Citizens Say—

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 985, 30 May 1930, Page 10

Citizens Say —

(To the Editor.)

“DESPISED MARINERS’ ASSOCIATION”

Sir. — l am not after ihe £I,OOO reward, but reading an article in The Sun that ■ a business man is anxious to get as ] much scrap-iron as fie can from New- | Zealand, I got an idea. I have cut j the article out and sent it to our new j Prime Minister in case he and his j Government are really serious in wish- j ing to do the country some good. Now I is a golden opportunity for th to \ get rid of the money-losing banana | boat, Maui Pomare: As I say, 1 am not after the £ 1,000 reward, but ! should the business man feel he is j under any obligation whatsoever, he j can forward his reward to the secre- j tary of the Despised New' Zealand Mariners* Association; address. Quay ; Street, near Queen Street cornel-. ■ (Anyone on tile corner will direct hint j to the secretary.! OPPORTUNIST. I

j A NORTH SHORE PROJECT j Sir. — It is time that the Xorth Shore ; Water Board and the boroughs of l IkVQUjK>i i, 24ortiicote, And joirken-

head sat up and took some notice of the proposal of the borough of Takapuna and the Waitemata County Council to establish a nightsoil dump in the upper Wairau Valley-. That forms an important part of the catchment area of Lake Pupuke, from which all the North Shore boroughs draw their water supplies. Even if Takapuna citizens are prepared to put up with the risk of consuming water tainted by seepage from such a dump, they should not expect other North Shore residents to be equally indifferenL The project appears to be a joint one between the Waitemata county and Takapuna borough to collect excrement from the East Coast bays, and about 900 houses in the unsewered portion of Takapuna borough, and contaminate the upper Wairau Valley. It should be stopped. TAKAPUNA.

FASCISMO Sir.— It is impossible to allow Signor Colonna’s letter to r. main uncJiallem ed This cor reaise that there- is : mother Idc u that Fascism, that ; ; t->. < ; h • denounces (Continued in next column.*

I Italian community. 11 l>uce lias raised I Italy out of Bolshevik degradation and j set her feet on the path of attainment Ho lias changed the aim of the people so that they see beyond mere internal strife to the goal of achievement for Italy as a whole. Certainly there is a curtailment of free speech and action. Those who are not Fascist! have no chance. There is reason behind this also. In Italy the standard of poaular education is not sufficiently high and the freedom that would ensue would be turned to an enemy’s demonstration against Mussolini, who is not sufficiently dull witted to allow his enemy, to gain in this way. It must be realised that Italy is changing. She is rising from her position of subordination to emerge a well ordered people, whose opinions must be considered. They are becoming • builders’' of their country—not "wreckers.” Italy is going to assert her long-de. nied position, but unless she is met by war, she will not offer war. Dottors Pietro Gorgolini, writing of the principles of Fascism, has said, "It is a lawless believer in law, a rebel be--1 lever in authority. Violence against violence, force in order to make a silence in which reason can be heard." Mussolini ‘knows Europe is tired of war. Italy is increasing and by her expansion will show herself again in the political world. Mussolini says himself, “We should be intelligent enough to make this place in time and with good grace. We follow a policy of peace above all.” Why is there any need for the Dictator to "decide to make a war”? His ambition is bmng realised now with peaceful conditions When Italy’s Prime Minister m-hes an announcement the “geese of Europ* begin to cackle.” Finally the signor claims that th.s league proposes restoration of the Constitution, i.e.. Fascism is not satisfactory but dangerous. It is not enough that Italy should be gloriously uplifted and that the youth of Italy is being "capitalised” and trained for the benefit of European peace. Democracy is not the only conceivable and right government when the majority of th« people in whose hands the Government is to rest are not of sufficiently high intelligence to abide by the rules of the game—democracy merely opens the way for the mischief maker. The Italian is not capable of democracy. “Italy!” II Duce has said. "Is a nation of children who must be led.” I think Signor Colonna realises the people are for the most part happy under a maximum of efficiency and justice. As a true patriot he will admit thera is little blameworthy in a system that aims at and seems to be swiftlv succeeding in making the name of Italy honoured everywhere, in raising to its old status the boast “Civis Romanus Sum.” __ D. BROOKE. Devonport.

IN REPLY TO MR. FORBES

& In The Sun of the 2Sth inst., I read ; the Prime Minister’s Message to t ; Country. The message begins: To I my fellow citizens,” and as I nave ’ resided in the country for sixteen year* : and paid taxes, and incidently become j the father of four other citizens, I cani not help feeling that I am one of the j unfortunates whom the Prime Mxnis- : ter is addressing. And as the Prim* Minister uses The Sun as his means ti addressing me, I take the liberty 01 using the same channel in addressing j him. This message is for the other tlis-UrU. ui members also, especially the Hon. S. G. Smith. I hope they aJi read The Sun! [We can assure our correspondent that they do. —Ed.]. About half-way down the messap? is the phrase: “We have the deepest sympathy with thosk of our who through no fault of their own are unable to find employment, and it uru* (the italics are mine) be our strenuon* i endeavour to alleviate their hardship* ; Xow what does the Hon. G. W. Fort® mean by that? He is sorry for me wno \ have been out of a job for tweiva months! And “it t cill be our stremious endeavour to alleviate their h*™" : ships.” I would remind the Prime W-p----ister that it is actions and not that count. Being out of a job. I nav had plenty of time to follow the : things his party were going to do. An* j follow them is about all anyone COUi r do, for I don’t think anybody has : caught up to a promise that has bee fulfilled. Nevertheless. I will look ward to this fresh promise, and sincere-., hope “it will be a strenuous endeavour^ : I have a clear recollection of a Of* 1 United can*? late expounding upon t- . equal right . of all citizens in a P p ‘F for Government positions, and that impositions would be advertised —this wa just before the last election. Ana J Xew Zealanders have been passed ° v . for one of the most remunerative in the marine service. This may J*®' have been the fault of any member, d • i it certainly shows lack of political co _ ; trol on the part of the Government departmental heads are allowed to the country, then why have a , ment at all? It would save us taXJW ers quite a lot if we could do a with Parliament: and then. T >er “*’Y| Government jobs would be han down from father to son. r--1 The Government may think tn at executing repairs to the Maui I’omin Wellington, instead of Auckland, a , is keeping the “misfit” out of the P*J • ' • gaze of this c»ty. and thereby mint ing criticism, but it will take ,n----than the vessel’s absence tr* drow ll - thoughts of some 20 unempb yeo i masters, who have it strongly in j 1 minds that they are despised bj ; own Government. Xow. Mr. Prime Minister and men* ] of the Cabinet, let us see vf( * And there one *ict vn»» * . sjn ; remedy, if you wish *•* . ! * of your unc-mj