THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WORKERS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 4

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WORKERS.

Yesterday- monvrig. we commented in general iterms, and'cci'tainly without special iallu^ipnl?td; any particular of- i fender, upon .tKe;'^i&e!rob;le tactics of the oppoherits of the, Governnient,-. and instanced. more;.especially theia''' sorry attempts ;tp misrepresent 'the attitude •of Mr '■ Ma^sey -land : liis coheagufe% . )r,; piariyvf ~: t l The/-;ft|ler?; "ajij ,^ ; 'howfe' vejpj fi^toCohatll&flge: ou^fit^e^nt;:;^^ib/i:'!it:, aU<sge^-l&j Ki6^ quite -"'ih accprdarice wiih' fafct> >y ,'(>ur oontempoMfy-iadds .tha^^'numerQUjs. ,iriS^Md oto^■'%^^P a •••'i"? of '- °*:: jlle^feiAtemon't-- ,th^t ; thc Masseyites' Ore" pot ;ri re«tliisympathy with: the Lalbour:: pai-ty:.^ ' Ji't^orlainatSly'for: tlie: " Her■a Id,!'.'; the^^nly^n|tarice •it .^is; able jto ii<lduoe> is ,ia. tw4s^d;-'version of^an'" arI ticle.recsntly .publishej}: by the 'f;CK'rfetchurch; Press" :in the : course which an allilsioh,' was^'toade to ."a. : party which bsoes its methods' upon a d©r u iai, of the caird'inal principles' of Christ's" teaching;"; ;^ The .^Lytfeltori Tdmes," spliitWmg oii behalf,of tho disci-edited Liberals, characterised tin's, statement, as a' bl'asphc'mous attack on the Labour party;, and; in*unblushing disregard of-the obvious truth, assumed that the statement ,'wast intelided to apply to "the workers as a- whole. The " Press" clearly explained thatrthe statement was not,.so .intended,-. bttt was aimed exclu-' ■sively uit' thpsp ; irreligious extremists who, -while- posing as leaders-' in the Labour mov^menj,: make the denunciation of 'Ghwstianify a part bf their no-" furious business.. ■"It-did, not suit .the " Lyttelton^imeS" .to .accept this - truthful. ext)laniatia;n,l and .wxj do not Rupl^ose. it.,? will; stout; the "HeraH^ito. dr. s» * FaJ^-pla^'js.ia'.virtue, not much/ courted' oii that :sidje of politics. The . one redeeming feature .of the ['instacace" so VirhluckiiyT (cited by the is that it had thedocency ti> appear, under au appropriato heading, for, it, •w unquestionably "an odious-slander;" And-■-wba-t ■of those other "'.numerous instances" which -oiir contemporary proftssc<? to be go 'able to exp&se?1 ;' It-is" ( in.honour,'bound to, produce' them iVr 'insp'Sction,: but wq venture ,t'»;-.prodi;ct that it wili find it conveniont ta irm Ore thb,. hotioumblc obligiatiorir • The :quesiibn: .at isjiia .relates exelusive■ly''to "the''■'•htti"tu|o-..0f ;Mr Msafeey \a-iul "Jf:|?.. jqoUeagues tovro-xi? Labour," and ,we. ; ; challenge" the• ■ ".Herald"" { to. show that a.ny member "-of the Goyonnment. has by _word or dewl shown other .-titan an ccrncWt "d<?siro to promote the best niterests of_tho. solf-.rosTic^ting a nt i l^ w .. abiding workers, of this Dominion.