POLITICAL NOTES.
NO ALTERNATIVE TO NATIONAL CABINET. From Our Parliamentary Reporter. Wellington, Oct. 11. Though it would lie too much to say every' murmur of discontent has been silenced and every sign of unrest removed. there can be no question the atmosphere ha« been considerably cleared by a frank exchange of opinions. A general election before the allotted time is no longer even a possibility of the near future. Liberals no less than Reformers recognise there now is no alternative to a National Government in war time. Sir Joseph Ward, the only man who can be thought of in the present House as capable of handling the increasing difficulties of finance, is committed to the? arrangement and though it may involve his extinction as a party leader he is bound to stand by his colleagues. Tl'at there will be changes of a very radical character when the next election does come there can bi- no shadow of doubt, but the country is not ready for them yet and even* the most restless of the members are beginning co realise it would resent being thrus'. into a contest for which it is not i repared.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1917, Page 6
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