Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920. “A ROARING WARNING.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2132, 25 May 1920, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920. “A ROARING WARNING.”

THE N.Z. Times, dealing' editorially with the Prince's visit, says that the visit was a roar of welcome and a loud profession of political national faith. Our contemporary goes on to say: “It was also a roar of warning. There are everywhere now persistent men, misguided, disloyal. They detest the Empire; they have no respect: for the Rule that guarantees freedom and prod eels society: they spurn the const it ition under which they live. Their object i,revolution; (heir motive is class hatred; their desire is class domination. To them the ideal place is east of Sue/., where “there ain't no Ten Commandments,” and every move, they make is designed to hurry this country into that nefarious part of the world. It is for them to heed the warning (ho Prince's visit has roared to (hem. The vastness and depth of his welcome are due to the; easiness of the majority and to the depth of their attachment to the Rule that guarantees them such freedom and protection as are (he envy and admiral ion of the world. These malcontents are in most countries few. They are, nevertheless, engaged in open attempt to hand together to rule (he earth unjustly and badly. Naturally, they arc' earning summary deportation, with the ap.proval of rightly angered peoples. They are hearing the st rouge-1 sounding note in history which proclaims that the one thing forbidden in all free countries where freedom is worthy of (he name is the sub-ver.-iou of their const it at ions. The great American Republic, which affirmed the principle by putting down secession by force of arms, is now aflirming it by deporting all who threaten the constitution. And with heller reason, for the recent assailants arc attacking not (he constitution alone but the very basis on which social v rests. The Prince's

visit is a roaring warning that selfprotection against destructive pests is not likely to be conlined to the United Stales of America, because every free people stands ready to defend its freedom against anarchistic onslaught.”