THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 132, 10 July 1914, Page 6

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

HOME RULE AMENDMENT. At the moment it is not easy to Se* " which side will yield when the amended Amendment Bill goes before the House of Commons. Yet, unless an agreement can be reached at that stage, the Amend-, ing Bill will go by the board, and the Home Rule . Bill as it stands will become law. At that point thol Ulstermen are - pledged to bring- their provisional Government into operation, and hope of peace will have vanished. It is scarcely credible that any Ministry, for the sake - of place or power or will drive the nation to such shipwreck.—'' Australasian. " _ LEGISLATIVE REFORM NEEDED. At every election for years past the votes of half the nation; have been as surely wasted as if they had Sever been recorded. And in. September next we (the Commonwealth) are goptg, to a vote again. ,iji the ..same manner, with the same wretched and malignant system ready and waiting to victimise us as .of old. Electoral reform and the abolition of the party game by means of Elective Ministries and the Initiative Referendum are issues that should figure, in all platforms at thie forthcoming' elections. For surely all parties should be of one mind in the matter of giving proper representation to the people.—"Age." PROCRASTINATION WITH ULSTER.

j This continaed procrastination is, "ii'r deed, placing an exorbitant strain upon Ulster. Should any untoward event occur the entire responsibility will rest upou Mr Asquith's shoulders. He has looked only at the parliamentary side of jhe , issue and has wholly ignored the human element. He has deliberately Offered the | Ulstermen such provocation as was never i before given to. a loyal and law-abiding people. He h&s treated their passionate attachment tpthe Union as a mere straw in llie scales against Mr Redmond's behest. —"Daily Mail." EGYPT'S LITTLE TROUBLES.

I Much of the trouble of the country (Egypt) arises from the extent to which everything has been subordinated to cotton cultivation to the disadvantage of the small man and the advantage of the rich. And the evil has been accentuated by the practical exclusion of cottou manufacture. It is necessary to lay some emphasis on these things, for. the rigid Press regulation does not admit of much ventilation of grievances in Egypt itself, and it is important that we should not shut our eyes to some of* the less pleasant realities that mustultimately Ice face.' ■ " Daily IS'ews.'' ULSTER AND UNIONISM. He (Mr Asquith) lias now mananivred himself into a position in which agreement is impossible; he has hardened ami embittered Ulster and Unionism. It is quite idle to talk, of any. settlement by consent. There are, as there always were, only two alternatives. Either Mr Asquith must go to the country or he must face the certain prospect of civil war. The knot which lie has tied under .the corrupt bargain with Mr Redmond must be cut either by the sword in Ulster or by the free verdict of the people at the polls. There is no middle course. —"Express." OUTPOSTS FOB THE PACIFIC. We must, therefore, if Great Britain sets its face against the further extension of the indenture system in the South Seas, be prepared to see the riches which might be garnered there by white men pass to other races.. .And this would mean the establishment in the Pacific of strong outposts by nations which have no love for our "Vyhite Australia policy, and • would be thereby placed in a much more favourable position for challenging it. The germ of a very big problem is beginning to energise in this direction, and it is better to consider it seriously while in the germ stage than allow it to grow unheeded until it gets beyond control.-?-" Daily Telegraph."