The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times. MONDAY, MAY 4th, 1925.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1925, Page 2

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times. MONDAY, MAY 4th, 1925.

MONARCHY AND COMMUNISM. This heading is ;i contrast which might Ik? described in more coimnon times as loyalty and Disloyalty. At all events that is the suggestion to our mind after reading Saturday's Christchurch "‘Press.” Therein is a report of May Day proceedings at Trades Union Hall. Christchurch, May Day. which is described as the International Labour Day. was celebrated at the Trades Hall on Friday night, when, in the course of an address, the Rev. J. H. C. Chappie spoke of Monarchy and Communism, and the Mayor-elect. Mr J. K. Archer had something to say in the reference to the same subjects. The speeches are illuminating and indicate the stupid blunder the Christchurch people made owing to personal jealousies, in electing a gentleman Mayor who has strong leanings towards extreme Labour, which it is all too plain,

favors Communism. The Rev. Chappie does not happen to he the .Mayor-elect of Christchurch, lint there is no doubt "here lie stands in relation to Communism, and as the Rev. Archer, the .Mayor-elect, took the came platform, and did nut attempt to cheek the extreme views el his brother in the cloth, missed the o; portuiiily of making his position good with the 70 or Btl per cent, ut the people of whom he spoke later. Rather should we think that Rev. Archer spoke with his tongue in his cheek, and was no doubt glad to get on to the biblical analogy with which lie rounded off his address. But let u, iplote from the ] 11 1>! i s lied remarks. .Mr ( lmpple said that Communism could dispense with the two facto:.-, trill h and homr-ly. Trades 1 nioni'in "as a pa-s-gi- to the great goal it ( -unuiumsui and it should be used :iis:: V They would t.ot gel anywhere by means •>! (la- Arbitration Court. “The judge belongs Io a i-la-s a lid it’s Ir.lt your 1 lass!’’ When the | an, le -ail purled .Monarchy they could ml npjtori Communism. How could the mail who oke again.t Monarchy 011 the platform take the > nth ul aiI>e a wea ■•! ;i- a king.’’ They miisl Iml the moderii Stile as it exi-li-d in (be interest-, if thus,, who In-Id tinbind and the industrial com-erns. They must -i-t 11 ; i an industrial parliament and ignore all others and resitrl simply to civil disobedience. lie con-linb-d bv n ting that "bat was bar.j. uieg in ; Diily -.-. I old happen in Fu.lau l and in New /--aland. Mr .1. i\. Aa-ber v.a gri-efi-d with much applause and eln ers when he entered the hall, and thanked bis ,su]iporters for their loyarlty. Referring to the Monarchy. Mr Archer said that lie considered it was a ((lu-.sl-ion for tile people to decide, ll a plebiscite of tin- Hritisli Km! ire were taken it would be found that 70 per rent, or 80 per cent, of the people would he In favour of the .Monareliy. They might lie wrong or they might he right, hut he (the speakerl would certainly take me until of allegiance. He la-lie veil that Haliour could capture any position under the sun if it made up its mind to do so. Ho had received congratulatory telegrams from Dnrgavillo to Invercargill. New' Zealand was ripe for a great forward movement. He was very proud to lie the first Labour .Mayor of Christchurch. Since "Wednesday he had come to the conclusion that he would have a lot of work and a

big burden of responsibility, lint he would also have a lot of fun. “I expect to he in the Council like Daniel in the lion's den. But poor old Daniel came out of the lion’s den alive and I'm wondering not what will happen to Daniel, hut to the lions.” Some frightful things were .said of the Socialist Sunday schools and hymn-books, but Socialism was brotherhood, and it was their duty to show it. The people of Christchurch will have, two years endurance to put up with as the price to pay for the muddle made over the .Mayoralty, and the City i.s going to have a severe les on. But it is nut the first district to act foolishly when a split takes place in the voting, and we suppose it will not lie the last. The awakening takes time and perhaps will he a rude shock at that. But it, in possible if the people encourage vote splitting and the leaders are foolish enough to encourage it, that the rude shock will come sooner than most people expect. For the time at least the Christchurch mistake should be a beacon light indicating a perilous shoal to he avoided in major politics as well as municipal politics.