A SOCIALIST'S REPLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 35, 5 November 1907, Page 9

A SOCIALIST'S REPLY.

Sir,—ln a , leaderette , in' your paper of today's issue you have gone to ; a Jot of paiiis to .show■; this Dominion what a dangerous man Dr. -Findlay is,' arid that the Ministry is fondling-a .viper' in'its bosorii, a deadly revolutionary anarchist, wlxise wickedness in proclaiming, himself .a Socialist lias staggered humanity'and staggered the Editor of The Dominion'to such an/extent ■ that what-little reason/ho had soems to have departed. :You havb. beonvestrcsrnoly- kind in putting Dr. Findlay's bold announcement down ..to political youth;- ■;■ No doubt-you-have done that out of sympathy,'••knowing as you do.that youth is liable'-to err. 'Yours-is a ,very youthful paper, eknow; and' when you rush' into all sorts'of wild imaginings over such a mild and natural'announcement, we hear the half stifled sobs of an; infant in swaddling clothes. I hopethe majority of your readers will sympathise with the despairing 'outcry of a mere infant,, iwho in its vehement lamentations to be heard; shrilly proclaims on the danger of even, a>name.—l am) etc.,' , •■ ° ■ K:,, ' K ; ' ; ' : A SOCIALIST,'' .Wellington, .November 1. , (We publish ;"A '.Socialist's" letter for what it?is; worth. Tiiis declaration that Socialism is merely a name, - coming from a Socialist, certainly has the'merit of candour.) ■::•■.• -,;', VI T ' ■ : .■"••'