AMERICAN INTEREST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19177, 17 November 1925, Page 9

AMERICAN INTEREST.

COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN.

SUPPORT FOR COMPULSORY VOTE _ a Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) NEW YOKK. Nov. IS. Considerable interest _>vas shown in New York in the first news which indicated the return of the Bruce-Page Government in Australia. The Australian Commissioner to the United States, Sir James Elder, received a cablegram, copies of which were distributed among ail the American newspapers. The New York Times, which has been importing the weekly progress of the

election campaign, has published extracts from the speeches of various candidates, and has commented particularly upon the statement made by Mr. Bruce to the effect that the paramount issue before the Australian people was that of orderly government or chaos. The paper, moreover, drew attention to the fact that Labour's prospects, which appeared more favourable five months ago, had been considerably injured by the unauthorised shipping strike, which had Labour's orators upon the defensive. Various newspapers have commented upon tho compulsory voting system in Australia, and have asked whether the United States should not adopt a similar procedure, as it had copied tho Australian secret ballot with good results in the direction of electoral honesty.