THE ALIEN ENEMY QUESTION.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 August 1918, Page 4

THE ALIEN ENEMY QUESTION.

To tlie Editor. Sir, —If Conscript is 'correct in all details it is only, one of the many glaring scandals with which we are daily confronted and for which someone is answerable, "Who?" A German's naturalisation is simply a screaming farce; it is an established fact that the German Government encourage their people to take out naturalisation papers to blind the authorities of the country in which they are living so that they can serve the Fatherland more securely and effectively. Deceit, lies, and gross excesses are apparently valued traits in the German character and receive every encouragement. Once a German, always a German, and a Hottentot is before a German as far as civilisation goes. Can you enlighten me, Mr. Editor, why it is that the alien enemy subjects are pampered as they are in New Zealand? Excuse me if I am asking too great a riddle. Are there any statistics obtainable demonstrating how many generations it takes to purify the German character and make a decent citizen of him? —I am, etc., "PUZZOKD."

("Puzzled's" statement, "Once a German, always a German," renders statistics inapplicable. One might as well ask how many years bush lawyer would have to be cultivated before it bore decent grapes. All New Zealanders appear to be asking the other question, ourselves included. —Editor.)

A FAMOUS CANADIAN. rf I Mr. W. D. Bayley, teacher of eco- ' nomics at Winnepeg University, -4yho will speak in the Taihape Town Hall next Monday, September 2. is so great a man that his Government chose him with one other to investigate the circumstances in whict their soldiers were recorded on the liquor ' question. These investigations revealed such corrupt practices that the vote had to be disallowed. Mr. Bayley is organiser for this area in its fight for the abolition of the liquor trade in view of our much needed national efficiency. Admission will lis free, a collection only being taken. & $ ;•