ENEMIES OF THE DOMINION

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14388, 2 January 1911, Page 4

ENEMIES OF THE DOMINION

eaoe to recent' «3SSm five, millions loan, '' iwejJswnMfcf, grown used to tk* Prim^M^ tk* actions, of his/toveraa**';' *» actuated by m tnriMM«|S,' •fee to drag theitn»^ve'«Wifwr;L^ j in the dust " The ttttßafK? ftought «uttciea\tljr t . eaffsPutft J im audkoious when it wsjraaqet ii by a despotic King afififiHk;* but the, «ala «omd«MMi^tk^ shier tiu tmoatfr skim* •' Ward, tab** th*^ld**atrTor grantedWh*n*V*r hi* MtioMWt , fa fMrnrthlM*; arm am* remarkable. What fa r**fiy needed tor tk* be*Vgo**rnItQWof thfa J BOUBtty, a* doubt, !■ a Prim*/ Minister *nd,aov*rnmeat who shall kf'iiubjist fto m qttMttoaa aad n»''eritiefame.'\b»t , •bell b* given cart* blanche to take whatever enure* good to them.ia any ■*tUr,; jtatt'be responsible to M that desirable coaiuttmatis* can be fully brought about, it fa vol! to know who an thy iais|ls*of the th* of Sir Joseph Ward. Tht erttiea who " nude eU the tun " about the Prim* Miafatert latest fc*h wen half » doesa leading English joornafa which, up till enjoyed the highest .reputation, even with the members of Sir Joseph Ward'* owa party* Their criticism! were merely echoed and endowed by the Opposition newspaper* in this country, who were dependent on the English Press and correspondent*,forthe facts and information 0* Which 1 alone criticism could N km The Manchester " Guaidfaa," ;* strong Liberal joutaaL aftor meatioaing "reporfa that the new issue was not going .off well," stated that "certainly New Zealand was unfortunate in the time chosen for raising {Joan of £5,000,000." The "Westminster OasetteV , (Liberal) headed its notice of the dotation of the loan ".Not a publio success." The " Daily Mail" (Liberal) stated that "the reception accorded to the New Zealand loot of £5,000,000 in four-year convertible three and a half per oaat. debentures was chilling, it being understood that the underwriters are aaddled with about 68 per - cent, of the total." The "Financial Times/' which termed the issue a " fiasco," and the London " Times,", which referred; to the " poor response to the new issue on the part of the public," are other papers which it is now quite. plain to see { are actuated by deep feelings of unaccountable malevolence against this country. It is a pity that the Prime Minietet does not see his way to place these newspapers, which venture to give the public information about loans which assuredly they would not get from the Govern* ment, in the same category As those mischievous pamphlets 'ajit

1h« Nlrift ban nt'tW Poainl Dojiiivt'meut. Tlu« jmblio would thojt lie [noUH't*!ii, to a grout' tuul, from (ho insidious mfluoiuv of jmmuils whiclii, since tho.y do not extol the iimmdnl vizmdiy of Sir Josoph u'ai-<], »ru "no friund-H of the Dominion."