BRITISH POLITICS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 174, 20 April 1931, Page 10

BRITISH POLITICS

Bright Young People “THEY’LL SAVE US” “Young people in England are showing keen interest in political questions,” said Sir James Parr, formerly High Commissioner for New Zealand, on his return from the Old Country yesterday. “Everywhere they are being organised, and in the movement about London for Empire trade reform, there are thousands of young men and young women in some 20 branches', going to lectures, and living trained, many of them, for public speaking. “One of my pleasantest jobs was to talk to these young people once a week about Dominion matters, about which they were very keen to know, and about tariff reform. The brightest of them were train." cd for public speaking. Vans with loud speakers are employed at elections in England, and they go from street corner to street corner with young speakers principally employed in the work. They were excellent. When I think of the vigour ami vim and knowledge they showed, I do not despair of ‘Old England.' They’ll save us. these young people. “Party politics are regarded ns di - credited,” Sir James continued. “The thinking public realises that we are living in an age not of party politics but of economics. I have been privileged in the past year to see great changes in the public point of view. The English public is tired of the impotence of Parliament to find a cure for their industrial ills.