WELLINGTON TOPICS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1925, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS

Tin; labour party. (Special to “Guardian".) WELLINGTON. May I. "Though the Labour Ratty i.s at 11 '.lit the lie-t i il'gn 11 isei I oi the three pulilie.'! ('riHlp« in the Dominion. I should not lie surprised tn see ii t|ie lir-t rent asunder hy internal i|; -mn-." So -aill ;i warm sympathiser i l l l the third party tn-day v. !:••!■ <'A-cii--mg a laryely attended meet ing he]i| here nil h'riday even--111-jr p, ci'lehiair- the sueesxe-: achieved the party at the nmiii.ibal elcrt- !. 11 ! ~. The party's el lie I achievement in Wellington tv K,s in t lie running the f iti/.eiis' League eaminiate very i h.eelv ini- the mayoralty, lull it was entitled to rejoice over the Rev. J. K. Arelier's stie-esa in a- similar rmih,| in ChrirFhur' L and less notewnrtliy aeli ievemeu t - in A inhl,a ml. Ci.-borno and I’etmie. Mr A. 1.. Mmit .ith, the mender ter Vi ellmgton | vl o. who oredded at the meeting, euii “ 1 the la ;, th“t Lal/ntl'V heavy pulling at Ihe lllimieipal clerti.)ii< v.ti.s a. goad anbury for the suei e s of the party at the approaching per.era! election and the ennui loud|v ender-ed hi-, interpretation of the figures. The sympathiser with tlm .. me and price! ieablc. aspirations of ! i! mr. ns he delines his position, linds no laid! at all with the party i r,hila tiie. 1 : ove,< the leave front it pre.-ented al the municipal elect tells. 11,. thinks it has cause io rejoiee. lie i, -satislied. however, that it is preparing the v.av lor ii- own disintegration hy talkin'! oi '‘i'eaee. “hiinian hrot licihoed." ‘‘human freedom." “world-wide righteousness" and ‘Vi: :,]v. ill" as if these mails could b" atlaiuel only hy the “working class" v.imine p.,!iii, a! and industrial war against the rest of the community. mischievous talk. This authority, of wln*e hona Jules there ran L- no | ussihle ilouhl. qili'ied the resnliitiiiii : do|iled at hridays meet iity'. on the motion of Mr R. Fraser. M.R.. seconded hy Mr E. Semple, as a sample of the ntisehiev- ,•„< talk that V.as going to bring discredit upm the Tad mr I'art.v am! delay it ■ a ' e-si ti l ■ cliiee h*r .vears. •cpi. ,t. 1 1 1 i me 'till c cf tnemhers and adlicfellt ; of the X('W Zealand Labour IPitev," this pro ions proinniiieement I-,,,. I ''s its supjiol't anew to ij,,. ,i;.(• cl’ Rociali-m. 1 nleriiational|s.,i_ ] e:e e and human hrothorlr’od ; and • end, fraternal "reeliters l : the workers cf all lands. It strongly and earnestly urge* the working pe,,'d t . of Veu /.calami to nrgmiKe P IS;i:;.!!v and industrially in the test, ellicieut manner -i that they n take th.br right I'ul Ihu e in the not Id's Working Class movement and insist effectively in its struggle for .social justice, eaottolllie emancipation. hum.in freedom, and worldwide rigii l"onsni ; iml g*aidv : 11. agaii.i i apilali-in. militarism, wurniongci iit■:. and the lorees of reaction ecu •rally. To I k i-; end ii culls upon all New Zealand workers to iinmediatelv rollv to ike support i! the Lab-

of a l.a.h.mr Coverntllelit al the Ceillli, twelve of fifteen hundred ) eo; !■• uao hoard t'ds breathl'.-. motion read ii:., a htii.dred itmlersiootl fully whal i: meant, hut its pre eu; at imt in Ho lies sprpers a., tile toitsidera.l o'dltietl if the v. inking t lit ‘sea was hound in estrange a good deal id syuieal u;. I’u,m their I, .’itinmte j edit led • •!f<• ctSANK lAlinl'R. aid iho erilie: ‘if icon like Mr Peter I'ra-er ami Mi IP I,ml Semple ate •t, v. a r up n e.iU'tit ml irnal met hods an | ivell-er.lcre I ie- res ~ then lii'liy a:' UP s, uij ,01.0 - T ilm parte will I•'r. s dun i i t!n*ic '.'io . s and ii-piral-it . Tl; , extn mi ■ s l::tv<; u • euib,,Mt\ io • ek i’ the rank and lile (•• : • . ! ... ;V. v. Ifa tl l lie -ire to i a i:i mix nii in itt-Prod priihleiiis i., room for a third parly in the eotliil IV. whales er Ike l.ihel ids ol the .1 iO- - u leer . iu • V ,a v to tlm run; rat e, hit! if the pre sent l.ahettr Party is to he : ally was iiig the ‘'red Hag,' in (la. fare of the ptthlie then many ■ I' its sympachise!'-. c-inijiorters and l.'iemhers Still he glad to gel hack in--I■, one e,l the ot lier earn! New Zenlandors have their hands full en--1 ie.! !i in managing tlnur own altairs and have lei call to meddle with the o.p.iialistn. militarism and ss ar-timng-iudiig of tie nation The solution of ,or on ii problems i; not going to It’ helped hy <| na nell ing over the problems of ether t eoole and in att,u:pding a.iiylhing if the kind ve shoi’hl lie only ill'king oiii's; Ives ridj i:|.ij>. ill tile C.vi , of other nations, i f M: i'l a ail I M r Selu| !e are going I I drive the euich. sensikk:. people ss ill get oil' and walk. and there are quite a nutnher "i feiisihle people within the l.ahnur I ails." KAIITV \VO!U«. Tiie truth of the matter is that Mr I'Tn.ser’K and Mr Semple's ssild talk is nothing more that well-staged drum l.aitiii'g intended to tiokle the ears ot those electors u!m still take tmiihlo to examine I lie laets lor themselves am! like tlieir pulitios served up to them !r {. and strong. The two pnneipal speakers at l*'ri;lay’s meeting are adet Is al this kind of electioneering. and even if they do not carry eon"ieti,in to the fhough 1 fid mouthers of their audieicc they provide them ssitli a vast ameiliit of aiiiiis<‘timnt. I !:e real Mr h'ras. r is r.e,ui ss hen he is addn-s.ing the House cl Representatives. which he sit.-; net.- <>l

kn Ming s, met bine: about the questions |,.e is discussing, and tile real Mr Semple .when, with much teelnTnal kimii ledge and very . otisideralde business tv-umen, lie is arranging n ei - peraD,,. ntra t "iih i-ome local body. There is not ihe slightest need lor limn of their type and of their calibre to make an illusory appeal

to the public or to play upon the igiierame and delusions of their audiences. The Labour members sent to the House of Re; reselltatives from Auckland. ( Lri.sUlnuvh and Dunedin, v. lien under the eye cf the Speaker at any rate, do not indulge in talk of this sort. Mr Holland, the leader ot the Labour Party, ie, asionuUy paraphrases some wild language and ardent sentiment he has picked up in his extensive reading, hut even lie has come to realise that mild denunciation, which previously served the purpose of the platform, carries little weight in those rational days, when tlie schoolmaster really has begun to do his work.