MR E. G. JELLICOE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10522, 10 January 1912, Page 5

MR E. G. JELLICOE

ATTACKS ON THE COLONIES SEVERELY CRITICISED. (Reoeived Last Night, 10.25 o'clock.) LONDON, January 9. Sir George Heidi, High Commissioner in London for Australia, writing to tflie "Standard," states that Mr E. Cir. JelJicoe's attack on labour is wholly unjustified. He quotes the Hon. A. Fishej-'s statement in the House o-- 'VtotHV. 26th on the CommonweaiLtli'g prosperity, which, Sir vjuxirge it* id uiys, as a sufficient answer to Mr Jellicoe's allegations of financial and industrial .ruin. Sir G. Reid says that, when politically opposed to labour, he was compelled to acknowledge the Labour Party's character, intelligence, and public spirit. He add &: "Some people are so accustomed !to see capital combine to fight in their own interests, that they are unable to recognise a similar development on.the part-of the .workers." 'Sir Wililinm Hall-To<nes, New Zealand High Commissioner, writing to the "Sta/ndard," states that the New Zealand exports are greater per head than those of any other country. Arbitration had saved huudreds of thousands of pounds in the settling of disputes. Much of the labour legislation had' Birbstamtiary improved the workers' conditions. No huTnaTie man could object to the factory laws. New ]nhm:?: conditions wore, he ■ iF>S-'"d, the host in tue T/t]v Stout, in a fetter, combats Mr Je'licre'si statements, and taunts (him with being rejected as a (political aspirant. ]