The Colonial world is not free from disturbance. •We may
say little of the West Indies, again threatened with a revolution and invasion in Cuba, and all the collateral consequences of war be- tween the United States and Spain; although British interests could not fail to be jarred by the thtmder of cannon in that archi- pelago. From Australia they report that the rioting against the gold licences and fees has been put down, not without bloodshed on both sides. Ringleaders have been taken ; but it is a case in which the necessary treatment of prisoners involves very doubtful popular consequences. In the Cape of Good Hope they are ex- pressing fear of a new Caffre war. The rights of the ease are not quite clear. The -Caffre chiefs disclaim any 'intention of invading British territory, and describe their movements as entirely friendly and unstudied. Possibly, the border settlers are actuated both by fear and hostility of feeling. But the Government is on the alert, and the usual course of official interference in these mat- ters is to convert hostility of feeling into hostility of tact.
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