A LAND OF CHANGE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 85, 4 January 1919, Page 9

A LAND OF CHANGE

.'THE NEW ENGLAND j, ■ ,:• - - 1- . A NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER'S ; IMPRESSIONS.. , : "England is' 'interesting in. any way , ■' .voH'look at it-or'think.about it,- says a '■ ■ MewZealHudiournalisti-'iiow a-.member ,r -' of the-Expeditiojiary"-Force; 4ii a letter ; Ho a 'friendnii'Wellington.' -"The changes 0 are less obvious than one "might n»vo ex- '-■ ipe'etod,.-' 'blib'--tliej-' ; are- far 'sweeping -.J England has ceased to 1)0 a Rlaw-' "{ •'• tliiilgsacceptedr'and' has' become a land. :f of new ■and'.-qhnnging-prpblciiie.-. ... '• --'"Tho politics of -England aro amaaing- '.' iu.'their : ctbrtlsragairistpersonsj --parties,,1 prinolplw proi. 'fcs'sM any longer-to believe that tho old: ; slubboleths ■' are••' the passwords to any land of promise, or that difficully in pro- '- .lloiinc.ing-thein''is-theiiiafk ot the pre- '»• destined d'anincd: , 'The .'great.'-party-ma- -- ■chineS'are'-Kl'indiug day and mglit—anil t- -there'i«'a sdrt of .creaking and groaning ;- -Hiaf.'suggests tho'parts are badly;worn. 1- -The talk'is all of a split irt the-Liberal V Pa'rtyrb'ut- it were' a foolish .thing to. - silggestMineS''.of»cl«avag«:■■'■■ "Ml , . -Asnuitlr o- *nd %, tte "old>:gunrd,' buTdeited 'Willi tho i,: <loiid they .'tooktfup iarly; in the war, and ' ' !,. enrsed-by associatien with' spies,- traitors, ; Bpiritual'-hoiners, and other murl>• ceuaries, "nre ntf longi;r'ucceptal)lo JO ioik . . other-'tliunvthose.bound- to' them lor. oeti. ier'.iind-'pi'obably for■ "ivbrse• :by merely !,-' persoual-'intpTept."; : " v ' • ; .' ! ; "Mr. Lloyil : Georgo is.thp.man of the ■ ... ihour—much as<a:strike-break«r is looked ;■ :«pqiv- durinj?:industrial trouble. He w ' vpi-y useful;-mid his energy is- worthy'or • i.:'nil'parties'; :But there is a sort of-'-eer-.. I-' (ainty:,that- he w.iU:be:a;niiisanco as soon v' as "things-have'settled down. The old ■ 'e : gnardi-hato Tories, tolerate him much as an imprnssario • who hae Iwei;. fl. -losing-' money.; producing; . grancV opera ■ j > might tolerate the-.fiil. lady and Hip ihree--1,, legged- l'cfilf which "are -bringing in the • profits:; ::■: t::"~- ' ''■■■■■ '■' , .- -."Plain •■•andvjUataht Bolshevism has ft ' i -lioUl-in ;some:.'places,:* and a ■ -campaign,. ■'■ run by-'Heaven-knows -whom, .is saying '■'.. dangerous-things'to troops-: and workers ; .'alike; '.Sinh-Ffiiii bas;itß.'agenbs-inftsUy, !':! belie.ve,..-hoiiprary—in -every camp and ■' at'-'e'verj-- street;- .-qoriiw, ..-.No-man. can ; preachia' gospel -so.curious, that-he cannot ■ '" get disciples.-"-!-am inclined:to' believq ..that-those who hold-power for.the next r- few-years will. -be.-, those most 'apt-, in i. ■ describing -..-the- -strnnge ■: and- delicious : fruits:' . Panes-.et clrceiises—bread ami f! the circns-these:are''tho-needs.-of the a. people. Perhaps :they: are noC the-.needs, : ,, ibntvHiey-' ai-o what ,th? people like lo i,'. :liearsit..iß going to-.-get.f.V..,. :..■■■. "