THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 114, 19 June 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

ULSTER DOOR CLOSED. -_ ■ If the Government s'till persist. in going ahead they go to .civil Tfrar, for, with or without the Unionist party, Ulster will not join Mr Kedmond. There are still doors of escape for the' Government, but the Ulster door is closed for good and all. If the Unionist party can serve the country by facilitating the Government's escape from a false and humiliating position, we feel -*eev±<> tain that the dictates of statesmanship; will prompt them to. do so, but it will; not be at the expense Of those who are loyal to King and country.—"Express. " ' • HUSBANDING BREEDING STOCK. •

Australia might become the chief base of the world's meat supply under careful husbanding, and selection aniL judicious regard for expansion. But,' like the improvident savage, we make no''provision' for the future, content to enjoy a fleeting abundance, without reckoning the cost of profusion. Legislation is imperatively needed to prevent the ruin,, of our flocks by the thought** less greed of men whose aim is not the advancement of industry, but -the accumulation of excessive profit.— ENGLAND'S BUBAL DIFFICULTIES;

The real difficulty is that the British farmer .has to compete with countries which enjoy a virgin soil;and pay lewer ..' rates and taxes-." But' Unionists :wiii." uot rest satisfied while =" so deserving ■ and iiard working-a 4 class as the rural;! labourers, who are, after all, the .rear, backbone of the nation, receive s " some 14/-' a' week in certain" districts. It is feasible to remedy this evil /of underpayment', and the effort to do »so will bC' Daily Mail." DISHONEST FBOSPEGTUSES.

•Legislation, long overdue, can protect the i: public against the flagrantly dishonest or indirectly deceptive prospectus, and jit can help to make ; mini .»* ing companies more stable. If, shareholders were compelled* to "subscribe 50. per cent.- of the- share- capital before they got their Shares, prospecting would' be more thorough and the results. ye T latively better. Small investors or speculators would not be encouraged to carry' an amoiint of scrip beyond their means, —"Age,;.', , .-.•■;- * : THE WEALTHY MINOBITY.- . '.•-•• '•'■'-

The wealth of-the country, which has ; resulted from the freedom of trade, has become accumulated in the hands- of a tiny minority. The Unionist policy.is to aggravate that wrong by throwing the national expenditure on the consumption of the people. The Liberal policy is to meet that expenditure by tapping the riches of the few and with the product to establish conditions in which we may develop a stronger, a more efficient, and a more instructed people. It is because the nation sees the choice that is offered it, that the Government commands its grbwing con-« fidence. —"News and Leader."

FOBCED INTO CUBISM. The modern artist cries in vain for recognition. To avoid starvation he is forced to the eccentricities of cubism and futurism and other examples: of. in* sincere posture which must, make him weep bitterly at nigtits if, haply, he have not lost his soul. Rome had its Maecenas, to render himself immortal by his patronage of Horace and of Virgil. The princes of the Renaissance competed with e&eh other to give the great contemporary , artists the opportunity for" the exercise of their, genius. The modern rich man buys ;•' * pldi masters" —and these are frequently "'Express.''' V l ' . "' ;;; :''- ; ;' ; ''. " ? : "