THE COMMONWEALTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 106, 9 May 1904, Page 2

THE COMMONWEALTH.

J : * MR WATSON ON THE GOVERNMENT POLICY, A CUY FOR COALITION. MELBOURNE, May 7, The Federal Premier, Mr J« C Watson, replying to a May Day deputation, said the policy of the Government would be a moderate and peaceful one. He was,. Ire said, pleased to find that the deputation re- * cognised the fact that the Government had no right to work for mere class interests; but that it must consider all classes. In the government of Australia in the past too much attention had been devoted to the interests of certain daises. The steps of the Labour Party in Australia and New Zealand, Mr Watson stated, had been taken on national linos. The Argus, commenting on Ui» position, says there was never a time when the call to a coalition was more "distinct than the present, and there never was a coalition formed which had so' few obstacles as those which would beset the path of a ■ Deakin-Reid party. Such a coalition 1 would give the ■Commonwealth a stable government, and one imbued with a truly federal spirit, pursuing a sound progressive policy while it would soothe jealousies and soften, if it did not dissipate, rivalries between the two great State* P —New South Wales and ' ' " The opportunity has come," Argus concludes, " and we cannot. believe that tho manifost Interest Ot tho Commonwealth will be auto-, ordinated to any small or personal considerations."