THOSE DISLOYAL EMPLOYEES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 35, 1 July 1914, Page 6

THOSE DISLOYAL EMPLOYEES.

(To thi! Kditor.) Sir,—Any eecent-minded person xwuld have lii'i'ii quite satisfied: with my denial (as '.secretary of the lnglc\vo«d Liberal League) of the statement made bv the lictitious "P. Joliens" regarding tlii'e railway men and the Liberal League. It is not surprising, however, that the correspondent should brca:k 'out ill another |i'a<'c, i'lid under another fictitious signature attempt to bolster, up his previous statement. Ycur correspondent,' although -advanced in ago is just a little "too young" in liis powers of discernment and also deduction, and when lie mentions tl:at tili-e nfetio'ns of 'the workmen ma le him think of "home, and lii'.ither" 1 .-ari quite understand iiini. lie. no doubt, ought to go home to Nioth'T for iinolher term and get so,'lit: principles of fair-play instilliKl into liim air! perhaps, also, the inlluence of the home may cause Mm to shed some of lli? sneaking proclivities with ■which the nr.in de plume writers, iu very many cues (especially politics) are invested, and mole particularly dtmng these days f Reform. However, 1 wish to further state that the correspondent lias again wilfully stated untruths and I would inlonn him and the renders t'.iat tl!:e League's "sub." is not "one shilling a month." and this should show the val-.iv of the statene'iit-i made. .Ucgardm;," the working capabilities of the railway men, which have been brought into the matter. not holding -a brief for the employe,1 think that aspect can safely he left to iheir a>s'riation, and I have no doubt it will lor >.!u>rhl) see to it that individuals who-H' vision lias atrophied and who--.,' ecommy must lie ill the lust stage of degeneration cannot do ha an. to its members as has been tried When all is said and done, if any body of men are not to lie y Mowed to congregate with their fellow-, and have a quiet talk about matters of interest to them, or are to be debarred the privilege of leading any pamphlet or paper they wish to without it being construed as a breach of the regulalion*,, or to carry the accusation of disloyalty, things have indeed collie te a pretty ]1.IsAnd1sAnd we are a free, enlightened and ■.lc:nocmtie community! It is> easy to see what, a certain sivtion of our inhabitants would like to be ill vogue.—ll am-, etc., JOli IS. SIMPSON.