OUR FEARLESS PREMIER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1914, 24 November 1913, Page 7

OUR FEARLESS PREMIER.

Sir, —Will you kindly allow mo *pace in your valuables columns that I may also endorse your numerous, correspond-' outs' eloquent praises for your fearless editorial condemnation of the dastardly conduct of the'anarchist leaders i,f the Iteration of Labour? It is also most gratiMug to note that tVo have such a straightforward, fearless administrator as Mr. Massey, as leader of the House. His brilliant conduct during the- heat of this great strike clearly* demonstrates what an unsclfis'h. ( undaunted, feartess statesman Mr. Slassey is; for has he not clearly set a magnanimous example to all future Prinio Ministers of Now Zealand to place principles and the general interests of the country far .ib'oyo office-seeking greed?. No doubt ivjry employer, as well as every frfio-thinki ing wage-earner, will not forget All. Masscy at the next elections, for his statesmanlike conduct in' bringing Now Zealand so safely out of what would inevitably havo been one of the most, barbarous civil wars on record.. No doubt, had the autocratic, sham-&aboar supporter, Sir Joseph Ward, been at the head of affairs, lie would undoubtedly havo given way to the Labour •mareliists, with hopes of securing a few of their votes, with the inevitable result that Netf Zealand woitld have been m turmoil a.ud rebellion, for I J 'el sure that no employer would submit to allow Parliament to interfere. Parliament is only expccted to make aird tiphold the laws; but fey no means should it interfere with private concerns. Tile Arbitration Court is the proper place to settle industrial disputes—liot Parliament.

There is 110 disputing the faet Unit every employer—either merchantmen or fanners—and every fi'ee-thinking'' wafflsGarner will undoubtedly have to i/aite in some loyal manner, and vote solidly for Mr. Masscy and his partv of true progressive Liberals; the only party that will not be coerced by tlio- ff.unbuoyaist tongues of labour-anarchists. I. have not "tlio slightest doubt, sir Joseph Ward will In; kicking himself noiv, to think what an ass he made <?i' himself with his regrettable fiery speech, to induce the strikers to bn-lievo ho was doing- all m his power for them, and. that Mr. Jlaßsey was hard out against the general workers of New ZealajKl. A poor, mean- trick, for an autocrat of his standing to pose as a working-nun's friend, and so try a.nd embarrass ibc Prime Minister with his Parliamentary duties. For every paltry Labour vote Sir Joseph Ward secured for himself with lii-3 conduct, I fee) sure ho vill lose three employers' votes, for the latter. can plainly see what actions 110 would have taken had he been at the head of affairs with the present crisis, or any future one that may aviso. Conk! not the people of Nftw Zealand. : do something to decorate Jfr. Massey for his noble administration in upholding law and order, thus preserving Die ritfiit to every man to work as a five labourer in a free wintry. Trusting ' thousands of others will take this matter up, and thaiikiiig you for your space and kindness, —1. am, etc., L. 3, STRATFOHD. Hatuma, Hawke's Buy.