DISLOYALTY & DISORDER

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10464, 17 December 1919, Page 4

DISLOYALTY & DISORDER

The emphatic statement made by the Liberal Leader in his speech on Monday night emphasised what he had many times demonstrated, that he is against the forces of disloyalty and disorder, and expects every member of his party to vote against them today. Those who professed, in 6pite of his repoated and most clear assertions of his uncompromising hostility to those forces, to have doubts about his attitude and tho attitude of his party, have promptly accepted his assurance of Monday night. That acceptance makes, of course, no difieience to the fact, but it saves face for the unbelievers who had no ground of reason for their unbelief. The acceptance does more, for it is an emphatic recognition that the Liberal and Reform parties, whatever their political differences may be, are solidly united against the forces of disloyalty and disorder. This applies to every constituency in New Zealand, bub in none with greater significance than in the electorate of Wellington Central. The Labour candidate in that electorate, Mr P. Fraser, is one of the extremist leaders who consider themselves the leaders of Labour in the Dominion, and aspire to eventually obtain possession of the reins of government. Questioned about loyalty on a famous occasion, Mr Fraser gave an answer which threw strong doubt upon -his loyalty to the King, and left no doubt at all about his loyalty to, t'he Like his extremist colleagues in Parliament, Mr Fraser expressed his approval of all methods of Direct Action. He stands with the men who proclaim that a citizen army can only be justified when the v extremists of Labour get into' power. For the army that defended our liberties and our country he had nothing but contempt and obstruction. He accepted the' sacrifices of that army of patriotic citizens from the safe shelter of the gaol, and gave his sympathies to those who refused to serve their country. These sympa. thies he freely extended, as his extremist colleagues did, to Bolshevism, with its negation of Democracy, its anarchistic ideas, its proclamation of class warfare, its tyrannies of communism, and its negation of justice. When he was elected to represent Wellington Central « shudder went through the Dominion, which promptly regarded that constituency as disloyal. The same can be said of the constituencies 'of Wellington South, which elected Mr Semple, and Grey, which elected Mr Holland. It ig for these three constituencies to-day to wipe put that stigma, by placing Messrs Fraser, Semple, and Holland at the bottom of the poll. It Is the imperative .duty of .every loyal and patriotic citizen to :gd to."tho poll arid record his vote against the party of disloyalty and disorder.