WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 3

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

♦ Tho North Auckland railway is now idmittedly the most important and valuable line under ennstrvciion in ihp ; Dp* minion. The ease for its vigorous prosecution should rar-ry weight even with those members of Paikamcut wht> ht..vc u<.t yet realised the inimerise. po-tsibilitios ot the long-neglected North. We lock contiH<?ntly to our representatives to support this request for a cort-iderahle. in.-rew.e in tw allocation tor the North Auckland line. this veat. with a view to the construction ■■.if several separate £Ccf:ot:s at the same time.—Auckland ' Slar.' * •* * During M-iv the entire Dominion lust 91 persons by excess of emigration over iinmigration. " During preceding utunLhs the loss vi-a.-. to be counted in thousands. J'tirjng June tho South Island railway system did not pay us wen-king expenses, from which it id plain that the tourists in the Dominion had become it negligible number. vet in July alono the excess of emigration over immigration at the port of Auckland was 225, indicating a serious national problem, which surely deserves trie attention of Parliament. —Auckland ' Herald.' * * -it We have no doubt that the effect of tho new move by the farmers will be more farreaching than its promoters have anticipated. The tendency will be to hasten a rearrangement of political elements now in a state of tiux. On the. surface, it looks like a case of country against- town, but it is more than that. It is, ju effect, tut attempt to divide New Zealand into two v'Teat parties, tmti-lahoi and labor. It recalls the campaign of Sir George Rciu, tho knight, of -aiiti-Surialisrn. sjxonsJsu-ntiy ridiculed by his pitiless critic, the ' liailetiu,' as "unti-soab.''' —Wellingtoa 'l'est. 1 * * ■» The army is in eucii a state of efficiency under the new orgai'iisation that we have orm'iousiy quoted on: opinioti of "Tiie Times's' miiit-iry (orresptiudent te> this t'tlect :—lt can despatch 200.0CQ ue..-:i into any foreign Meld a-t the p/resent moment, and maintain them through the waste of war. Britain will most centalniy not want to tight—Heaven forbid all fighting—but if there must bo a struggle there could not bo- a better time than now. pa two years or a little more the navies of tiie Triple Alliance will.bo stronger, and the circumstances of tho triple entente may not tie £o favorable.'. Certainly the* present crisis is not going to assist thti movcm-tit for curtailment of shipbuilding.—Wellington ' Times.' * • • Any father who overlooks the advantage of the. thorough expert physical training and the military discipline whL'h the Territorial course ensures misses a good thing lor his son. And that is not tho rtuist im-poi-tant phase of the matter. The best assurance-of that universal_ pe-t,.;« whielt the "conscientious- objector" is yearning after is likely for a long time yet to consist in being well prepared for war.—Wellington 'Free Lanco.' •» a * The public mutt put up with high prices, and make what economies they t,:n in the amount of butter they put on their bread. The position is unfortunate, but there does not appear to be any remedy for it at- prosent. —Hamilton 'Times.*