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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16612, 11 December 1919, Page 2

In a letter which appeared in the Herald on Wednesday “Liberal” criticised in a friendly spirit some statements made in the Herald on the previous day as to the respective achievements of Sir Joseph Ward and Mr. Massey in the matter of building workers’ homes, on account of the party spirit displayed, which he alleged was quite out of place at a time when revolutionary and anarchial Socialism wa.s threatening tho country. The writer appeared tn be temporarily oblivious of the fact that the followers of Mi-. Massey were quite willing to call a. truce to political contests, but that Sir Josepji Ward took the very first opportunity after his arrival in tho Dominion to return to the old conditions and issued a lengthy programme which had evidently been prepared some time before. Unless Sir Joseph had expected to improve his political prospects ho would not have left Mr. Massey in the lurch as ho did. “Liberal” of course approves the action of Sir Joseph Ward in leaving tho Coalition Ministry and it is therefore a little unreasonable of him to expect that Sir Joseph and his supporters should be allowed to carry on political warfare while the other side is expected to allow their statements to go without refutation because it is desirable to preserve unity against the common foe. One realises, however, that people who support Sir Joseph Ward and believe him to be a heavensent genius can hardly be expected to show much logical power and one differs from them more in sorrow than in anger at then- wooden-headedness.