THE DREADNOUGHT AND RETRENCHMENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 9

THE DREADNOUGHT AND RETRENCHMENT.

.Sir,—l wish to enter .my, protest against !sir Joseph Ward and his Ministry's offer of u Dreadnought to England, as I consider : t a most .unconstitutional proceeding, and I sincerely libnc and trust that Parliament and people-will refuse to endorse it';.. The more warships wo liiiikl, the more other countries will build, and so the game goes on to tho impoverishment of tho peoples of the-whole ivorld. And who knows but what-all : those Jostly sln'iis will be all blown to atoms witb submarinos. and fl.viiig machines. They have never been in tho grip.yet and it is all a matter of chanco who wins, and it is quite possible that the one with the fewest ships u ■ ■ '■ .■'■■■ ■■■. •' • '.■■.. '■-■

,woulcbwm. and. bo mistress of the sea, a not -the .one : witJi,tho:most ships.. Also, J IWitor, pennit:inc:-to express the opinion 'tr Ministers; .ni their .retrenchment■'-. schoi shouldjmy.e commenced the pruning by C i I tmg down their owii numbers and salar: first of .all, and members' ..honorariums jicj and havo thus shown somo patriotism by beii willing to suffer sufficiently by,reducing th< own pay by at least one-tl'iird to one-half, i stead of merely making those under the suitor and bear tho whole burden of retrenc mont. I am exceedingly surprised at two ■tho Ministry, viz., Mr. Fowlds and Mr. Hoi —two. single-taxers—being, parties to'the t\ schemes I havo referred to,'and .which I'd nounco- in the s'trongost terms possible. L us havo done with these: terms "Liberal! and "Conservatives," and.go back to tl good old terms "Radical" and "Tory" if tl Ward Ministry is'a samplo of Liberalism, Liberalism which is mostly conspicuous ft being libtral to themselves only, and alb § ether unworthy to rule the destinies of No ealand.—l am, etc., i ;.:;, ■■■•:.■; * ;, james grovi ..-Marfon, April 8, 1909.'. . ,: / ■•'