LAST NIGHTS MEETING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 August 1925, Page 9

LAST NIGHTS MEETING.

(To The Editor.)

Sir, —The speech delivered last night hy Mr. H. Attmore, M.P. for Nelson, ■was very instructive in exposing the •weaknesses and fallacies of the views 'given expression to by the revolution'aiy 'socialist leaders, who wish,-to overthrow the present economic and .social 'system, which, if done, would bring hbout a chaotic condition of affairs, •making for civil war and anarchy. From the 'Splendid speech delivered by •the Hon. J. A. Hanan and Mr. Art■ntore, those present at the meeting * Would be able to find some guidance 'amidst the confusion of thought and impractical policies that are being pu;t before the people by revolutionary ISjociialiats. The mischiefs inseparable from the conditions set up by the increase in the number of political parties in the House were clearly made manifest to all well-balanced mimks, as ■well as the need of >a, strong stable ■National Government to meet the re'quirements of the country and remove the danger to orderly government. It might have served a useful purpose if :some of those hot-headed individuals who were so desperately anxious to 'interject and' 'to make wild speeches bad, for instance, shown in. what reLsipect Mr. Atmore s criticism of revolutionary Socialism was not sound and 'conclusive. This they did nob dare to do. The speech of the Hon. J. A. lluntil was a treat to hear on lines familial to those who had watched the distinguished career of this sturdy democrat, who for twenty-six years has retained the confidence of the people of ihis native city, and who has a Dominion reputation as an able administrator •and one responsible for much of what is most progressive and best in our 'educational system. 1 went to the meeting with an open mind and came \away fully convinced that the '.sane, progressive people belonging to all sections of the community should come together and support a National Party having fo rits object the formation of U strong, stable, democratic Government, steering a sure, safe, sober, middle course of lucid intelligence and high principles between the extreme 'conception® of die hard Toryism and the revolutionary doctnines of Ctamr unison or Bolshevism. lam etc., WORKER.