LANG'S LUXURY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 9

LANG'S LUXURY

GESTURE OF DEFIANCE

"NEW YORK TIMES" VIEW

NEW YOBK, sth April. The "New York Times," in a loader hoadea "Australia Thinks Twice," states: "In the strained domestic situation between the Commonwealth and New South Wales, it is strongly suspected that the latter- is not so savage as might appear. "Ono may conjecture that militant Mr. Lang is pleased at heart that there is a Soullin to permit him tlie luxury of a great gosturo of defiance without incurring the risk of untoward consequences. "Would New South Wales . nave actually ventured to refuse to pay interest on her bonds in the hands of British owners if she had not known that tho Commonwealth would intervene and assume the repudiated obligation1? "Beyond Hint Mr. Lang must have known, as now appears, that the central Government has a means of reimbursing itself. "Actually it may bo said of the present situation in Australia that, compared with the outlook a few months ago, it is distinctly reassuring. Outweighing the gesture of one State in dishonouring its obligations, is the, decisive manner in which the Federal Government has spoken out and acted on the other side."

"To-day there is no question as to where Mr. Seullin stand."