LABOUR LOYALTY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2455, 18 July 1922, Page 3

LABOUR LOYALTY.

BOLSHEVISM OR SAFE GOVERNMENT? V MR POTTER HITS OUT . , > r \ . ' During the'Address-in-Reply debate'ui the House on Friday Mr Potter'said the extreme Labour Party was trying to inrtoduce into New Zealand the vile tyranny that had killed hundreds of thousands in Russia. Its members were afraid to come out at the present juncture with sjuch advocacy as they had uttered some months ago. But they would still work silently for ends that they did not dare to remind the public of at present in view of the coming elections. One of the Labour members had expressed surprise at the sort, of criticism that was levelled his party. How could (hat member be surprised when, one of his colleagues had said some years ago “I neither fear God, honour .the King, nor salute the piratical flag V England” ? A member: Who said that? Mr Potter: “The member for Auckland Central.” Mr Potter added that 'one ought to be ashamed to sit in the same House as men who professed such doctrines and teachings nd the extreme Labourites. A Liberal member :, Th'en’ -you had better resign. ,b \,f Mr, Potter retorted that the need was not for men who would resign, but for men who wo did announce, to (he public what (he Labour Party was working for. .He -challenged the extremists t to meet-the test of 'tf v strn ightforward declaration on three cardinal points: On the monarchy; on Christianity; ftndibn (he of the sexes. The jjoetrine of the Socialists on the last j point was the destruction of home life, and the smashing of the marriage bond. ‘The caucus of the Socialist Party bound its members body and soul. Could Tsardom offer it more' terrible example of tyranny? There was nothing more tyrannous in the world than the working, man exercising the powers of ■ Bolshevism. Tho argument of Bolshevism was force, and if extreme, Lahouf ever atained power in this country that fact would be demonstrated. In the meantime, to gain their ends, the extremists would be willing to “creep into the socks of” John Ballance, and talk about the good old days of Richard Seddon. They would do anything under Heaven, to grasp the reins of power. At the coming elections the simple issue would be ; Bolshevism or constitutional government? - f