THE UNREST IN ENGLAND

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 201, 20 May 1919, Page 4

THE UNREST IN ENGLAND

GENERAL EUSSELL'Si VIEWS ON THE SITUATION. (From Our Special' Correspondent.) Palnierston North, -May 19. llaior-General Sir - Andrew 'Bus sell, who was in Palnierston North foi the week-end on his; way back'to Hasfc nigs after a lengthy sojourn abroad with the New Zealand'Army,'was interviewed on' Sunday with regard to the present internal conditions of England. There was. remarked the distinguished soldier, no occasion to strike an alarmist note. Ho was confident from his observations that the. telf-control, discipline,, and above all the ' common senso of the people, which was typical of the AngloSaxon. would be exercised to the end that' tho great changes taking place would be. evolutionary, and not. revolutionary. , Just now thd whole country ,was,'in a'state of' high" : fever,.'and : that there has to be an improvement in the general conditions was patent to all. The goal which would be reached wa6 not merely a matter of high wages. In this connection it had to be borne in. •mind that they had to develop cooperation, not solely and wholly competition '

Asked ns to whether he saw any pronounced indications of emigration on a large kalo fromj the United Kingdom, the General said that the travel and.experience of the masses which followed as a natural consequence of their service abroad had unSoubtedly opened their eyes to the fact that the world was wide, and that the colonies offered.-'opportuni-ties which did''not obtain in'the Mother Country. . From the point of vjew of his observations as a man in the street, lie noticed that there was a great dpnl of talk of very large numbers of the' English and Scotch being tempted to try their fortunes in other countries. In this connection no country stood higher in their estimation than New Zealand, but. of course, this country was farthest away. -