PUBLIC OPINION

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1931, Page 2

PUBLIC OPINION

THE POLITICIAN’S TROUBLES, “The politician’s difficulties are now always made less by the presence of able departmental officials with an expert knowledge of details which he can never hope to compass, and stiffened perhaps not unjustifiably, by an unhappy experience of similar negotiations in the past, into an attitude of suspicien and reserve which lie finds it hard to break down. In the cud Hie politician may be faced with the alternative of accepting the responsibility for breaking off negotiations, which might spell political disaster, or of agreeing to a compromise which satisfies nobody, least of all himself. His only comfort is found in the reflection that since the compromise is assailed impartially by both sides, it liiay be that he has not made such a bad bargain after all ’’—Sir Charles Addis. THE DOMINIONS, OR RUSSIA. “While they have spurned the Dominions’ offer without hesitation, the Socialist Ministers have extended the right hand of fellowship to the Soviet. In their view, apparently, it is vastly more important to be on good terms with the Moscow gang than to consoli- !

date the Empire. Tim Soviet may dump oats in the United Kingdon at uneconomic prices and thus bring many fanners one step nearer min, it may Hood the country with the products of slave labour and render British factories idle, it may utilise Hi i'.ish credit in order to send goods lo other countries and deprive British merchants of markets, but Mr fiend erson will make no protest, take no action. In bis view, these activities give a fillip to British trade. Lord Brentford raised the subject in the Mouse < f Lords, and was blandly informed by Lord Pammor that in the Government’s opinion good relations ujth Russia were a very important factor in the unemployment problem, an * that Russia was ‘a great field for the absorption of the manufactures of tin’s country . . the most fruitful field to which we can look in the immediate future? If that statement were true, the people of the United Kingdom might well despair.”—“Belfast News Letter.”

FLYJNO BIK'UGiiT 'i'O EARTH. The idea of flying is changing; a year ago eon.iderable experience and Mtudv were considered necessary for tlie success of any epic llight. The phot ntts regarded as a hind of superman, in Acad of an ordinary individual During the last year or so events have happened to show that a young pilot with little experience can Hy half-way across the world, and now another woman pilot with even less experience flies many thousands of miles across Europe and Asia. These results must naturally be of great value to aviation, for it brings ‘flying to earth.’ One hears the remark, ‘Well, ft can’t be, so difficult,’ and per. haps on the next trip to the Continent the same person will, for the first time, use one of the excellent air services at present in operation.”—Miss Winifred Brown j the 1930 winner of the King’s Cup.