Political Understandings

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 99, 27 March 1922, Page 7

Political Understandings

AND THE REDSfviR HOLLAND AS DICTATOR. Humors are current in several quarters that there is likely to bo an understanding effected between Mr Wilford’s parly and Mr Holland’s for the coming general election. The secretary of the Holland Party, Mr Moses Ayrton, speaking at luvcrcargill, said that feelers had been pub out in the direction of an understanding between these parties. He did not say whether the feelers were from his party’s side or the other. Of course rumor is reputedly “a lying jade”, and Mr Moses Ayrton may have dreamt a dream. After the insulting references that have from time to time been leveled at Mr Wilford’s party by the Hollandites it. is inconceivable how there could be any understanding unless in the way of solid distrust on the Liberal side. That the Bpds and Labor are one and the same is a comfortable illusion of the adherents of Mr Holland, but all the same it is far from being fact. Much of the support given to this Red jwlitieal party is from people who are neither Trade Unionists nor Lahoritos, hut are clesigning~persons with the ulterior motive in their heads of wishing to overturn the British Empire and create some new state of affairs of their own imagining. Of course with an election looming ahead the Bod Party spokesmen are generally on their good behaviour. “Talk moderate” is the card they are playing at the present time. They are saying very little these days of their objective, "the socialisation of the moans of production, distribution, and exchange.” Any suggestions of strikes, go-slow or industrial stoppings of any kind are being frowned upon as bad tactics. Their policy now is to pose as advanced Liberals. Meantime the men are secretly encouraging the formation of an industrial fighting force of the very largest numbers which shall he ready when the signal for revolt, is given. The people of New Zealand must Ik? blind if they fail to recognise that the Beds’ objective of socialistic revolution is never lost sight of by them. The art of deception was never carried to greater length than it is being practiced to-day by tbe believers in socialist revolutionism. That is the art being used by the Bods in New Zealand. Still the ambition to demand and rule is hard to keep out of sight by a man with the instinct for dictatorship, even if lie would name it “the dictatorship of the proletariat.” Addressing his constituents in the Town Hall of Westport veiy recently, Mr H. E. Holland. M.P.. said “the Liberals could never take office without Labor’s consent, and iai the event of Labor bolding the balance of power in a three party Parliament they could only retain office while they oh.eyed the Labor Party. Labor would vote Mr Massey nut at the first opportunity; but if Mr Wilford came in Labor would also vote him out on the first occasion that he refused Labor’s demands.” There stands the Rod dictator. No question of give and take about that party. By the term “Labor” we must remember is not here meant the working population of this Dominion, but simply the people who endorse Mr Holland’s socialist creed and ambitions. What we are told is that if the Red Party only constitutes one third of Parliament it will inaist on getting all its demands. The people of New Zealand should take note of thi R threat, and Labor (real Labor) should vote out a party that hypocritically' says it wants proportional representation when its real purpose is the Anti-Labor one of dictatorship. Wo do not believe that Mr Wilford’s party will, in any way, ally itself with the Reds. There is nothing in common between the principles ol Liberalism or Reform, which recognise the unity r.f the State and the interdependence of all classes within the State, and a party that aims at creating the domination of one class over all others. Should either the [Byform Party or the Liberal bo so unmindful of- the National interests ns to have any understanding with a party that is out for rvolution the time will have to come for either so transgressing to be wiped nut of existence. To fight the forces of revolutionary disruption is more than a duty to ourselves, it is our obligation to the Empire, which is being attacked on all sides, and the loss wll he that of humanity if we. fail._(Contrbuted by the N.Z. AWT faro League)