THE WORLD'S PRESS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 151, 1 August 1914, Page 8

THE WORLD'S PRESS.

WOMEN AT /BOXING CONTESTS. Candidly, we would far rg,theJJ see i a woman of refinement looking on at a big "mill" at Olympia than sitting in the stalls watching certain of the entertainments which have " been offered from time to time for the tickling, of the jaded appetites of London's pleasure-seekers ? j But though women, ' must be jallowed to judge for themselves as to what is permissible for them to do, Ave still retain enough of Victorianism to feel a little glad when a woman declines to go to boxing match. — il Evening News" (London.) GOSPEL, OF MORAL ANARCHY* T Diligence in developing one's eapaci- : ; ties, self-restraint, thrift, all the qualities that make men strong, seem to find no place in the Chancellor's philosophy. His flimsy sophistries dub failure and success, goodness and badness, as equally unmerited. We have ■ ■ eonie 'across a iaore complete gospel of social and moral anarchy or one that so effectually cuts away every incentive to self-improvement. Of course, Mr Lloyd George did not mean it. He was speaking, as he so often, does, without taking the? trouble to thinkH- f '©aily . Mail." DEMAGOGUE BECOME TYRANT. It would, however, be a mistake to exaggerate the importance of external symptoms.' Mr Lloyd George 'is\,in essence a commonpleace example of a familiar evolution. The demagogue becomes the tyrant, the pinchbeck. St. Francis becomes the hedonist, the Little Brother of the Poor the Protector of the KiehV -"''T"he ehahge is accompanied by picturesque vapourings, the consequence : of an emotional'fever. But. there is nothing.new or wonderful in the change ~ itself.—"Express, ,, . ~,,_., ALTERNATIVES FOR FEDERAL .',.. ./ ELECTORS. Oi course, the' Labour Party fnayget ■■;• into office and hot be able' to pass the" Referenda? protectionists -who vote for the Caucus candidates might afterwards oppose it*. But as, if,we., are to have the "new" sort is ; much fairer from the freetraders' point > of view, ther¥ might' be a s'till greater auxiliary vote /for that part of the Eeferenda which' concerned -this ;question. There are only two fair things for the "Victorian protectionists to do in the "present crisis. ' One is to stand by the .Liberal coalition, the other is>to go right over to Labour,.support the whole of its platform, and put up with the result.—'' Daily Telegraph. \' FARMERS AND PROTECTION.

To talk about the disadvantages t» f.aimers of living under a Protectionist Tariff —if it were anything: snore the thoughtless slip of an old-time Freetrader—is to revive an antique fiscal fallacy that has been refuted a thousand times. It has been proved to demonstration that Protectionist duties are not added to the cost of articles, but that revenue duties, are; and it has teen proved that the wage-fund enorrr.ously. benefits when the homemade article takes the place of that imported—''Age,*' -. ...... ; . ■ . INTERNATIONAL POLO.

We really should have won the cup before, for the simple reason that polo is the great Army game in this country, and we have many more -players to select from than have our- opponents. We learned the game in India,. and / bi ought it to Europe, and it was greatly t; the credit of the Americans that they succeeded in winning the cup and keeping it for so long.—" Evening News" (London). ; BATTERING LLOYD GEORGE.

. Fortunately, in this' country Mr George is already being found out. His hated .Act is a fine election loser, and when he supplements it "with a personal visit the issue of any closely, fought election is no longer in doubt. 'Even his most exquisite phrases—such as that in which he pictured the' Tory Party being, swept off its dunghill in a Liberal flood —no longer go down with the voter. It would take a good deal more eloquence v than even Mr George possesses to cover up the cold truth of fourpence for. ninepence.—"Evening News'" (London). OIL FOR THE NAVY.

The reasons for the choice of Persia as the Admiralty's chief oil well seeni markedly inadequate. 'Why not develop oil fields within the Empire if the Government is prepared to put down two millions of money to checkmate the khell combination? Why neglect Canada, where oil deposits are proved, where protection of supplies : can be assured, whence'the voj'age is comparatively short and not particularly open to attack? These questions need a better answer than any yet furnished by Mr Churchill. The deal seems, like the policy which led to it, hasty and mega-, lomaniac. We stand to lose both our two millions and our oil supplies.— "Daily News."