THE NEW KINDERGARTEN

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 8

THE NEW KINDERGARTEN

AND THE DANGERS AHEAD OF NEW ZEALAND. Sir.—ln the minds of some people there may be a lurking fear thattho bovs who went away to "fight for their country have returned with jjolshevijc 01 militarist or revolutionist ideas in their heads. To thosJ people these returned soldiers have but an emphatic denial, and would point out that in almost every case the Bolshevik, tho inibtavist r.nd ♦.he revolutionist shuns the idea of noljting fov his country, but revels m ho 'deii of fighting against it. °! ,1: chaos of this world war there i« springing up a new era. For what else voio so many lives given f Surely some good must result from so much morifice! t is reasonable lo suppose that tho people of this country and every other Allied country will demand the fruits of their tremendous effort in defeating Geimanj, and nil that Germany stood for. It is reasonable to suppose that tho people who remained at home carrying on tho business of the community will fflvoui all movements set on foot for progressive legislation, better business, and cleaner living; in fact, everything that will make young_ New Zealand a healthy country to live in. Before our boys went away they had llioir habits and their peculiarities, but when 1 hey joined (lie Army they had nothing but'regulations and orders _ to obev. They were disciplined, and "Yes was their answer whenever they were (old to do anything they did not like. Now vhev are home again they are not bound by regulations and orders, but still the discipline they learnt serves as n steadying: influence in their new civilinn life. Remembering that our lads went away to fight for freedom and right; remembering that they fought against militariKiii and all its abuses; against revolutionism, and against Bolshevism, with its destroying influence, wo must clearly see that'tho discipline learnt in the

Army»will very 60011 adjust itself if on these shores Bolshevism,. militarism, or revolutionism finds a footing, iue number of returned soldiers makes a goodly proportion of the young manhood of tho country, and if Ihey are united in- their effort to improve conditions by fair constitutional means, the opposing fortes of Bolshevism, etc., will be strangled as soon as they make an appearance. "Selfpreservation" was the instinct most acute with the soldiers, and it is not only applicable to soldiers, it applies also to nations. Throughout the world Bolshevik aconcies have been at work for the last two years or more, working for the destruction of commerce and the revolutionising of labour. What a pitinblc- picture Bussia presents nowadays. Imaßino tile greatest wheat-producing country in the world shuttingits doors' to commerce because it is out of business, because through internal strife it is unable to carry on production. Picture Great Britain in the same plight! It appears flint Bolshovik tendencies have been allowed to nourish'in the minds of millions of workers over there, and the present labour troubles are the result. _ Unless drastic action is taken immediately, a fire of revolution will be kindled that will b3 practically impossible to quench—once it lis started it will but have Ho burn itself out, and think!—think of the tremendous damage that will be the result! "New worlds for old" is the cry powadays. Civilisation demands a better, clearer, healthier world than it wis five years ago. The programme of the masses is as yet unformulated, and ivlule civilisation waits for a definite) programme, Bolshevism is preached all over the world by these agents of Lenin's. Are people going to be fooled by the claim of the Bolslieviki that their pro!?ramme of revolution and destruction is the only means of real reconstruction? For an answer to this look at Russia. The Bolslieviki do not point to that oonntrv as a plowing examine of Hint their doctrine dous for a nation. Wake up! Others are not asleep, if young New Zealand is! Folk do not seem to realise tiie dangers that threaten them. Josh along in tlie same old haphazard way and one day the whole country will come to a standstill with a terrible bump! Get to work with your broom and sweep away the cobwebs. People do not lealisa the power that Bolshevism has among certain classes, The Bolslieviki claim thai/ they are the only ones who can make the future a new world. Of course, \ being wise in deceit, they a.re half r,iht. They can remake the world, but when they have finished it will be a far worse place to live in than it was in pre-war 1 days; it will take centuries to bring civilisation back even to its present In el. Wake up! Delay much longer aad it may be too late. Quick action _is demanded. Where are <mr naliticians of quick decision, who will take tbe matter in hand and prevent young New Zealand being crippled by this menace of Bolshevism?—l am, etc., PROGRESSIVE.