NOTES OF THE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2166, 3 June 1914, Page 6

NOTES OF THE DAY.

Tim outbreak afhysfcna knowji fts &a ffljlifcatit Suffimgottc 'rniovwamnfc )m boon responsible, the' cabks tell as this men-rung, fm the destruction of another British hfetorkai moiiitffiient. It is difficult, to understand what the militants think they have gained by the birnirig of Wtirgvave Uuu-ch. Evci-yiwdy has long since recognised that no eejWessiw will oiicl this, eoaflict. It is inijTossible io.t the Gevernmeirt »f asy civllissd coutiti'y tto recognise iiißCHcliftrism and the wreekiwg of ismpoiij' nt ft form of politkal agitatiott; • tTh« issue is nob whrtteei- tbo women of Britain .ii-e to be jrivon the fraaciiiso, but whether a sot of anUlanced , cttuita are to be ijneoumged to supl?nso that .tho,v ca.i} get whatever tircy want by making tlieftsolves a, piiWie nuisanoi aad a ptiblie dangoi-. Today these women aro wandering iilwit the coMitvysitl:© with bntchW cfoaTci'S aiul' firo-riiisiag material, because they l«ve. no 6 the veto! Give th&n the vtfbs, mi to-moiruw they will Jidopt the saw? tactics bcoaugo tta-y are iniabk to seeiir? the liiiHiwliato pasfeagc of same piece of iegislatifift ttioy desiro. The militant Suffragette nievcJwcht b its pro- ■ sent form has not $o iqu-eh ft politieal; as a pathological significani^.

: Ms. R&OS.EVEO;, ] B §.fc te eiAt woatiis in the viltTs a'i SonttAinerica, lias refmrncii to tlit> !i»eH<*ht. Four years ago he stu.ffiWccl on kj£pj>t oh. emesglsig horn a hwfltiijg till* in tfits heart rf Africa, and vtic? viewing the cpajsiry frois 'the *U)dovpg .Hi: a railway train, -was ffo &cl ■etwrngli to ad visa John Butfe liflfc to ad.ijijHister it. His present ti-jp ■OVel , , he has I'osuaiecl hii cii rote of censpf aiu! nclvfeci- to the Awwneau people. & has, we .am told, "Wfljghctl the DciOTCfatfe Admilßlstratioß! ancj fcmnct it ivaiitihg," a.ad with cliai-aptcnstie Kdflsevcltian toueli, tits cs-P«sident nd<is that ho will "-fake off his ctat in the flUtltiiiii ia the interests ol pradKeal Proetc?si?isffi," It will bo j:e»c:mf)B.Wtl that, the main upshot of Ms,. Eoosev&t's .last jn support- of "practical Prspressivkfli" was the wrecking of tho BcpivbiieaQ majority,, and tjte prasciitation of a teftu a-6 White Hfjssn to the Dcmocvatie canditlato, mm .Wiisou's record Way not.iwi all that B|r. Boosevbw ctesiros, b«t it repfeeonfcs fiffeon moßtfa of -salicf. work, aatl tn-cludej finAficLal and tariff icßi-slation of ikp, fir.gt iinpartaiwe. Tho has flisflflffliec-d his iatc-titiou of proceeding with a lar-roafilrihc; Anti-Tnist Bill this year, b«t there is a wkiijlyHjxprcsscd desife among American biimfiiss nreW thai; fiti-fchcr disterbitifr ! legislation shall'k defen-od ii.ntjl trade has settled down naofci the h&w conditiofts. % Howcvoi' Mb. Jko.SEv.l3l4 may view the, sitiiafcioli. thefo lias cofiainly bet-n no faltering so fax in the pcrforiitanes oi the jivomises Unade by Mr, AVISOS, in his earn-' paign of 1912,

