THE FEDERAL PREMIER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 306, 20 May 1911, Page 5

THE FEDERAL PREMIER.

VISIT TO SCOTLAND. By Cable —Press Anmx'iutiou —Copvri<rlil. London, May IS. Mr. Fisher was accompanied on a visit to Scotland by his wife and »on, Sir George Ileid, and Mr. Keir llardie. He was welcomed at Glasgow by the provost, councillors, miners' executive,, and leading citizens. The party motored through the Burns country and to Ayr, visited Mosgiel, inspected the Burns manuscripts, and had luncheon at the Auld Brig o' Doon. AX ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. London, May IS. Mr. Fisher received an enthusiastic welcome on his visit to Scotland. There was a great demonstration at Crosshouse village, where he was born. Miners fresh from the pit, villagers, and schoolchildren took part in the welcome. The older miners who were his comrades in Mr. Fisher's colliery days and old women wrung his hand effusively, and the school children sang, '"A man's a man for a' that." Mr. Fisher was much moved when he was returning thanks for the reception. FURTHER HONORS. Received 19, 10.10 p.jn. London, May 19. The Ayrshire Miners' Union banquetted Mr. Fisher. Mr. Keir Hardie, who presided, said he was unable to help contrasting the arrival of the Kaiser with that of Mr. Fisher, one representing the dominance of a class, and the other representing the coming force, the rule of the common people. Mr. Fisher, without the adventitious aids of a tongue and of being a ready speaker, but by honesty and strong convictions, reached the Prime Ministership of Australia, and had done much to raise the human race to a higher plane. Mr. Fisher, replying, said whatever the Labor leaders in Britain might say about defence, he would ask them not to prescribe for the condition obtaining in Australia. A LESSON FOR BRITAIN. Received 19, 11 p.m. London, May 19. After the banquet, a public meeting was held, at which Mr. Keir Hardie declared that what Labor had done in Australia they could do in Great Britain. It was good for Australia to deplete Scotland of men, but it was bad for Scotland. He was not a party to a policy which deludes men to go away when needed to rescue their own country. BRITISH INVESTORS AND THE LABOR PARTY. Received 19, 11.10 p.m. London, May 19. Mr. Fisher, interviewed, was asked if the advent of the Labor Party disturbed British investors. lie replied there was stiTl nn uneasy feeling among some illinformed people, but he emphatically declared that the fear was groundless. It was quite foreign to the Labor Party to attack special interests. He' had met statesmen who expressed admiration for the system of the oversea dominions' Governments, and also stated that the British dominions were absolutely free, yet with mutual attachment. This seemed a system of government that might even lead to wider federation. Mr. McGowen, Premie' of New South Wales, interviewed, said he found even greater confidence in Australian securities than lie expected. People liked a safer and surer method of sinking funds j as security for investments.