MR LANG'S QUESTIONS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 77, 10 March 1931, Page 6

MR LANG'S QUESTIONS

ONE THAT WRONG 'SIDNEY, Feb. io. The fact that a /statement is untrue does not appear to worry Mr. Lang. He seems to subscribe to the Russian Soviet code that whatever will succeed- even temporarily, is right, no matter whether it be based upon truth or not. His attacks upon Sir Adrian Khox and Sir Henry Braddon have created a wave of indignation. The change that Sir Adrian Knox and' Sir Henry Braddon were using their influence as bank directors to persuade storekeepers in the country to refuse credit to farmers is not believed by any but the trained political clacquers who cluster round the Premier whenever he speaks. Sometimes these clacquers make mistakes. Mr. Lang, when speaking at Partdington, asked a series of questions to wTTTch thunderous responses were given. "Shall we permit bur people'to starve'?" he asked. The chorus answered, "No."' '""* oaall we enrich those who will no? buy our wheat?"—Chorus: "No." "Shall we decline to pay the British land-holders their interest?" Chorus: "No." Consideration of this reply for a second showed that the rehearsal could not have been effective. It was a case of "As you were." The question was then answered with a loud "Yes." Sir Henry Braddon is a director of the Bank of New Zealand, in which he served when a lad, and of no other bank. It is obvious, therefore, that he can not affect rural credit in New South Wales in any way. ■