In our news columns- this morning appeals tiio first definite- anammtMxrtent that thtj direct tinws Iwiii New Zealand ta ko-ttdoij will not travel via Paiiama, this statoafciifc, wtich veo are ertaMdd to iteko en the aitttority of, the Lrotjan Times, is fur t!»r evidence that fte Caflaj' will k of little benefit to British trade *itl: Austvatasia. The gain in distaucf will bo small, ancf the Qnft&l clue! will protebjy cat teateia|tv into tfe savings <iM(i.ciad in tlio cea ; l tsill. jjn fan to ivmaid be M6v<s atkftttiv* t( }>asscnSei - H s .as all who- know Oapi H'tfi'B in winfcel , will ag'Pco, 'biit ©i the oiher band the sJiijXMvhei's poid ■ont the. long passage in tljo trapics A'onld infeiii ffloi'o ©spouse in. rfe'fi-ig. ■w'ating costs. Evorvtl'tifig fefsa :te show that the pmh result of the cutting of the Cma,l itom cur trn-dc vieiSpoitit will Jj? to leave tjrest B*itain very mueh v.'fo?re it is so far as we in Australasia aje aonpsrH-gc], bttt to bring the. rotwttifftctiH'iiitf of the t T rjit«cl States, some th-watinjs oi mile" nfl.a*er-' to as bf tta,tav.

After wmii stoma? jncmih.<j of alike iVI. DrtVSIWXI'K wtis yi'sfa;v(k,v l« resign th<» T'voriiiorshfp '(»f PraW. Tlit'.>ki:tion« of Inst month left poUtics in a t-anglc of omiflictme gnjuiw. Tins coatcßt »t the ho'Us , (H'quucl a scandal rasWg

with that of Panama, in thft .days of Ds JjEssbp'S, and the candidates'seem io ta'tve been too absorbed in isesfmrehing one another's diameters and npsultiiig tlu! Ministry in the scramble for power to heed the sen mis realities of the. situation. Tho Treasury k empty , , and M. potJtß.ftGUE's sue-' ceswr will find himself face to face with <v financial crisis calling for desperates comedies. 'Wjg last Chamber, during its four yoate' term, increased the Budget of exuettdittu-c from isioa.ofja.floo ts fisio^ooo. and a deficit of many imllhium will have to be faced jit the end of tk financial year. Social fegisliitbn lws been passed without asiy thought of meeting the cost, sac] %y deft I jugghng successive treasurers have jjniiwUy claimed .to show surprises that existed notvhwe save in l-hfe'ir imagination. Dcsmte the efforts fco ! uromote reforms, the epvintyy has of : Ms years been cynically' iiKliferi-Bt , to the stanch of its politics, but it is Jikoly from ail aceoviijts to'late- a j rude awakening before many months I have passed. j

To that section of Xcw Zealandefs ; which bognidgoß the expcndituM : and the burden of service imposed by' tho Defence Art we heartily coiilniend GBNESAt Sm lan HAisiltios's speoA to tho Nirff -Zealand CJvA p : steytfay. Sift lan HAMitrosr is not only a soi- ■ dfer of note, but a man of iifiagiira:tioii aiM'l breadth , of view. No one will dispute his cantoitien ftat <■>« national perils, here in the Paelfkj, Mβ none tho less real te:ui«ft. they aiv, remote. We in AustValits-k iirc Aliens occupying hnik tliat arc the naktt'd colonising grotwds far tiie ovei-crowtifttl ttiillions oj the East [Asia has slumbered and. the British. j Dominions of tlte Sonth liave mm \ mto fexisfejice, but ©nee tl?e Asiatic natio.H-s assert thomsel-ves. as Japan has stone, our position nifty be very: tjiffoMJit from wha* it is to-day- As Sl'u lan HAiMtTosf ])oints out, .njtr expeaditiwc &h clelßti'ce is vustly tlisproportionafe to that ef tlio Swiss. - But il we spend only lisul-f a .siiHian oufe »f our rcrenuc of ilSJoft-000 on defoneff, as against; Swifcte-rlaud's £l ; 7a0,0ro_oBt of Its rcvafl-na &i feur ftidiimis, it is necessary to rannj«W that our. eii'fttuastancos afn -far fi-orei Ijeitig tijs same, ..\W Zeatoid is a .voting coiintry mik a great nuiioiiai : Uontitga to ciovekWi' α-ixf evear a.v necossary to its defence as tbtv majntownco a! roiiitery -forces is the eifettive occupation of tlte country. We need to dossb-lc ww citiaffn army, avad tiro best tvar io do ttois is to ; doable our populaSea. '