THE TREATMENT OF LOYALISTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19697, 26 January 1926, Page 7

THE TREATMENT OF LOYALISTS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sns,—The experience which the crew of the Arawa allege they received does not, or should not, cause any surprise in the minds of people who think. Some facts of the shipping strike, if set out in cola print, might go a long way nearer to putting the same crew in something of that state. Here are a few facts for them to ponder over: New Zealand produce held up in local ports, New Zealand butter soared in price to 2325, at present it is worth 162 sto 1725; Australian Federal election has been held, causing a general defeat of the Labour Party; New Zealand general election, same result; more glaring Capital success. The Australian deportation actions prove to bo against the Australian law. Now, what does all this go to prove? "What a golden chance it was to have missed! To whose interest would it have been if a Labour success had been gained in New Zealand or Australia? Certainly not that of the Shipping Combine. Did not the shipping strike ruin any chances the Labour Party had in both New Zealand and Australia? Who reaped the benefit of the rise in butter prices at Home during the strike? They say Lord Inchcape has a keen appreciation of the real worker. Do the members of the Arawa’s crew come under this heading, or is the treatment that they received ■“keen appreciation” ? Does the (strikebreaker ever receive the respect of the employer whom he assists? Is ho ever a respected member of society afterwards? Does an employer think that he has a loyal servant in him? After forsaking his mates, will he not forsake the employer should the occasion arise? Does any thinking person in New Zealand to-day say that the late shipping strike was financed from Russia? Why not financed by the Shipping Combine? as it is very clear _ that it has reaped a greatly improved position in colonial trade through it. It is generally accepted as good detective advice in looking for the criminal to go to whom the crime benefits.—l am, etc. Worker.