DECISIVE DEFEAT OF EXTREMISTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15317, 13 September 1920, Page 3

DECISIVE DEFEAT OF EXTREMISTS.

.• (Received ;«ept. 13 t 9.30 V.m ) t? L '; ROAfE, Sept 11- r .Further .details^f the decisive'^defeat warW fh.f^^ ' the P^ernmenfs W m,W o J^t a ay" y extremist reAtion would lead to immediate armed i-ntfer-veirtwn with probable bloodshed on an unprecedented scale, the Socialist^pai- -' ties executive proposed an extension of >J the agitation, to all categories of workers : also its transformation from».a, n economic ; into a political straggle imply injr a' • revolutionary attempt. ' / „ _ After i, discussion lasting, all day. lJeputy Dara;gona's amenjahtent, negattv■nig such a course, waa ' curried by niearly 182.0C0 majority out of i,IOO,(XK) voters. Ninety thousajnd abstained from voting. .; /• .■.>.-■ '•■. .■■■■-.;■■:•. ..'./.■ v |' :! The Socialist group then adopted a resolution demanding .immediate re- . opening of the Chamber. The moderates .■ r who signed- a. powerful manifesto at the conference' included Buozze, who , was largely responsible for ■ the metal workers' agitation and Turati.Tr eaves, anct Prainpglae. The manifestqj censured the eartremistd with the authorities and ■■" capitalists. The manifesto a<ldedV"Ektremists^ profess, vigilaaice and ■ (normal '-■ means of struggle, yet they raise anf i^? otitcry when, the^vigilance of others, moje rapid than burs> hurts ■us.!'— A. " and N.Z.C.A. ,,"■. ■ ' '