THE COMPULSION BILL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 June 1916, Page 2

THE COMPULSION BILL.

(To tile .Editor.)

my iasi letter 1 briefly outlined. the chaiawjler of I.U.W. or Red feJ. methods as regards the destruction of property of the State, action w-iiich should liai e had lioni the auth011't.eo (at that penud) thorough invesugM'tion. If a boy piaces a- stone 011 the hue, or through a window as a train passes, there is due inquiry. Lei haps there was the lear of mob Jaw, however. It will be interesting to know where the action of tire members ol the i'.E. I. at Shannon diiferedi ■fioiu the tactics ol tJie Huns a/broad, or thuse interned at Port .Nicholson, iuih u.nou is oi tJie enemy within the gates, and theie is an interval between now and then. "Can the leopaa'd change his spots?'' Well he can his spots of feeding. This leaven of the I.W.W. is evidence amongst certain from Auckland 'to the -Biuif and it is a menace to t-he loyal inhabitants in its vicinity. What they believe 111P these no'll- - Anti-every thing but self. I iJ 3' ' m J gauging of their inteliactual calibre, they, individually, have not sufficient business acumen to nun a soft-drink shop; there is one who has manoeuvred a chanticler farm, and if farmers and others know his other hobby of extreme continental socfaiism tow aids capital, their patronage would automatically reduce. \,W, Sir, further re the Druidis' Hall and railway istatoon episodes. As the .spouters and their audience gained mutually, to the spot near the Post Office. Shannon, where the soap box was conspicuous, it wns considered desiraib* (funds being available) and the poor flasies only earning what skilled mechanics might envy, to adyourn to the Hall, L "

periodically and the night to be one of jovial camaxadio which generally 'terminated about 2.30 a.m. Joviality is a misnomer, however; the addresses were oil a par with those whose foundation was the soap-box, and all present attended a rehearsed, ailter the claptrap surfeit. A lady was announced 'to speak and a -Mrs 1)., who simply said ditto to tho previous raucous nasal verbal pabulum. A woman or man is generally known by the company he or she keeps, and therefore Mrs JD. wa-s included in the trio. Her appearance in a deputation to jVLr -Uassey re conscription is known, but the question is who did sho represent—the loyal or tho disloyal ? In my own mind, if there is one more than another that should ha,vo some locus standi, it is tho.M' whoso sons, husbands, or fathers who have been sacrificed to tho national common danger. It would be iiiteersting to know why she was imported. 1 understand under the auspices of the Federation of Labour, and it she is the estimable person ijcal Feds, aver she is who did she conic out to upliftP There was no homeland comparison in New Zealand ; no poverty ; and certainly it was not in rivalry of Salvation Army reclamation. Was it not to preach tho doctrine of class legislation, or to undermiuo the basis of society (as in vogue)? if not, 1 stand to be enlightened. .X ow to the bold unionists who did not lorgot to lot all within hearing know they were "the flaxles" oil that particular nigliit. Tho pubs, were closed and your» truly was extinguishing street lamps; it is a general matter, or was then, to find nuonlbers of 'flaxies'' doing a promonade after 10 p.m., but there were more than ordinary on this night, and you would think there was a railway night excursion running, for there was a ful'l platform muster for some considerable time, when someone near me ejaculated : ''Here it comes, and we wilj give the liell; whore's your .stones." 1 was not having any, but time was precious; the train came through at a lair speedi; a sound as of heavy hailstones on a roof; a skidding of wheels near me, and the objoot attained. 1 suppose. . 1 viewed the scene early next morning: the plflittorm was all broken glass artd at the end of the platform where the wheels skidded, 1 found a broken railway hand truck, which had evidently .been thrown •against the wheels. There was a good barrow load of metal scattered albout,* and marks on the good shed opposite. The inmates of the carnage or carriages met the emergency, 1 understand, by placing the movable cushions against the windtows; that accounted for the glass distribution. The destination was by those who aire against party government, volunteering, conscription; they are anti-national, and the late member for Oteki cannot claim exemption from having passively acquiesced in the sponters' previous oratory or its sequence, for he never publicly reJbuked them by word or through the press.—l am, etc, W.M.F.