MR. FOWLDS EXPLAINS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1912, Page 4

MR. FOWLDS EXPLAINS

f»* XZLEGEAPH-^SPECXAL JO TH» POST.) -< ' ■ t AUCKLAND,. This- Day. ' In an -address the 'Hon. George Fowlds explained the aims of the United Labour Party. -fHe said present-day -civilisation was menaced- from two sides— by the representatives of wealth and privilege and by preachers of the gospel of despair, a form of Revolutionary Socialism. The Federated Labour Party in New Zealand had recently decided to join the Independent Workers of the World, which had its headquarters in the United State*. Under the name of " Syndicalists" they had become very strong ia France, were active in Italy, and very active in America. Ho had heard people refer to the strike at Waihi as a failure, but the Federated Labour Party liked strikes to fizzle, as it left the men disappointed and. ready to como out again. Mr. Fowlds. argued that the only thing that would save their civilisation was to form a truly progressive reform party, with the aim of establishing social justice. That wae the aim of the United Labour Party. He explained that he had left the Government last September because he felt it did not realise the ideals of true Liberalism. It was not possible for any political party to stand still. The Liberal Party had dropped some really progressive ideas held ten or twelve years ago. The United Labour Party was the antithesis of the revolutionary ; it was tho tailure of the Liberal Party to move forward that had caused the United, Labour Party to be evolved.