PRESS OPINIONS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 12 June 1913, Page 4

PRESS OPINIONS.

If. the coming session proves as peaceful for the Government as last session did, once they liad come i»to power, they should have no difficulty in getting a fair amount of very useful legislation on the Statute Book. The Opposition will hardly care to say much about the expeditionary force, the Southland land case, roaggregation* "espionage" regulations in the Civil service, and other charges that were made too hastily in the recess. —Ti:naru Herald.

Mr Allen erred sadly in repeating what we may assume to be the gossip of some Conservative circle in Canada, and he really made himself look foolish when he said that "in Canada their loyalty y is almost as great as our own, in spite of the French." New Zealanders rightly pride themselves upon their loyalty, but they have not developed that complaint known as "swelled head" to such an extent as to claiii to be more patriotic than the Canadians. The suggestion that the French-Cana-dians, w*bo have upheld the Flag of their adoption in good times and in bad without counting the cost, are an anti-Imperial force ? is too absurd to require discussion. —Lyttelton Times.

The Dominion should copy Australia's action and impose such a land tax as would compel the holders of largo areas of land either to work the-n to the best advantage or else sell to those who are willing to profitably occupy them. This would be a, much more effective method of solving the problem than that at present obtaining.—Greymouth Star.

Because of its vast area, its position and the enormous potential 'wealth aJid importance of the countries that surround it, the Pacific is the ocean of the future; and the Power which is supreme on the Pacific -nay well aspire to dominate the world. All tins has been frankly admitted for years past by the most .authoritative writers who have dealt with this intensely interesting subject. But a new factor has been introduced into the problem recently by the emergence of Japan in tho front rank of the nations, and the civilised world has not yet taken this fresh element seriously into its calculations.—Auckland Star.

The decision of the Canadian Senate will give great encouragement to her co-npetitora. Should it be confirmed by the constituencies on an appeal to the country, we fully expect to see as the result an immediate acceleration of Germany's ship-building. Slvould that be the caw, it will be for other outlying parts of the Empire to endeavour to make up as far as possible for i-he Canadian defection.— Christchurch Press.