THE REAL ISSUE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2488, 3 October 1922, Page 3

THE REAL ISSUE.

“That is the issue of the elections, don’t-make any mistake about that,” said Mr Massey last night at Levin with reference to the recent discussions between Liberal and Labour representatives. The position had been made quite clear, he added. Tht Labour Party was ready to help the Liberals put the Reform Government out. of office, but the Labour extremists were then to dictate the policy of a Liberal Government. A significant fact for the fanners to notice was that the intermediaries in the negotiations had been the two most prominent single taxers in the Dominion. He had said at Foxton and he would say again that the Union Jack and the Red Flag could not exist, in the same country (applause). He could assure the electors that he would not hold office for a single hour if he were dependent on extreme Labour votes. He did not accuse all the Liberals of disloyalty. He knew that many of them were entirely loyal, but the country was entitled to watch what had been going ,on between the Liberals and the Labour extremists and draw their own conclusions as to what a Liberal-Labour combination would mean.