humanitarian. ism’ has nothing to do with the subject; or, if it has, tends to bear most strongly against the Russian aggression. We have only toask, what will be the position of Great Britian and what its powers of en- forcing its policy. in the eventof a final overthrow of the Ottoman Empire? Could we hope singleshanded in. that contin- gency, to interfere with .the successful execution of any arrangement whatever which might have the support of Germany and Ruesia? Could we hope to find an ally or allies capable of assisting us in ou opposition to an arrangement hostile and prejudical to our interests? It is evident that for us the ‘* Eastern difficulty’ must narrow itself down to these two points. ENGLAND CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT,
We have, then, we are sorry to avow, no hesitation in saying thot this country would be unable singleshanded to thwart ary policy which had gained the support of the Russiam-and German governments, and we may take for granted that hussia will insist upon nothing/ which is not sanc~ ‘tioned by Prince Bismarck. Whatever scheme Of Mutual aggrandisement and co-operation may have recommended themseives at Berlin and St. Petersburg, this country can have nothing tosay. We shali be a day too late. If Russia is to get Armenia and the declared or practical sovereignity of the Bilkan Peninsula, in return for simi'ar good service to Germany, the British Government will be helpless in the face of the transaction. No forces at the disposal of the country would be coms petent to recover from the invaders those vantage grounds froia the outnumbered armies of Ghezi Osman and Ghazi Moukh- tar has been swept away. We could not land 250,000 soldiers in Bulgaria by an ex- ertion, and we should have allowed oura selves to be deprived of the service of far more than a quarter ofa million auxiliaries. Austria might feebly strive to: alter the arrangement in her own favor, but Austria would never Venture tO move against a united Russia and Germany. Italy would stand completely at the disposal of the Northern Powers, and might readily ‘threaten AustrosHungarian interests in a very sensible way in case of the Hapshburys proving recalettrant to the plans of ihe prepondering members of the -‘aillianee of the three Empires.” We should liters ally bave to fold our arms and accept whatever might ba in store for us.
THB REASON WHY.
Returning, then, to our original one:- tion, we would ask how, supposing cur in- terests to be assailed by any arrangements in the East or in the West we are to maintain our rights in the absence of an alley. it cannot be too clearly remember- ed that the fali of Turkey would not only deprive us of Turkey, but of Austria. Austria, which already distrusts our ap- parently incurable optimism, and which makes terms with Russia and Germany in consequence, will certainly not rick what- ever advantagee she may obtain, merely in order to render # good service to England. If we let the moment of favourable ection pass we certainly need not look to Austria to belp usin & moment doubly unpropi- tious tor her. Such ranst be the result of the conquest of Turkey by the Russian aggression.
‘* THR PRESENT 1S THS MOMENT 7) sTRIKe.”’
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