TEACHER OF ECONOMICS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16330, 20 January 1921, Page 7

TEACHER OF ECONOMICS.

| SIR R. STOUT REPLIES TO CRITICISMS. [He Prf.ss WELLINGTON. January 30. j At the University Senate, tho' Clian»*el2or, Sfr R. Stout, replying to criticj i&ms of his address regarding th« economic instructor (Rev J. K. Archer) I in Canterbury, quoted from a pamphlet J by Air Archer, speaking of “ legalised : robbery/’ taking the. Government out i .?t the hands of robbers and transfer- ; ring I'iom privato to public hands the* j business of producing and distributing ; the necessaries of life. This, Bir j Robert contended, was the revolutionary programme. Mr Archer fur- ! ther said: “We (the Baptists) have not S shrunk from shedding our blood m saoIrifioe. that was an implication of a bloody revolution ” Ho insisted tha; the statements ho had quoted were •simply encouraging sedition, and tend- [ ing to destroy the prosperity of the D»- ! minion. The responsibility rested on the Senate. He had done his duty. • Professor Denham, who had moved that the Senate disagree with the ChanI cfeilor’s address, said that lie would i withdraw the motion, though in? thought it unfortunate that tho Char.j cellot’s opinion liail been printed ie i an address. ! Professor Hunter objected to tlm I withdrawal, but it was carried by twdv< votes to eight.