LIBERAL AND "RED FED." ALLIANCE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14978, 21 May 1914, Page 7

LIBERAL AND "RED FED." ALLIANCE.

EVIDENCE IN AUCKLAND

DISTRICT. What the arrangement oetvreen the. Liberal Party ana the "Red tioniste" may be, outsiders are not in- . formed (telegraphs the Auckland correspondent of the "Otago . Daily Times"); but tbtro has been abundant 1 evidence in Auckland, of late" to shoir that some message liae been passed round, and the followers of the strike agitator and tho red flag have evidently received instructions from someone to attend political meetings held by Government members and thero ' howl for Sir Joseph Ward. It lamnoh the same crowd each time. References - to the strike arouse them to a fronzy of vituperation; mention of the " "specials ,, draws forth hoots; and the namo of Sir Joseph Ward is received with delirious cheers. Several strike agitators are generally in evidence, leading tbs demonstrations. Attempts were made at Mr Massey's Town Hall -meeting, and it was known that the j fedurationi6te had received instructions from somewhere or other to break .. 'up that meeting; but a number of men in the audience wero called upon by the ushers and they promptly threw the ■ federationists out. At Mr Bradnoy's meeting on Mondny evening the same course* was followed, and the same men were in evidence as at numerous federation demonstrations of late. They _• religiously howled at the- roention_ of • the Government's settling the strike, while Mr Arthur Rosser was the mover .. of the amendment. It is evident (adds the correspondent) that the "Rod Feds." are out, as far as AxickLind is concerned, to make the- campaign .a rowdy and bitter one, and it is curious to noto ' that they lcavo Liberal meetings severely alono. A cartoon published here sizes up the situation. It Is called 'The Great Experiment," and depicts in the first half Sir Joseph Ward pouring / . Liberal glyccrino into Labour oitric and sulphuric acid. Tho second half shows the inevitable result, the.axperv. ' menter being blown up. . , Jr:&fs>.