MAN OF YESTERDAYS

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 6

MAN OF YESTERDAYS

UOW absymal are. the silences of Yesterday, when recollection paints the visions of powers that were, of panoplies which now show faded colors, of plaudits which once acclaimed one's cause, one's followers, but now . deride the very code-sign by which a national executive became known. It was not ALL your fault, Gordon. You were merely the amplifying horn through which your satellites shrieked their party opportunism, and even if, at times, your tone did not ring quite true, it may be that the volume of noise which they transmitted was too heavy for you to carry. You are a likeable enough chap, but had you been as earnest m your performances as you were m broadcasting those eartickling slogans of yours ... •In the spirit of Cardinal Wolsey's speech to Cromwell, his faithful servant, had you but served your country as you un- • doubtedly served your party— well, who could have told? III!llllinil!llllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllillllillllllllllll!!lllllll!M Illilllllllllllllll