LANG MUST GO

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1931, Page 2

LANG MUST GO

THE RUIN OF HIS “MAKE BELIEVE.” (My Sir Joseph Carruthors) (In the Sydney Telegraph) The political Mr Lang may very well ho i outpaced to Jack Cade, whom Slmkt speai o portrayed so well in the piny oi lieury \'l., in a dialogue irom winch I quote as follows: Cade. . . There shall bo in England seve.i halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; and throe hooped pot shall have koii l.iio .s: and l will make it felony to drink small beer. All the realm shall lie in common, anl in Cheapsido shall my nalfry go to grass. And when I am kino—as king 1 will ho— All: God save your Majesty? Cade: I thank you, good, people; there shall be no money; all shall cat and drink on my score; and 1 "'ill apparel them all in one livery, thatthey may agree liko brothers, and worship me. their Lord. . . .)atk Cade’s revolution fizzled out ignominiousiy centuries ago; just as Jack Lang’s has already fizzled out in this State. It is so easy to promise everything, deluding inane, hut it is quite another thing when the time comes to *‘deliver the goods." Mr Lang is now finding out that difficulty, and, as every day passes, lie will more and more realise the hopeless position in which he lias placed himelf and his party through his Jack Cade policy and actions.

CHANCE AIKS BED

He lias now been in power as Premier for many months, with a big following in Parliament II he had taken an ordinary, prudent course, and accepted the agreement made by the oiaie Premiers with the Federal Ministers more than six months ago, lie could have put this State on the road to sound conditions financially and industrially.

Then our floating debt in London could have been satisfactorily adjusted, with the aid of the Bank of England, the greatest bank in the world. Once that was accomplished. £*18,000,000,000 of the funds of the Commonwealth Rank would have been released from London, to lie used here by the hank, to aid local finance a groat benefit to Aust ralja. Everything points to an inevitable crash unless a speedy change be made in the control of our affairs. Nino people out of every ten realise this, but, apparently, they are helpless, and cannot take action to save the State and its people from impending ruiti. Mr Lang would do the finest thing he has ever done ill his public Career if he would advise the Governor to dissolve .Parliament, and thereby give the electors the chance to put another and a bettor Government in charge of the affairs of State. Probably Mr Lang realises that he and his Ministers would be turned out of office. In my opinion nothing is surer than that this change of Ministers would occur. After all, however, jt would ho an act of real statesmanshin if Mr Lang gave the electors the chance to make the change they wish. That would lie a wise and democratic act for which ,a long-suffering community would he grateful.

“MAKE BELIEVE.” All of Air Land's screeching against the Legislative Council and against the Governor is so much “make believe” stuff to distract the attention of the workers from the fact that the so-called Lairg Plan is an utterly futile and unworkable thing that would only cause more distress and trouble than alreadv exists. Mr Lang is not a political Samson, except in the sense that- lie is striving to use whatever political strength lie has to bring down the pillars that support the financial and industrial edjfice built up by patient and unremitting efforts of those who have gone before us; the pioneers in trade and commerce and in all our industrial and financial organisation. Samson exerted his strength in a dying effort when lie wrecked the pillars of the temple, only to he buried in the crash and ruin that followed. That will ho Mr Lang’s political fate; but, unfortunately, he is likely to involve tens of thousands of good men and women in the same ruin, since they will be involved in the bankruptcy and wrecking of banks, insurance offices, savings banks. and other institutions upon which the welfare of the people so much depends.