THE POLITICAL FUTURE.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 August 1919, Page 5

THE POLITICAL FUTURE.

W DANGERS TO BE FACED. | —— I 1 POSITION or‘ LEADERS. ‘ DUNEDIN, July 20. U The Otago Daily Times, in an article on the political situation, says. “Our! two leaders, the Prime Minister andl the Minister for Finance, returning ]next week from Europe and the Peace ‘Conference, will, it is to be feared, come back, as they set forth, an illassorted paid. Among members of ;Parliamen’t it seems to be assumed ‘that the old party divisions are forthlwith to be restored, as heretofore, the ,two leaders are to lead in different _directions, "each going OE With his lown flock of devotees, and in this posture Parliament is to face :a general ‘election. Intelligent. patriots are ‘ex'pected to acquiesce in a position ‘initrinsieally absurd, for the reasonpthat lthe Prime Ministhhr and the Monoster! for Finance will not work ,to_g_e_t,her, hand that each has his own plighted ‘following. In New Zealand, as elseiwhere, perilous times are threatening. lThC‘l'(3 is need of a united front, of a!‘ league of‘-sill honest men against the‘ public enemy, B'oche or 80-lshevistfi; [Members of Parliament who consenti , ‘ to be herded or paddocked like.‘ sheep § e that they may gratify ‘the unreasoning . piambitio-n and childi sh vanity ‘or’ at ,'par‘ty leader are unworthy of."their iplace and pay. If it is expediénit'7t.ll-at Win a p-olitical sense one man should die .'for the people or two men sink, le't _ the sacrifice be made. The rank and K file of the Liberal and Reform Parties so-called, when urged to combine : against the common enemy, cannot klmove, they teill us, without permission “of the incompatible and irreconcilable pltw-o» leaders, of whose authorilty they ‘speak with bated breath. It is not "the Labour Party in the broad sense _ that is the common enemy, but‘Bolsh.e—j ' vism. There is no reason‘ why the ' Labour Party should not have its turn : of power as soon as it is fit fol'_poW(-31‘-Lithat is, when the Labour'vParty,. t-00, lilies deposed its present leaders and ‘ i learned wis.do,m—--but criminal. inepti- : ‘ tude __amounting- to a betrayal of; ithe 2 ‘ country ‘on the-part of our two leaders ' and their followers may have the effect ;?of.plltting it in the saddle before its f’ | time.” ~ ~