The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times Wednesday, January 25, 1933. TO-MORROW’S SESSION.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 January 1933, Page 4

The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times Wednesday, January 25, 1933. TO-MORROW’S SESSION.

Wjien Parliament resumes to-morrow the Go ver amt lit will require to take the Houte and tlie country into its LUuleist confidence as to to© country’s position. That position is admittedly very disturbing, but how disturbing the average person has not yet grr.i.iped. A (.Ear statement by the Prime Minister would be a very helpful factor iu the present difficult situation, Mr Forbes has won kudos nor his handling of the genurul situation, and lie has behind him a good deal of favourable public opinion. That mean© that the people are inclined to trust him. Tins disposition is an asset in time of crisis when the one hope is a trusted leader. As such, Mr Forbas may be expected to give the country a fu'll exposition of the position, and that confidence would beget confidence. New Zealand has no outstanding financier to whom the country would look for guidance, hut there muist be many sane and sound leaders of finance who could be trusted to do the right thing at such a moment. In. that rerreit, the Government must have at its call much good advice for its guidance, while within the Cabinet are men with long service, who could not have filled the responsible pojtiona in the past without acquiring a wide knowledge of public administration. AYc may take it that in this time of serious concern the best brains are intent on devising ways and means to pull the country through. There is no doubt the Government has been in close touch with the banking institutions, and from , that quarter must have the best information at? to the internal position, and the ability of the country to respond to any further demands which may be under consideration. It can lie assumed that more money wilil be required to carry on, At the best, the country’s balance sheet was balanced only on paper, Estimates will not he realised in all their entirety, and .a greater sum must be found by the Government to meet , its exchange payments. All the time the unemployed problem remains unsolved, and must be provided for apparently in greater number and at greater cost; while the wisdom of much of the great expenditure' incurred from week to week remains very much in doubt. There is thus all the more reason for the Government to he fully frank with the people and lay bare the general situation, so that by readily understanding the position there' will he more loyal and consistent support to the efforts: to negotiate the difficulties. It would seem, therefore, that the eountrv must face a crisis of considerable dimens : ons, and the position is not going to he met by running away from it. The Government and the people behind them must stand up to it, and do the best in a time of great difficulty. There is a call for a wholly rational effort, and to that end it would not he out of place to see a moreO intimate union of available forces. Great Britain has set the Empire an example which could be followed with possible good results at this time when all the finaiiiicWi brains of the country might be pooled for the country’s benefit.