CORRESPONDENCE.
RED RANTING IS NO ANSWER
REPLY TO MR E. G. MARTIN
(To the Editor)
Sir, —Your Correspondent of the above name was evidently angry when he wrote the foolish letter which appears in your issue of the Ist. inst. He indulges in the usual silly attempt at humour of the Red advocates in calling the Welfare League the “Well Feds,” and to show that it is not original he actually puts it into inverted commas. Poor man, would he not be better having a square feed himself than spending his time on such useless efforts. After all why is he upset? We presented certain definite questions to Mr H. E. Holland M.P, the leader of the Red Party, which neither he nor any of his satelites have had the courage to answer. They will talk upon any known subject, from astronomy to toothpicks, so long as if will take the mind off from the specific questions directly put to their party. As champion sidesteppers and experts in the game of camouflage the Red partizans excel all others.
Now, to comrade Martin. He argues that because Mr C. P. Skerritt, K.C., appeared as a Solicitor in Court to defend cex-tain parties charged with’ profiteering that, therefore, the Welfare League, of which Mr Skerritt is President, is guilty of upholding “profiteering and proved robbery by certain firms.” Anything more absurd than such an argument would be hard to find. We presume that your correspondent has escaped from the arms of his nurse. If he is over 17 years of age he should know that under British law even a murderous criminal will have counsel to defend him, and that the lawyer who acts is not in any sane person’s mind associated with the deeds of the accused individual. On MiMartin’s reasoning a lawyer who appeared in defence of'a murderer would be looked upon as supporting such crime, and any League or Society he belonged to would be similarly held suspect. As an act of common humanity we advise your correspondent to get off such a crazy line of reasoning ns it is dangerous to himself as well as other people. When on foundation of such nebulous thought as this Air Martin pours out abuse of the League it shows that he is certainly in a very bad way. The League has no more to do with the eases he refers to than he himself had. Mr Skerritt did not appear as President of the League, or even as C. P. Skerritt a private citizen. He appeared solely as a solicitor in fulfilment of his professional duty. We wonder if Mr Martin will understand that. One would not mind explaining such a simple matter in detail to a child, but presumably your correspondent is beyond the age of a child. This plain critic: ei of ours may appear to some as rather drastic, but we want your readers to understand that the members of the N.Z. Welfare League are not going to take gratuitous impudence from Mr E. G. Martin or anyone else. We do mu mind the nlainest criticism from unv quarter, but when it goes over the line into :field of practically slanderous abuse. then, “the gloves arc off” and such a critic can take just what is coming to him. We are. Yours, etc. N.Z. WELFARE LEAGUE.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2438, 8 June 1922, Page 2
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558CORRESPONDENCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2438, 8 June 1922, Page 2
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