How MUCH LONGER?

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 274, 13 August 1920, Page 7

How MUCH LONGER?

Sir,—Lichen-like love of office engender political pusillanimity,' whilo the latter is responsible for half the troubles thav prompt itotion in vlie first instance Wild have reduced, if not altogether obviated. For years past, a handful of agitators have ken keeping this country in a 6tate of perpetual strike and unrest, and have been permitted to publicly expound their views with regard to Royalty and British Government generally, at tho same time expressing their sympathy and admiration for the Lenin-Trotsky modo icf government. Notwithstanding their outspoken opinions, certain of these gentry have had the audnciiify' to take the oath of allegiance to a King whoso i'ule and Empire they are doing their utmost to undermine by fomenting ill-feeling among the disaffected Irish in this Dominion, while their mouthpiece, .the "Maoriland "Worker" thus expresses the rincerest wishes of the extremists: . If the British Empire were broken up, that would be a blessing to the world, and an inspiration tb the cause of Labour. How much longer wilt our Government tolerate this sort of thing?—l am, etc., DISGUSTED.