ENGLAND AND ENGLISH

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7056, 18 February 1910, Page 1

ENGLAND AND ENGLISH

SOME FEATUEES Impressions of ; sir robert stout. AN INTERVIEW. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright PERTH, February 17. In the course of ah' interview soon after his arrival hero yesterday by the Moldavia, Sir Robert; Stout, Chief Justice of New Zealand, said ho considered British people do not realise the important constitutional question involved in the recent elections. There might be grave troublo ahead of the Liberal party if the King had not given Mr Asquith a pledge as to what he would do, but no doubt some way would be found. •'

Regarding the condition of the English Workers, Sir Robert paid .a .tribute to Mr John Burns's efforts to improve them. What England most wanted was a crusade against the drink -evil, headed by national leaders. In manufactures England still exported twice as much per capita as Germany, and four times as much as America, but slackness seemed to prevail among the people, who were given over to amusement.

He compared the Australian press favourably with the English, and declared that "The Times" had lost its independent tone and become a party organ.