SIR JAMES PARR

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 11

SIR JAMES PARR

REFERENCE TO AMERICA

MR. P. FRASEE'S. CRITICISM.

The selection of the Hon. Sir James Parr as High Commissioner -was criticised last night by Mr. P. Fraser, M.P., in the course of a political address. Mr. Fraser also condemned what he described as Sir James Parr's irresponsible Temarks in regard to the Western Australian immigration policy and his latest references to the United States, published in yesterday's cablegrams. •

"We all know that Sir James Parr had a reputation for thoughtless talking when he' was in office in this country,)? said Mr. Praser. "He had a well-earned reputation for talking without much thought and talking unnecessarily, and now, instead of setting better, he has got Worse since he has gone to London. One of his first acts was to cast a slur on a sister Dominion, Western Australia. . . He had quite enough to dp to devote his attention to the foolish immigration policy of this country without going out of his watt to attack the immigration policy of another country, and thereby infringe tho etiquette of his office. The other day ho went out of his way to insult the British workers by talking about them being brought up on the dole." Mr. ITraser then referred to the cablegram in last night's "Post" which reported Sir James Parr as condemning American films, and saying that he loved the United States at a distance. Mr. Fraser considered Sir James Parr's remarks to be a gratuitous insult to the United States. "I am quoting this to show that the man has no sonse of responsibility," said Mr. Eraser. "Here he is misrepresenting and insulting Western Australia, then the workers of Great Britain, and now throwing an inferential insult at the United States. It is almost incredible, and one hesitates to believe the cablegram unless one knows Sir James Parr, and has heard him. make some such ridiculous statement as- that. To say what he did was talking the most arrant rubbish. "The other day we had Mr. Coates endeavouring to hold out the hand of fellowship to America and advocating more trade with Amorica, or that at least America should tako more of tho products of this country, and here we have Sir James Parr practically contradicting his'chief and ordering America off the course. > "I have no admiration, for any Conservative, but when the Reform Government exchanged Sir Jamea Parr for Sir James Allen they made a bad deal, because although they both may be equally conservative, at least Sir James Allen has some sense of responsibility, some appearance of statesmanship, and what the influence of gigantic forces in the world really amounts to. His •tatements recently have shown that. This man (Sir James Parr) is apparently irresponsible, and the sooner the Tory . Government and the country disowns him and recalls 3iim, the better for himself and all concerned."