THE NEW PREMIER.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1923, Page 3

THE NEW PREMIER.

— POLICY STATED. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ** LONDON. May 20. Mr S. Baldwin, in a message to Mrs Philipson, Conservative candidate for Bcrwick-un-Tweed, a seat rendered vacant through the unseating of her husband, said :—“lt is clearly my duty to carry out the sound, "iso policy laid down at the general election by Mr Bonar Law. That policy was coii- - firmed by the country’s verdict'. Your return will encourage me to go forward with my task.” THE PREMIER'S SON.

LONDON, May 23. A remarkable story "'as told to a '•Westminster Gazet te'’ interview or bj Oliver Baldwin, the son of the Premier. Oliver is aged 24, and is a typical public school man. He served in tho Irish Guards during the war, ana since then he has suffered prison, starvation, and almost death in the cause of Socialism. ‘‘ln September, 1920,” he said, ‘ I went to Armenia as an Army instruct tor. During the Turkish-Armenian war —> we were beaten bv the Turks. In November, the next month, the Bolsheviks swept down, and threw me into gaol with other Socialists. T, being the only non-Armenian member of the Dashnahtutum, one of the most powerful social-revolutionary bodies, was released on parole after six weeks in prison, and T went about seeing how Bolshevism worked. I left for Turkey in March, 1921, with a Keinalist passport, which 1 now know was only a trap. 1 was arrested at Alexandropol, and sent " to prison in Kara for a month, and then to another prison, where 1 had chains on my feet, awl was starved for five mouths. 1 lie Bolsheviks wanted me back for execution, but the Turks kept me. I saw two Communists executed outside my window. Then an exchange was made. 1 was released, and I walked from Erzeroum to Trebizond. The British Labour Party,” he continued, “has broken my heart, because while ostensibly belonging to tho Second Internationale, it backs up the Moscow Third Internationale, which murders anyone speaking in del once ol public rights. 1 am going to East Africa in September, where, with nature, the common enemy of man. 1 shall he united in building up, instead c.f pulling down.”