TURKS LACK LOGIC.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 September 1919, Page 5

TURKS LACK LOGIC.

-___o_._. “It beats me hollow. Whzli, the deuce will they do next?” I don’t sup‘ pose a single day passed during ous captivity in Turkey (writes a correspondent of the “London Morning Post’/) without someone making this 01' a like gasping utterance. What can one make of the intelligencg of a commandent who generously permits two Camps to play a football match 11 condition that each Camp plays in a sel)a.l'ate field? Or of olle who suddenly issues an order prohibiting the possession of maps, ‘but in his rounds during the following week spends a full half-hour discussing the British position in Palestine as depicted on a map hung prominently in :1 Inessl'oom'? Logic is an unknown science to the Turk and his ideas of justice suffer accordingly. On one occasion certain oflicers, who were being tried on the charge of “wanting to r:.<‘ca.pe_.” were told that if they confessed to their intentions they would get fourteen days’ C.B_, but that if they’ refused to do so things would be made hotter still for them. No wonder we gave up arguing with them; and no wonder, either that the more we did so the madder they thought us.

WHAT THE P'Ar3'aßs SAY.

VVELFARE OF THE YOUNG.

The greatest asset of the State :2‘ the risin_., ,‘;enc.‘:"-rtion, and that beliigl 80, it is not too much :0 expect thati the welfare- of the young should be‘ Z€alOllSlY supervised. not by the State‘ boColllills a prop for in_dolencc and ig-; 110131100: but a compelling power that‘; will not tolerate malnutrition. It is true that cooking is one of the sub-_ jects taught at technical classes, but: what is wanted isnot sponge sandwiches and cakes, the great. need being‘ the production of nutritious food out of inexpensive articles_~ It is to be h-oped that the subject will receive the consideration that it urgently needs, and then We may hope for a, manifest Improvement in the heauh and’ strength of the children of the Dominion.——Ta.ranaki News. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. ' The aim or the proportional system advocated by Mr Veitch and others is to reproduce the opinion of the electors in Parliament in their true proportions—to ensure majority rule, but to ensure also that all material minorities shall be represented. It is also designed to give electors a Wider scope in the choice of’ representatives and to relieve candidates and members from the financial and other pressure exerted by small sections of constituents. In a word, it is to establish clean Government. It would certainly not eliminate party, but it would e_nsure parties representation by .their ablest and most trusted members. It i-_-,- significant that tilose'who are desirous that we should have the “best brains” are not en_thusiastica'bout this reform, which those who are accused of Bolshevik tendencies make is one of the strongest planks of their platform';———Southland News, . ,V ,

AFFORESTATION.

*“’.»‘i..’€¥2-. .:-.5.<?..._1,‘1‘.=“.1.3’. °th.,ef V .‘lueStio_n.s per: plexing the public ‘mind. t’héi~‘e’ 'is""a"éi§i‘i" ger of the important. problem--of‘ providing for_ the future > Vofflour timber‘ supplies” being‘ lost sight’ ‘of; We"‘hai'€‘ not heard" 3' gifeat .d.ea_l_"lrlt'el'y concerning the doingsof the New Zealand For-es_tlfY Keague. which was establish-“ edthree years ago, withhtheavovhved object of impressing uponithe public‘ the importance of conserving the tree life -of ‘the Dominion, and of encouraging tree planting -by the State and private individuals both for timber and firewood purposes, but there is abundant scope for its energies. In the opening up and development o£t_he country large quantifies of timber have been ruthlessly sacrificed in the past, and growing bus‘: has been destroyed by settlers and timber-getter;~: for milling operations which it will take many years to replace. And while the Government is making a certain amount of provision for the future in the State nurseries, the forestry operations are altogether inadequate for the requirements of the coming ge-nerations.——Manawatu Standard. GERMAN GOODS. Although the German commercial traveller has- not yet made his appearance among us; there is no doubt that his’: arrival is but aimatter ‘of time. Whether he succeeds in doing any business will depend, in the first place. upon the Govei-nment’s attitude towards trading with enemy countries That was forbidden during the war by regulations which are still operative. and which the Government can,-by the terms of the Peace Treaty. maintain or 1-cscind as they choose. A second factor in the situation will be the willingness or otherwise of the mereaintile community to have any dealing with our late enernies, and that to some extent may be affected by popular opinion on the question. During the war there was no doubt on this point. The average man and woman would no more have thought of snbsci-ibing to a presentation to the Kaiser, and there were some ultra-patriotic souls who protested in print against trailers continuing fn sell goods of German origin bought long before the outbreak of the war. VVllet.her that sentiment will, now that the war is ever, be able to bear the strain of the strong and Widespread desire to buy more cheaply than is possible at present, has to be Scen.——Christchurch Press