Australia in Suspense.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 10

Australia in Suspense.

I for a cure less drastic j -^p^i%gHf that-the country '* it become 1 *topwfe^Ct'ttilUl^';tl^/p6(rtfl4 fully ; ;i^IM! H does not lie ji ;^^i|:|||^6JMttioiivealtii' s political I %w J^fS^^^Mi t y'"* accepting •; havej made it : : .has fefieti ac'eusI «^K <> a»d; spenfitltfift I * ?.-• 4U,, -wnprctvidently - | :i Mng;» ut the : H ||fgjip 'OW'-"s&n - the misery <hV I {al>'otit'. :: Australia" has; ' ' and -prod|<ftiQl* Mome has been halved flWHf' vWoh Au*4 . jt^fia^yla have no con*' :iiM *^TOyr*' $M*&>tWL • J fl6o i OoO- -fear to, J .tfoMtfttrt ©£ :i|M;:%#i«EW **#W3wi these £iW4esru& '«'* i>itt* pot, & pjwblatn.which still attt'aij^hopeftilpdUijufalElvers,<#e*y-." ■iN»*shava to'be with less .«f.-wa» Wi a great may mora titan ►3Qftt»qifr men g* jriih>«t/4ny; share at . AWf»t« themes fa* making £2 look; ': s||fefl sd,.wiU help » . tion. pottft'* Ay 10 p« qent T .ffj iwtriaUy bejngdePN^i^fwUw* >! 'W the part o£ She 'CapftaJUfctf' . tttarctly he more crass. ' years in,;Auslpalja- both' j QWtAI amLfybour Have Jrijoyed the, t fruits of the politicians' borrowing, J Without Very 1 much o*' loud protest. and wages w;ent up, .though 'I 'costs steadily pursued'them, and in. ' Spjferof atriKeq aua-Jn' spite, bt, .j flnjietipa -pvi&s the 'jW i '•»*■. o£ the tariff, %thq/«oramunity 1 its a whole lived, ip ;*rjeasy- present \ oft. promwea fa earn and pay, But tk i < whioh this * ■p&jshwpjy. changed W' Australia is ' ssJ?«hupon. to ,p*y, fts'wjiy, as the

Administration for the rehabilitation of Australia are confused, and that the Labour Party is hopelessly divided. A former Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, whose firmness surprised the Party engineers behind the Government, is reported to have said that he is both " disturbed:' and disgusted." If that ia the toood of reasonable men within the Labour Party, then it is not surprising that many people: outside would like to see the quick dismissal of a weak Ministry; and it seems probable that the best hope for Australia is the growing will of the people to be led boldly on a hard, straight road.