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the people; and this is the last thing that our Whitehead & his party
would desire. What they want is
that a
Very
small alien minority should rule the indigenous magority. That is
to
my
wind, out of the question, but
they fail to realize its impracticability,
and in the hope of bringing it about they have adopted a programme to
reduce the present form of Government
to an
absurdity, and their supreme resource is the threat that the un-
official members of Council will resign
in a body. They may perhaps resign
if the Supply Bill for 1893 is ascented to, but I much doubt if
they
(
they will do so; they will probably
resign if Your Lordship insists on
any considerable expenditure
on the
Gaot. If Your Lordship gives way
entirely
likely
on that point, which is neither
nor desirable, it will then be
their business to devise some other
occasion.
7. Meanwhile the government must be carried on
& under the circumstances
}
which I have stated effective govern-
-ment is impossible if the resignation
of the unofficial members is to be deemed, as fur Whitehead & his party its being deemed, sufficient
reckon on
to bring matters to a dead lock.
8. The question