THE COALITION GOVERNMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1931, Page 8

THE COALITION GOVERNMENT

(To the Editor.) Sir,—l have on several occasions hud the privilege of expressing my appreciation of the excellent matter that is offered daily to the readers of the "Evening Post," and I can affirm, without fear of contradiction, that the public appreciate what appears in its columns, and can always find a word of commendation for those whose activities enable us to enjoy the news of the day in an evening paper. Your article, "On Shifting Ground," in last night's "Evening Post," commands attention, especially by those who, without proper consideration o p a very important question, are agitating tfor a General Election. The Coalition Government was, as you remark, formed for a specific purpose, and that was "to check the drift of our public finances," and to generally consider tlio best means to improve our trade and development. Without such a combination we were merely attempting to "muddle through," and the formidable task of solving our many serious problems would have been Quite impossible. There was therefore a greater feeling of security and relief in the country when the formation of a Coalition Government was an established' fact. To imagine that a solution of what is absolutely necessary can be effected in a week, in a month, or even in a year, shows weakness and an entire absence of reasoning. Justice. and fairness expect us to give the Government an opportunity to carry out its programme, but the unreasonableness of pressing for an election when these important duties have only commenced seems childish and a deliberate attempt to "down" one set of men to elect another. It has been rightly said "that a used key is' always bright," and in all fairness we should look upon the Coalition Government in that light and allow it to carry out what it proposes to do, without hindrance in the shape of an election, with its attendant confusion and turmoil. One hns a right to ask these agitators, and they are many, what particular scheme they can propose to settle otir present commercial, financial, and unemployment tangle?—l am, etc., ALMAVIVA. 12th October.