Review of reviews and world's work . ght to settle its own affairs in its ownway, and no one will interfere vdth Queensland,whatever she does. But the decision to introducethe South Sea laborer into Queensland has been hailedboth there and in the other colonies with sincere re-gret. It gives up the ideal of Australia for thewhites, and it re-establishes Blackbirding. It maybe inevitable, but if so it is to be hoped that SirSamtiel will go into the Blackbirding business himself. All labor recruiting should be forbidden,excei)t to government vessels, the captain and crewof which should be answer
Review of reviews and world's work . ght to settle its own affairs in its ownway, and no one will interfere vdth Queensland,whatever she does. But the decision to introducethe South Sea laborer into Queensland has been hailedboth there and in the other colonies with sincere re-gret. It gives up the ideal of Australia for thewhites, and it re-establishes Blackbirding. It maybe inevitable, but if so it is to be hoped that SirSamtiel will go into the Blackbirding business himself. All labor recruiting should be forbidden,excei)t to government vessels, the captain and crewof which should be answerable directly to the gov-ernment which employed them and none of whomshould i)rofit to the extent of a single sixpence by thereciiiiting of the natives. The business is far toonear akin to slave-trading to be intrusted to any ex-cept those who have no personal interest to serve instraining or evading the law, and who are personallyresponsible for its rigorous enforcement. The raceproblems of America should be a warning to ^-v ^ REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 535 ^^ The seventieth birthday of Rev. EdwardEminent Everett Hale, , has recently been cele-Amencan. j^p^ted with expressions of gratitude andrespect not only as wide as the American continent,but wonderfiilly hearty in their unbroken lives in oiu* generation have beenpassed so usefully. It is certainly rarethat so radical and courageous a re-fonner completely conquers the esteemof men of all shades of opinion. In con-structive social refonns Dr. Hale has everbeen a vahant leader; he has been one ofthe great preachers of the age ; he hasproduced some of the finest and mostpermanent pieces of our American litera-ture. His acti\aties seem to increaserather than to diminish with gro\\ingjears. Thus besides Ms editorial workin his magazine of practical philanthropj^Lend a Hand, and in the well-knowaiBoston weekly Tlie ConmioniveaWi, hehas for some time contributed a mosti
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