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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1919, Page 2

Men and Women of N.Z! To-day you stand at the Cross-roads— It is for You to Make or Mar your Future! Liberalism and Reform and Labour have laid before you their plans and purposes -CHOOSE NOW BETWEEN THEM I YOU know what Liberalism has meant in the past—> "GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE Br THE PEOPLE." "THE GREATEST GOOD FOB THE GREATEST POSSIBLE number." . ~»X 0U that Liberalism has striven for the common welfare, for the uplifting of the masses, for the upholding of Democratic Freedom. . ' To "i ay Liberalism puts before you once more a programme which, carrymg on the great traditions of the past, provides ample scope for the developmeat of your country, the utilisation of its vast natural resources the destruction of the land monopoly, the settlement of the land the ' ranid progress of the people, and the promotion of their prosperity and happiness, ... T ?. e Masseyites can deny none of these things. For they know what Liberalism has done for you already—against their will and in the face of their fiercest resistance. 01 „ m s? ow ' , when the N^ w Liberalism reveals to you these possibilities of ' layT Progress, wide-spread and far-reaching, what do the "Reformers" that our Leader Is "irresponsible," that his projects are "incredible," "fantastic," "ruinous." projects are ELECTORS OF NEW ZEALAND! The future lies not with Conservatism slow and unenterprising, but with the men of force and tnrfg*+ the men of tufirti n r f®°f ute wiU - the men who can conceive great plans and venture boldly to ensure their accomplishment venture LIBERALISM has faith in you and in your country; but the Masseyites. the party of reaction and stagnation, having no confidence in themselves or the destinies of the people, hesitate and tremble. Yet what has Masseyism to offer in exchange? Do you not know that almost every "plank" in the Massevite nlatform i« ?nfir- n ,° m the Liberals?—while Masseyism for eight years has been administering laws and institutions given to you by Liberalism, which the "Refonnnot r6Viled ' bttt WWCh tie „ t J ol J Usse7ism ls but the Conservatism of old shoving through a fn , ° uld Conservatives act like this?" they ask—pointing future under Llberai Pressure, and what they promise to do ~ ve your answer—"To gain office Masseyiam would E remise any* thing and everything—but will not keep its word." P *** °? e Masse3lte Promises of the past—to reduce borrowing to How many of these pledges have they fulfilled? SOT ONE. «<« 6 ii, 6igllt power - n °t one shred of evidence to justify th shameful charges that they hurled at Liberalism to drive it from office with not one promise kept, how do they stand with Liberalism to-day? Think of the Land Monopoly—the constant aggregation of estate* thn f™ settlement—the high prices tod^e"n !r f h^ ve , risked thelr for remember that the big landowners are hand and glove" with the leaders of "Reform." againltfhTw CwUSerTatiTe friend » fiercely <.o.^ A Mr - Masaey and m Conservative friends denounced iiuUviaual." 66 U coamcted wltft "tie *acr«d rights of tho ~ the Masseyites stand firm in defence of the Land Monopoly-* Iwl * m j c ?? legislation" never has been, and never will be, carried into! effect. To-day Mr. Massey tells us that he is in favour of Nationalisation "onijs ™ IV}± 65 not conflict wit h 'Private Enterprise'"—and that, you know* means aJuviioi* r nousll to prove that Ma sseyism and Liberalism are "far as th« ihlf? Si, this enough to justify the action of the Liberals ana their Leader in withdrawing from the Coalition as soon as the war was overt t } b , 6 Masseyites now to clamour for "unity" and to denounce thfl Liberals for refusing to join hands with "Reform." party^trife? 3 meanin§ 01 tUs new-found enthusiasm for the abolition ol menJp tho S^ te Is in dan ser, that in the face of the Bolshevlfcj peril Patriotic men and women must stand together to resist the commor , 'T?pfnr™pr?' >U +i> f f rSOtten years ago we continually heard from ther sa r. o Wild and whirlin B words," these warnings about! the v rc » IS l ? But 111 those days the Masseyites had not realised! ° f they did not offer to join the Liberals in forming J National Government to defend our liberties against the "Red Fed." peril. * 80 €ager for offl ce were the "Reformers" that far from r.pivahfp ? ra t0 ' orm a Coalition Government, they used every com "inooniwow » e j " nseat them , and they even turned for aid to those ver® endiaries and anarchists" whom they were then so furiously denouncing n , , se are the men who, having obeyed the "Reform" leader's famous ™ essage ' by supporting the Red Feds, at the Second Ballot to oust the S the country preaching the joys of "unity" and denounce mg the Liberals for deserting" and "betraying" the Coalition. ! of the^Mle 61 " haTe neyer yet represented a majority ASK THFM \"nw teU /°? t ? at they wish t0 abolish Party Government, Joseph ilf 0 of their sincer ity, to form a Coalition with Siu answer be? * ° £ UM Minlsters ltt Cabinefrall thlt\hev till °!! Maaseylt es Plead for the abolition of party! for tKsfS ZEALAND! The Liberals left the Coalition war Liberalism for 67 m d not llonour » bl y stay. To help win the but thfl 1 T thawi T willing to sacrifice itself in the nation'B cause: "duration of the Car6£Ul t0 Make the compact only for auration of the war, and when peace came the Liberals Could not hesitate. princfe?e7of Us feith* 1 if Thaf a t ltß duty and to most sacred when once the necessity for ceased. t0 malntalll aUianM '" cate Democrattc 11 principler-~~men who^do^not means, and have spent their lives obetmcting and mthstanding it. Between Reform" and Liberalism there is a great sulf fl*ed ftrrfrwrim them there could be no permanent alliance. What tie Masseyites cmXI desertion" and "betrayal" was Liberalism's assertion of k £d ' US 3 ° lema r6pudiatloa o£ Masseyism and aU itSS? So much for Masseyism! What about the Labour Programme? internal Z But to Moderate Labour—the men and women who might have fought side by side with Ballance End Seddon in Liberalism's palmy days whose sons and daughters reap the fruits of their victories —the men and women who feel that what the world needs most to set it right is not Revolution but Evolution; not Destruction but Constructionand who know in their hearts that the ends of ?m a Justice can never be secured by Force and Tyranny— to sane and rational Labour, Liberalism has always been a faithful friend and ally; and if the moderate Labourites are wise they will stand side by side with the Liberals now. r *>? much tbat they need will tod in the liberal programme; and for the rest, if they attempt to stand alone, they will find that they must wait a long and weary time before by their own unaided strength they can mould the legislation and the economic life of this country to their mil. Why should Moderate Labour waste time opportunity by striving for the unattainable, when such solid material advantages as Liberalism offers lie now within its reach? Why should fit lose the substance by grasping at the shadow? But with "Reform." Labour, whether moderate or extremist, can. have no friendly dealings For Conservatism has no faith in the masses, and therefore can never sympathise with them or conciliate them. A3 the greatest of Liberals has said: "The principle of Liberalism is trust in the people Qualified by prudence; the principle of ConserTatism ia mistrust of the people qualified by fear." The leaders of Liberalism W ? m ® 0F ?EW ZEALAND! , cauera 0£ x* oerai . ism have declared again and again emphatically and earnestly that they naje no understanding with the extremist agitators, and that they will not deal with them or aeoept their support to gain, or retain office. Yet it suits the purpose of the Masseyites to disregard these protests—even to pretend that they do not believe them. Yet how could such an alliance be a possibility? Liberalism means freedom and Bolshevism means Tyranny. The Leader of the Liberals -And so, because Conservatism fean fha people, therefore as another great Liberal has told us, parties of the "Reform" or Masseyite type are always inclined to believe that "social peace secured only by force." "Reform," dreading revolution and anarchy, and seeing no way of bridging the gap and haling the strife between the warring classes, groups all Labour together and confuses the moderate with the extremiet,the sane and rational Labourite with the Anarchist. w But there is another reason for this confusion —the anxiety of the "Reformers" to make party capital out of the opposing policy has induced them to interpret the sympathetic attitude of. Liberalism toward Moderate Labour as ft sign find proof of fellow-feeling for Revolution. pafeotf an ardent Imperialist, a constructive statesman of tried ability—is it conceivable that Sir Joseph Ward, who gave the Dreadnought to the Navy, who established our national defence system. who has represented New Zealand at so many LnperMoSSS to°f'iSSTT 4 - PoH !r al - STUCl< ? e , b7 surrendering himself and his party i!? a meen^anes > P led S fi d to destroy everything that his political life and energies have been devoted to maintain? io imagine this is to conceive the impossible and the suggestion of sympathy Uberals andTAe m f an ! n^? B Ke - Even the Let it be consigned to oblivion, along with the countless and »»;! • • im P ose upon the intelligence of a child, and gross and flagrant misrepresentations in which self-sivled "Reforaw*" S^j r f S8 !? n j° .distortions of fact calumny " to an extent never equalled in " R<!fonner,! " W «>eir «f . XaZH AND WOMEN OP IffiW ZEAUSD! Liberalism tu loae given proof of its honest euthusiasm for that "common good" which its democratic principles have always taught it to promote. Its record is before you to-day, and with it the promise of even more splendid and service m the future. Liberalism cannot join >ign% Conservatism, because the first articles of its own creed are Freedom and - rogress. It will not join hands with Bolshevism, because the Democracy which Liberalism upholds is based on Liberty and Eight and Justice. But to the great mass of our people who have been reared on democratic traditions and have grown to manhood and womanhood under the beneficent influence of democratic institutions and laws, Liberalism turns with complete confidence, and \dth the assured faith that, on the eventful coming day, the struggle will close for it in decisive and overwhelming Men and Women of New Zealand, rally round the Liberal Flag once more! FOR PROGRESS AND FREEDOM, Vote for Liberalism! "per ss. 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