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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1929, Page 2

A MOMENTOUS YEAR FOR BRITAIN. “In domestic politics 1929 may be as momentous as 1914 was in world politics. Let no one think this an exaggerated comparison. TVc make it deliberately. Whatever you may think about the merits of either argument, the Socialist- or the non,Socialist, at least do not mistake the supreme magnitude of the issue itself. We believe utterly in the co-operation of Capital and Labour. f l lie theory of the class-conflict we reject root and branch. The spirit it excites is surer death to the interests of tin; masses than to those of the classes. Let input it still more simply. in this country, with its incomparably delicate fabric of credit and confidence, with its unparalleled dependence on foreign trade, even the first attempts at real Socialism would be as fatal as Bolshevism itself amidst the far cruder conditions of Russia.”—Mr J. L. Garvin, writing in the “Observer” (London).