THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145997, 1 December 1917, Page 2

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

•DEPRECATES TOO MUCH CRITICISM. OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, Nov. 30. Wellington College, which broke up to-day, is starting the Christmas holiday.', earlier in accordance With the request of the Efficiency Board in order to allow boys to, help the farmers of the country, in-these-times of stress. A The principal’s' report ’ stated that 1600 old boys were with the colours, and there had been 257 casualties, 139 fatalities, 103 honours and decorations. Two of them, Brandon and Freyburg, had made the fame of their names ring round the world. The Governor-General,, in a speech to the boys, referred to Russia. That country had a population of 180 millions, and they had gone stark, staring mad at present, and it would tie a long time before they would become sane again. The British people had grown to know the meaning of freedom, and they could enjoy it rationally. Ncrc for 250 years had we suffered anything like a revolution. In Russia, the taste of freedom caused such a revulsion that iho whole country had gone mad, and every kind of drank who could be kept under in the times when the country lived under some regular discipline was free to say and do what he pleased. Many of them were visionaries of the worst description. Those who had read any history would recollect that the people of France passed '-through this phase at the time of the revolution. _ It was the sort of that was liable to happen when there was no discipline. His Excellency, concluding, said the people of this country were all fully united in their purpose about this struggle, but ho thought we should make a, greater effort to achieve something more nearly approaching unity of method in order to win the war. On this it did seem people wore just a. little hit ■wobbly. It was not a good idea to swop horses too often in the stream, and it was not a good thing to go on saying too many hard things about the horse which was carrying ns over the stream. We all wanted to won the war. nut if we could all agree to set about it the same way we should manage much better. • ,