N.Z. Socialist Party.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 33, 20 October 1911, Page 12

N.Z. Socialist Party.

The secretary of the National ExeeuMye of the N.Z.S.P. has received the fallowing pronouncements on the Mills' BOJi-caJled "unity" scheme as below: -.'Waibi Socialist Party. —"Our branch is ! of the opinion that to compromise •w&otild- be a retrograde- step and the policy outlined therein would quite obBcure the main issue; further, in our opinion, Mills is not the great omnipotent to heal the breach between us; also,, in our opinion, the best unity nolicy is to be found in the Socialist Tarty; and the N.Z. Federation of Bkkor. 3 '

. ;':\\ T ollingtoa Socialist Party: "That tliis branch of the the N.Z.S.P. fails id''sec any basis for the unifying of the ranks cf Labor in TV. T. Mills' '/unity" scheme, believing that the joining up of the present division of the Workers from any viewpoint except that ofc one resting upon a revolutionary foundation is just so much waste of time, besides the Socialists having to sink the very principles which make theirs the only logical basis for their activities." 7'Dunediii Socialist Party: "This branch is of the opinion that the Socialist ' party should maintain its separate identity , } distinct from any other IwJiticail party." - ■ • Christchurch branch condemns Prof. Mill's' scheme of unity as being mischievous and harmful to the N.Z. Fed- 1 ©ration- of Labor aaid Socialist Party. Would branches running candidates at the coming election, kindly see to it that copies of all literature pub.lis.h--e<l in connection therewith are sent to the .undersigned for filing and reference. FRED. R. COOKE, Hon. Sec.