A SATISFACTORY ANSWER

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1579, 6 March 1919, Page 8

A SATISFACTORY ANSWER

SOLDIERS AND POLITICS. MB SEYMOUK'fFcHKISTCHURCH SPEECH. Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 6. At a meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Association, there was a lively debate on the proposal to appoint a committee to draft a political platform. An amendment was moved that nominations for the committee be accepted, to be submitted to a further meeting for approval or alteration, and was carried by a large majority. 'The meeting discussed the statement by Mr D. Seymour, general secretary to the New Zealand Association at Christchurch, that the attitude of the Auckland Association would meet with the [emphatic disapproval of the central I executive.

Mr Seymour, who was present, said that the New Zealand Association had laid down a definite policy, and it was his duty as general secretary to expound, that policy. He felt sure the statement he had made in Christchurch would meet with the approval of the Dominion Executive. It was not made clear that the Auckland Association merely proposed to send a remit, so that the suggestion could be discussed by the Dominion Conference. He now saw the course proposed by Auckland was thoroughly constitutional, and there could be no "objection from the Dominion Executive to the remit being sent to the conference.

Mr Long said that Mr Seymour should have been sure of the facts before he chastised the Auckland Branch. Mr Seymour's explanation was accepted as satisfactory.