LOYALTY, A VITAL PLANK.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15238, 27 November 1919, Page 2

LOYALTY, A VITAL PLANK.

AYe repeat again that any political :>arty which does not make its first and vital plank loyaity to King and Constitution, despite all else, no matter how alluring, is unworthy of support. The New Zealand Labour party does not include this as its chief plank, therefore its candidates are not entitled to the support of loyal citizens. | Men who advocate direct action as against constitutional procedure in settling industrial disputes are aarchists iiiiu a menace to the welfare of the State. Once the Labour party rings true on these vital points it will get a hearing. While the war was. raging, and the necessity for sending ever,, available man to the front was daily being impressed upon the nation by J the civil and military leaders at Home, constant attempts to frustrate the efforts of the New Zealand authorities were being made by members of the New Zealand Labour party. In view of these facts, it is not a little strange to note how solicitous the Labour party's candidates now profess to be for the welfare of the soldiers and the dopendents of those who sacrificed their lives or have returned to the Dominion broken in health. The electors, however, will not soon forget the disloyal attitude of the prominent leaders of the New Zealand Labour party.—"Manawatu Herald."