THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 158, 10 August 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

j -,;-; / ■■■ ..• ~ • - ■ I THE NATIOTSAL yiUSa. . ■ We have... to remember, ; that the existing Tfespoiisibility of Go- . vemments to PaTliaiTtents is very , largely an illusion; for, as Mt Asquith L has shown lis, it is a thing they can,. . when the pinch coines, disburden from.. '. their shoulders. But when the Initia— J, 'tive Referendum is'established the responsibility of Governments will beboth real and permanently inescapable; for the people will possess the power at- . all times to direct the course of legisla- > a'nd to compel airy ; Executive -Government to effeetuate the national i will.—"Age." .. •« ■ . \ NOT "TOO OLD AT FOETT." [ All these three great professionals [--(Vardori, Braid; and Taylor) are well. • ; over forty, so that "too old at forty" is. clearly a principle that does not- '. apply ; in the royal and 'ancient game.. ;. The old brigade, by their science and experience, can. more than hold their- ; own against the younger generation, though-probably- never'were tftere so\ many- good-men among.,our younger - . professionalSj and never was.the stanuV ard of play so high.—"Daily Mail." MB REDMOND AS LEADEE. Meanwhile Mr Redmon'd and his rivals are fighting hard for the epntrol of the other Irish Volunteers, and theattempt to'ihake them a pawn in tha ■■■■■ Nationalist game has led to rare con- • fusion'; All that Mr .Redmond has yet, done is. to remove for ever any excusefor his criticism ; of Sir "Edward Carson.' Sir Edward raised the Ulster" Volunteers. He succeeded. Mr Redmond wished to lead" the. National Volunteers.. He failed. Apart from thistrifiing difference, the cases are similarfrom the legal point of view.—"Daily ■News;"-•■'• ■ ,"' AN IMPOTENT GOVERNMENT. Frankly, the Government' does not know what it is going to do, it does not know what it can do, arid:.-' it is face to face with the great danger against which Mr Gladstone once> warned his party, the danger of at-tempting-to solve. Home JEJule when at. the mercy of Nationalist votes in the House of Commons.—"Evening NeAvs" (London). NEUEASTHENIC PEOBLEMS. In the case of the neurasthenic there is generally a lowering of. that the sympathetic faculties respond too readily, whilst, on the other hand,, many types of criminal' have the resistance iii this part of the brain circuit too high. In both cases-other portions of the nerve mechanism suffer. We also sec now that a person of highly sympathetic disposition may have physical counterparts to the fatigue which they, experience when frequent and urgent claims are made upon their good nature,, and" that, conversely, an absence of conditions to sympathise with may also be detrimental. —"Age!" * CENTRAL EUROPE COALITION. It certainly looks as though the Austrian Government has selected a moment which is believed to be opportune for launching a war that it regards as inevitable. Britain's embarrassments in India and in Ireland, the reported unpreparedness in the French Army and Navy, and the serious industrial or revolutionary troubles in Russia are all in favour of the Central European coalition. Should this war begin, no one can even faintly imagine where it will end. Australia will have her own problems to face if Great Britain is involved, and in that event there are more quarters than one from which a blow may be, aimed at this Commonwealths — "Daily Telegraph."' TAX ON TITLES. For our own part we should be disposed to reverse the incidence of Air King's proposed tax and make the knight pay more than the earl. It might, tend to restore the faded glories of knighthood; and all of us, from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the humblest tax collector, would respect a nobility whose boasted patent it was to pay more taxes than anybody else. Properly manipulated' by a dexterous Chancellor, there seems no reason why this honourable emulation should not be so intensely stimulated as to obviate the necessity for any other taxes at all. The suggestion is at least as reasonable as some of those put forward in the name of Tariff "Reform. "—"Daily News."