The Press Friday, March 27, 1931. The Stonewall.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20197, 27 March 1931, Page 14

The Press Friday, March 27, 1931. The Stonewall.

3% *io mid a flew yeara ago of Use fttsb tM Uwqr fid ifllfaam what vaated «s4 would B©t be happy t£Q get it skmld is« spent this week in Wellington. Although, it is pgi quite tpoe of tte Labour Party don't know what the? wact, they certainly den't kn»w what good can «mie of Utew fet they can't be hajrppjr -without strcetiiig-. They vetisape mppom that the more gullible ammg Itwx followefg wfi! be impressed by tlas battle for their interests. They possibly hope that some fejupdeiisr in tl» Betem Party will predpiiate n General Election. Bat they nejlfcer beKere 'nor hope that the Government will drop : the Bill; and they do 9# even pretend to a hope thit anything end Of done by ; themselves will prevent ita getting through. They are opportunists and obsfToetioiilft* whose teaw pre Uk*t whose sympathy is bmnbog and rant, whose indignation needs the bejlowo every five sunote» to keep it Yet it would be a great mistake to suppose that Itoe only way to deal wife soch siimtiffios is by closures and gag» and fepre««ive rules of The Few &sM l/e&sMm h#» m w*& ot the rules that make obstrgetwm diffeult in other Par!i>iß«nta of the world and stonewalling an unknown offenee. We are j* sp»ll eopgramitgr, «p4 as everybody knows evoybody dse and oqr Parlieoents t{a«Q jpm oply, Hen is ®9 f«s»l diffienlty fo dealing with JegisJ^I <m wh9 «tee their trust and misuse jpbe nmahraery. Nor is stonewalling an offence in and fay itself. When legislation is being! forced through i«i fcfatm ot paWS? j opinion, the etooewaD may be the only j W&M& Mt of iffistefPt? ii poWi« It nwy be u « ebeek oi} h9«t% as a counter-blast to btillying, as a means of resisting the tyranny of the off«ih r So long as it i« it*e)f Wifcpofletl it eaowA i» »b in-r lejligeot eopmpmity hetmm « danger. Tfee wopt thai ean feappai is what has feappened <hfc week—that it may beeonte a public noisanee and tb» cawi? & gmt ppbKc Wjufef tpt ft i« better to eadnre that tbim to pv« th« peepte wbo IB jt aehanee to make na endure worse.