THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1326, 2 January 1912, Page 4

THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

WHEN WILL PARLIAMENT MEET?

PERHAPS A FORTNIGHT HENCE.

Although no definite announcement in regard lo his futuro intentions has yet been made by tho Prime Minister, it is considered probable that tho policy of drift and silence- which has been followed by tho Government sinco tho date of the socoud ballots, will ouortly bo abandoned. Tho chances aro that Parliament will assemble about a fortnight hence) in which caso tho issues and uncertainties which now combino to form a crisis will bo quickly resolved. SILENCE PRESERVED. PREMIER'S INTENTIONS STILL UNKNOWN. It was thought that the Prime Minister, havjng met two party caucuses Inst week and most of his colleagues being in town, ho might be prepared to begin the New Year with a statement of tho course he intends to take in the present political crisis. Nevertheless the mystery remains undispelled. Sir Joseph Ward, when questioned last evening, said that he was not yet prepared to make any statement. Ho added that he would do so as soon as possible. EARLY SESSION PROBABLE, TELEGRAPHISTS' ANNUAL LEAVE POSTPONED.. , What is considered to be a pretty sure judication that there will bo an early session of Parliament is the fact that an order has bceen made by the authorities postponing tho annual leave of all telegraphists in the Wellington office for tho present, and a notico to that effect has been posted in tho operators' room. After tho Christmas and New Year rush it is usual for tho members of the staffs to be allowed to tako their leave in batches .of ten or twelve at a time, and it is common gossip that tho only necessity for a full staff in January could be the expiclcd extraordinary session of Parliament. MR. GLOVER'S POSITION, A FURTHER EXPLANATION. (By Telegraph—Press' Association.)

Auckland, January 1. Xlr. A. E. Glover, M.l\, who returned to Auckland from Wellington to-day, referred to ;i .statement made recently to the effect that ho hail said ho would as soon support Massey as Ward, or Jones as Brown. Mr. Glover declared, oueo for all, that hn was an out-and-out Liberal and as staunch, a supporter of the present Ward Administration as any man in New Zealand. Other statements made by him, he said, hart been absolutely misconstrued into an inference that Mr, Millar was intriguing, with a view to undermining tho position of Sir Joseph Ward. THE REFORM LEADER. VISITING WELLINGTON. Mr. Masscy arrived in Wellington from tho north yesterday, and will stay here for a day or two. Interviewed on arrival ho declined to deal at length with political questions, simply remarking that ■ho was very rail pleased at the result of the late elections. Mr. Massey said that lie did not feel it incumbent upon him to make any reference to the present crisis. ■■