THE UNREST IN ENGLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 May 1919, Page 3

THE UNREST IN ENGLAND.

GENERAL RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON THE SITUATION, Palmerston North, May 19. Major-General Sir Andrew Russell, who was in Palmerston North for the weekend on his way back to Hastings after j a lengthy sojourn abroad with the .New i Zealand Army, was interviewed on Sun- I day with regard to the present internal conditions of England. There was, re- | marked the distinguished soldier, no i «L.:asion to strike an alarmist note. He was confident from his observations that the self-control, discipline, and, above j all, the common-sense of the people, I which was typical of the Anglo-Saxon, would be exercised to the end that the great changes taking place would be' evolutionary, and not revolutionary. Just now the whole country was in a state of high fever, and that there has to be an improvement in the general conditions was patent to all. The goal which would be reached was not merely a matter of high wages. In this connection it had to be borne in mind that they had to develop co-operation, not solely and wholly competition. ABked as to whether he saw any pronounced indications of emigration on a large scale from the United Kingdom, the General said that the travel and experience of the masses which followed as a natural consequence of their service abroad had undoubtedly opened their eyes to the fact that the world was wide, and that the colonies offered opportunities which did not obtain in the , Mother Country. From the point of view of his observations as a man in j the 9treet, he noticed that there was a great deal of talk of very largi* numbers of the English and Scotch being tempted to try their fortunes in other j countries. In this connection, no country stood higher in their estimation thau New Zealand, but, of course, this country was farthest away.