The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, January 13th, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1195, 13 January 1914, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, January 13th, 19 14. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

At last Thursday’s meeting of the Palmerston District Hospital Board, the question was asked as to whether any further steps bad been taken to name the children’s ward. A refusal to a request by the Board that the ward bear a Royal name had been received at a previous meeting. Her Majesty, Queen Mary, it was pointed out, would have no objection to institutions, as a whole, bearing her name, but the line was drawn at a ward claiming such distinction. When one looks carefully into the matter the Royal refusal was justifiable. Mr. Horublow suggested that the ward should bear the name of the Chairman, and for reason explained that Mr Wilson for many years, and at great personal sacrifice, had laboured in the cause of suffering humanity, and the district hospital had no more devoted or enthusiastic administrator. His wide knowledge in hospital matters were recognised in high places, Mr Horublow added that they would not always have the Chairman with them, and the opportunity was fitting that Mr Wilson’s name should be associated with the institution in order that posterity should be reminded of his good work. Mayor Nash endorsed these remarks, but the Chairman, with characteristic modesty, firmly declined the honour. It was finally decided to let the ward remain as the “ children’s ward.” In commenting on the above our Palmerston morning contemporary says the Chairman set a good example by declining the honour, and continues ; “For in matters of charity, and particularly in the case of the Palmerston [our contemporary omits the word “ Dis trict ”J Hospital, it is invidious to single out the name of any one individual for distinction of that description ; because a hospital is an enduring institution, its management and conduct pass from hand to hand as the years progress, and each in his turn, and many in their turn equally contribute their energy and entire, devotion to the work. For instance, if we were able to traverse the history of our hospital since its inception we could re call names each one worthy of the distinction declined by the Chairman. “ Our contemporary then goes on to mention the names of certain worthy Palmerston citizens who, by inaugurating special efforts, raised large sums of money for the extension of the hospital. The Foxton representative had no intention to discount or overlook in the slightest degree, the effort of these good people on behalf of the hospital nor was .his suggestion prompted by ulterior motives, but the claims to recognition run in totally different directions.

A few weeks ago a speaker at the Wellington Opera House claimed that the doctriue of the I.W.W. was “the new Christianity.” Oue of the principal apostles of the I.W.W. is Arturo M. Giovanuilti, who has been associated with W, Haywood, oue of the louuders of the anarchist organisation. Gioyannitti contributed au article, “Syndicalism the Creed of Force,” to the New York Independent , recently. The chief feature of the treatise is the cold, unemotional way iu which the Italian states the I.W.W. belief—- “ Might is Right.” “The law of the least effort,” he writes, “will unconsciously but firmly induce the workers to retrain Irom violence, but if impellent needs and the inflexible necessity of getting certain results make it indispensably conditional to the solution of a dead-locked controversy, it will, of course, automatically assert itself, even without au expressed suggestion. Iu this case, being neither counselled noi premeditated, violence is neither right nor wrong. It is either necessary or unnecessary, effective or useless, as the resulting circumstances aloue will determine. We do not recognise the ‘public,’ the ‘people,’ the ‘nation,’ Christendom or humanity. We know only the working class, and rigidly maintain that outside of the working class there is not, nor shall there ever be, any hope of salvation iu the great social hereafter.”