LABOUR'S JUBILATION.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2764, 4 October 1923, Page 4

LABOUR'S JUBILATION.

■<-■! ■ The Labour leaders are frankly jubilant over what they call the lnvitable evolution of political parties. They persist in regarding the Liberal Party in Parliament as "down and out" and award it no place at all ini the fight after the next general elcc-j tion. They expect, however, to obtain , a large accession of strength to their! ' own ranks from the scattered and leaderless Liberal elements in the, ! country, and with their increased representation in the House to present j an Opposition to the Reform Govern-! ment that will make it even more im-; potent than it is at the present time and ultimately accomplish its destruction. This is "tall talk," put about, probably, more with the idea ' of gaining additional adherents than with any expectation of its being justified by events; but the rank and file, of the party accept it as the inspired utterance of their chf>»«n prophets. The leaders, on their part, regard the controversy over the dairy pool merely as an incident in their progress (.uwa-rda tiui Itttasuxv benches.. Thoy

may not believe in "themselves as implicitly as their followers do, but they are quite content to march with the crowd without being too critical of the goal.