SIR JOSEPH WARD IN LONDON.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1186, 22 July 1911, Page 3

SIR JOSEPH WARD IN LONDON.

Sir,—A».recent cable stated ' (hat Sir Joseph \Vard contributed nn article to the Coronation number of the "Financial News" upon "Tho liomance of Xew Zealand." Presumably this would consist of extracts from Financial Statements which ho Ins composed from time to time. And did you notice that in his address on "Higher Imperialism" (which, no' doubt, includas the art of matins preen Is of "Dreadnoughts"-and trying lo teach, (ho J. ion jiow beuciicial.it would be if it only allowed itself to be wagged by ils nwii tail), ho.Jind. the. audacity to .state that ".-oine day ,it .would l>e impossible .for Britain alone to maintain her' 'majestic supremacy." ''■. "Slanderer," "traitor," "stabbor-in-the-back"—these nrc tho Imperial term.! used by Sir Jnsenh when any patriot, asks , : "Where will Xew Zealand be wheivlior credit, is stopped and she cannot borrow:-" Who is the pessimist to-day who prophesies "defeat, for tho Kmpire." Tt is a national crime, a hideous and disloyal offence, \o predict financial trouble for New Zealand. But Sir Joseph Ward, empire-maker, is a "higher Imperialist" wjicn he predicts tho defeat'of the British Empire. No wonder it was cabled out a little timo back that Sir Joseph was able to take breakfast in bed. It is the most sensible thin" he has done s.inco ho went home.— - 1 m ' CtC " AN IMPERIALIST. — : Several columns of loiters havo beem unavoidably held over, and will appear in Tuesday's issue.