POLITICAL.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1925, Page 4

POLITICAL.

lit i\. (i. W. RI'SSKLI.’S VILW. (TISISTCII Flit il. .May AT Some in; eivsi ing u hs •rvn lions ilu tin pre- mi p Mil i" d - n mil ion wc re made by tbe I Inn. (!. W. |{i|Ssell iii the . .u.c c, an interview. Mr Rti.sidl ret in lied r. Sal .inlay c; ‘ruing from "At, the present I line.” said Mr Russell." polities are in lire melting pH as they nev r lure been in tlie course ci my long experienc e. 11 is apparently settled that Mr I'cialms wot le-unie the I'micc M ill inters'■ ip at an early date. Ili tdcvalim to i lint uliic e v. ili he a huge experiment alter so -lion a career in Parliament and pahlie life. While proving an o\reil“ie administrator of tig departments under hi, co'ivol, it is iv. ignis, ‘d, even hv leading members of Ihr Rclorui Parly, limt up to ihe pre.-iuil Mr Coates has not siiown evidence of the qualities of stalesniaii-hip or Imperiali- ,i u hic'i v. are > a marked in Ids pivPersonally, I am of the opinion that the best sol lit Kill ol the diliii nil ii's would lie, if it were practicable or possible, for Sir Francis IS-ll to acrapt a seat in the l.owo' House and heroine Prime Minister hi [,a I in-lead of in the ailing capacit', 100 has held for several inonihs past." \ n early eleelion was predicted by Mr Russell, who saiil that, with Mr Coates as Prime Minis! og there was a pns-iliility c.f an appeal to the country early in the session. He ihouglit that probably the Reform Party wou!il mil h ■ averse m a «inter cleetii in. "The question of if fusion between Iho Li hern I and I teioi'in Pa r i ie.s i

now a dominant me.’’ .Mr IL:- II cun 1 Lilted, “but il is ii rig:! oil tiun this cannot be clfcded until after ;i general election. Titerc may l.e a number of triangular eon tests with a similar result to tliat wash put tlie labour Party in iMVcr in timal Rrhaiu. In the meantime I would express tiie strong hope '• that, if a fusion is the limd way out oik: lhe diilieithii s now before the Ijoniinion. it will be Manner and not the junior, aw. ~ ihe case in the Kathuml Wat I Cabinet, lienee Liberal organisationand assn.-ini i :::d should he a'.r.v to t'.« necessity of setting their bno * n: order 'and preparing for r.lauevei may happen.” rkfoioi WMI-LIN'CTOX. May 23. After Wednesday's Reform caucus, a. ionfriviiec of delegates from the Reform Association, tlirniighout ihe enun- ( try will be held, at which the various prospective candidates of the Party will ho present. This will take place mi Thursday, and it is exciting a goad deal of interest, in view of suggestions now i itrrent let a fusion ol tlie Reform and Liberal Parties.

JlliS' HOW XI F. STRAY A IST. WRIT I XOTO.X, May Sir Francis Roll to-day received " cable from Mr llownie Stewart, who is now in New York. Mr Stewart stated: -‘‘My doctor is now prepared to let me leave and continue treatment m New Zealand. I fit tit confident- that t| u , disease has lieou effectively cheeked; but the henelb'ia! results will only become obvious by slow degrees. It is possible thel some months must elapse before 1 tan abandon the erulchc-i,.”