BALDWIN’S POLICY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 October 1924, Page 5

BALDWIN’S POLICY

LABOUR AND INDIA. scathing Denunciation. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received Oct. 17, 11,30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 16.. At the Unionist rally at Queen’s Hall Mr Baldwin received an ovation. He said the modern Sampson <sf a Prime Minister was determined to null down the pillars of the. tabernacle. I‘ne Labour Party could never plav its part as a patriotic, constitutional parfcv it purged itself of extremists. Ihe Labour Government’s policy was based on feelings and emotions which it was impossible to translate into action. If it were possible to embody any of the proposals in the Labour manifesto in - Acts of Parliament an appalling disturbance in trade, industry and the national life would result. It was the true function of a Govern-, ment to. encourage individual effort. *ne most striking feature o.f the Labour Government’s record was its" tail ore regarding unemployment. After outlining the Unionist constructive P«hcy Miv Baldwm referred to Imperial affairs. He said- the Unionist Party stood for the closest co-operation in respect to Imperial preference. India at piesont was causing great anxietv owing to the wrecking tactics of the extremists, who had not attempted to conceal -their intention of rendering the present system of the Government unworkable. India was seething, and there was a religious conflict between Hindus and Mohammedans. The strong protecting, arm of Britain was never more urgently needed than to-dav, J™* parts of India inighfc rovert to Chaos. The Conservatives would unhesitatingly pursue .a firm, definite policy, based on the letter and spirit of the reforms guaranteed to India. labour party finance. POWER OF THE PRESS. m. .LONDON. Oct, 16. Ifie Conservative-Liberal pact is progressing rapidly. The Daily Telegraph publishes a list, showing that triangular fights will be avoided in forty-t-wo ol 't. of sixty-seven constituencies in which Labourites secured seats at the last election as a result of three-cor-nered contests. Efforts are being continued t<4 secure straight-out fights in the remainder. The first list of Conservative candidates numbers 530 Among other indications of the alliance is a letter which Mr Austen Chamberlain has written to Mr Winston Churchill. sending “good wishes to you and your Conservative supporters,” and adding: “The old quarrels between Liberals and Conservatives belong to the past. To-day’s fundamental issues are those which unite Liberals like you with the Unionists and divide us both iiom the Socialists and their Communist supporters. ” The Labour Party appeals for contnbutions to its fighting fund. Mr J,. H. Thomas (Colonial Secretary), in the Daily Herald, says : “It is our shillings and pence against the Tory and Liberal millions.” Another handicap to the Labourites is indicated in the speech of at Wallsend last night, but it is only fair to record that, while the Labour Party is attacked daily m both the Conservative and Liberal newspapers throughout the country by means of editorials, special articles, cartoons and illustrations, etc., tn© speeches of t-he Labour leaders are generally extensively reported. Th e fact, of course, remains that Labour has only one daily paper, compared with the multitude or opponents. Sir Patrick Hastings, as reported in the Daily Teiegrapli, said that there uas not a single newspaper giving an h< ™est account of the Labour Party All the big newspapers in' the country were deliberately setting out to try to damn the people’s party in order to put m their own friends. He declared: “It is not safe for all the powerful newspapers to make the 'people read daily offensive epithets against the leaders they love.”

The Conservative newspapers stress the following passages in Mr Stanlev Baldwin’s soeeeh: “If returned to power the Unionist Party will secure an expert investigation into the causes of the rise in the price of all foodstuffs in common use. We stand to-day as always for the closest co-operation throughout the Umpire with regard to preference and for relieving the anxieties of anv part of the Empire which feels we are not paying due regard to the defence of its existence.”