The Taihape Daily Times TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915 POLITICS AND THE WAR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 21 September 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1915 POLITICS AND THE WAR.

AND WAIMAEXNO ADVOCATE (With which is inoorp<> Tato d The Taihape Pont uaa Wafanarino News.)

When a Governmnt representing the chief political factors in Great Britain was formed, it was presumed that nothing in the way of party politics was to be allowed to mar or hinder deliberations having for their object nothing less than the very existence of British homes and Empire. It seems, however, that our enemies, if they are not represented in the British Cabinet, or have not some very powerful influences i that are effectively string-pulling, have a better idea of our characteristics than we have ourselves. For the sake of domination, a section of the British Press —notably journals controlled by one man—is, by German bullying methods, endeavouring to -secure a chang-..' of personnel in high places for the. ' sake of gaining entire national' control; even Lord Kitchener, as Secretary for War, they would depose. They have those in the British Cabinet they can influence, and some newspapers have even gone so far as to suggest that nothing short of a general election' will restore political peace. That a cood deal of what these journals print has little foundation in real fact is clearly shown by the exhortations of such men as Lord Selborne' and Mr. Llnyd George. These two loaders urge the Empire to take very little notice of what they read in the newspapers, and were it not for the indicaI tions of the true state of feeling there ' would indeed be grave cause to fear for our Empire's safety. Time has' proved that the Allies cannot win the* wsr unless every ounce of their respec-. tive. national etrengths is used in the most effective way, so thorough -and far-reaching were the preparations of the enemy during years of fur diffis deuce and unwarirfe-ES. In cr.o whortyeaY t ...... '. Britain hus had ,7scl flu' cnHViif'i

work of thirty years, and now that she is on the point of being successful the political clement intervenes, and would, for the sake of gaining the reins of control throw over the very men who have almost miraculously raised the forces, munitions, and machinery which, minus political interference, will successfully cope with that which the enemy confidently felt was allsufficient for final victory. It is difficult indeed to see what the object of those journals is that are So persistently striving for a labour uphoaral. Labour loaders, apparently, .are not so blind, nor are the labour people so unsophisticated that they fail to see the ulterior motives of these strifemongers. Labour was always loyal and patriotic, and we believe it will be the solidarity of labour in this war, despite strikes, that will prove our sanation.' It is positively marvellous, when the war is reviewed, to realise what labour has done and is doing. Labour was never opposed to doing its share, when it was satisfied that the old exploitation game was not being played against it, and now we are told by Mr. Lloyd George that if conscription is found to be necessary it will not be labour that will rise against it. Who, then, will it be? There is evidently a class in power in Britain that, for ascendency, is ready to play the German game, if it is not already doing do. But it is reassuring to know that Britain's labour only needs to feel certain that the Empire cannot honestly require anything in its power that it will not readily give. That socialism which should rather be called anarchism is not of British origin; it comes from the Continent and in all probability was intended to be the leaven of mischief in British labour that would leave Britain an easy prey to German callousness and cunninff.