THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 34, 17 March 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

OUR GERMAN NEIGHBOURS. We get on very amicably with our Ger-' man neighbours in New Guinea. It does not seem impossible that we might get on equally well with our French neighbours in the New Hebrides if the ownership of the group was delimited with the same definiteness.—'' Daily Telegraph '•> (Sydney). • SWEDEN'S ARMAMENTS. The present Swedish Government, while seeking money to repair an a<rY mitted inefficiency in the existing mill-., tary establishment, is pledged not to extend the term of service or the numbers of the army without consulting 'the people; and there are substantial reasons, totally lacking in the- other" cases, for the increase in the Swedish armaments. The suggestion that they are intended for aggressive action, is in the case of a Power Jike modern Sweden quite grotesque. — <<: News and Leader.'* REGISTER OF TEACHERS. We therefore welcome the advent of the register (of arid believe that the evils which in bureaucratic hands it might produce, evils which would go far to outweigh the benefits expected, will not arise. The teachers now have their future in their own hands. They well know that it is not a question of their personal welfare only, but is a national matter. They are the nation's best;servants, and will prove worthy of their trust. —"Morning Post." THE RURAL LANDLORD. A very sooty pot calls a rather . polished kettle black when the defender of State ownership of rural lands speaks evil of the country landlord. If the State will once show its ability to build' and develop cheaply and well, to help the producer to produce more and earn'more, then the extinction of the rural landlord.. becomes an actual question. It Is not an open question while public bodies increase rent, lose money, burden the'com-? munity, and refuse capital.- 1 -** DaiiV tMail." ■ " ' ■* ■'">