YOUNG AUSTRALIA PARTY

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13810, 22 January 1909, Page 5

YOUNG AUSTRALIA PARTY

FOUND IN ENGLAND

HINTS TO' r IMPERIALISTS

Press Associ»tion-By Telegraph-Oopvrignt LONDON; Jan. 20; The "Pall' Mall Gazette" 'characterises the young Australian National Party as : extraordinary and pronouncedly anti-Imperial, find states that its manifesto shoiild give English Imperialists a shrewd Mnt to probe a little deeper below the| surface of the platitudes of Imperial rhetoric.

THE PARTY PLATFORM

SOME SWEEPING (REFORMS

Received 12.20 a.m., .Tan. 22nd. SYDNff, Jan. 21

The Young Australia! Party's manifesto mentioned by tile "Pall Mall Gazette," has evidently escaped attention in Australia, it is understood that the jiijrty has representatives in all the States and New Zealand. '

Its platform proposes,.to secure' the country from the possibility of successful invasion, after which it deals with the more difficult and intricate task of evolving a- system of national government, under which poverty shall be minimised, disease extirpated, and the commonwealth of all, guarded ishment; National Bank and Commonagriinst the rapacity ofjthe few. Its platform implies that there shall be ho' right of vetoi on. 1 ! Commonwealth legislation by the; Crown or" the High Court; that there shajl be a white Australia; that party government shall be abolished; that.thef - e shall be the right to make - treaties with foreign Powers and appoint Consuls; compulsory citizens' defence liforce, and an Australian navy biiilfc', Manned, and absolutely, controlled "by Australians; the abolition of State Governments, Parliaments and Constittitions; adequate wages for all; abolition of capital punishment ; National Bnid and Commonwealth coinage; that ionly Australians shall own lands and Jinihes, and that there shall be abo'litipii of all titles.