HOLLAND’S PARTY AND THE STRIKE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2507, 18 November 1922, Page 3

HOLLAND’S PARTY AND THE STRIKE.

NO INDUSTRIAL PEACE UNTIL THEY GET THE LOT.

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—Many people are wondering what is the attitude of Air Holland’s party towards the seamen’s 1 strike. The party has not yet said where it stands with reference to this particular act of industrial warfare. At the same time its attitude towards industrial peace is clear and definite. Air T. Brin die, this party’s candidate, addressing the electors at Gisborne said—“Labour stood for the reorganisation of the Court and there would not be industrial peace until (he workers in industries owned and controlled the industry.” There, you have the Red Party’s standing. Tt is a straight out declaration of war on society—no j>eace until they own and control the lot—is what they declare for. This is the real Red Party, led by Mr H. E. Holland, and l its political manifesto is a mere cover. Its policy is to carry on perpetual warfare with the object of dispossessing the present owners of industries and establishing the ownership and control of their own. God help the country if some of these Red ihbourites are- to own and control the industries. Still they mean it seriously, so that if they cannot get their own way they are ready to smash things. Tt is time the people d£ New Zealand made up their rhiiids to fight this enemy within the gates. It cares nothing if trade and industry is dislocated: if men and women are driven out of work; if supplies of necessities are blocked: ifi homes and industries are broken up, and men, women and children forced into want and suffering. One of this party’s candidates, speaking in Dunedin said “the enemy of the country was within the country.” He was quite right. This Revolutionary party, with its dcderation of industrial warfare, is the enemy of the country. Like oth-er-enemies we have had to deal with as a. ]>eople this Red “enemy within the gates” is most dangerous because it camouflages its real intentions, and acts in ways that are treacherous to the interests of' the people of the Dominion. Just read that statement of Air Brindle’s again and note the double dealing character of it. TV ha t does he mean by “reorganisation of the Court” when affirming that there will be no industrial peace until they own and control industries? Plainly they do not want Arbitration but to drive the employers out of business, and it js sheer hypocriey for them to talk of “reorganisation of the Court.” This present seamen’s strike is but an outcome of the mad policy of industrial strife ' beingpreached contnually by tiie Hollandte Red Revolutionary party. The people have got to down it or it will ruin them. We are, Yours etc., N.Z. WELFARE LEAGUE.