IN ALBERTA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 279, 28 November 1935, Page 6

IN ALBERTA

SOCIAL CREDIT CRASHES I CLAMOUR IN V AIN FOR CASH . PREMIER FACING MOBS OF ANGRY PEOPLE VAl’ OU VER. Nu .2. • Although it was so recently as tho end of August last that Douglas - Social Credit candidates astounded the rest of Canada by gaining an ( overwhelming victory in tne Alberta Legislative Assembly elec tions economic disaster is already staring that State straight in the ! face. i Already there is a universal de ■ maud by those who went to the ; polling booth with a vision of re- I ceiving credits at the rate of £5 a month, for the immediate honour mg of the revolutionary economic I pledge; but money is simply not • forthcoming. Xlajvi ’. H. Dvi.gl.'i- Alberta di> . iple. William Aberhari. nhuse gospel ..f -oeinl salvation gained him the Pre- < nitership, i- at his wit’s end to know what to do. In radio broadcasts he is pathetically pleading with his followers to have faith in his cause ami *e«se demanding immediate cash. Aberhari. who. tormeriy. «a» a; -• hoolteacher and evangelist, ami i,! ’- ”Criouslv mixed politics and religion.! had carefullv suggested that 15 to 18 month- should elapse before the fruition of his monthly dividend scheme but hi-> victorious candidates had not been discreet, ami had freely promised moTirv J»et’ore Christmas. That was why their lairs tickled the »*a"s of the gullible, and raised the hope- and expectation.-, particularly uf the hard bit farmer classes. The great awakening was not lung in i ..ruing, and the fears of the people that money would nut flow so freely | into their pockets, followed almost iiumediately upon the announcement uf | the Federal Treasury that it had lent i Aberhari sufficient money for pressing , provincial expense. bur certainly none | would be forth oming io provide Al \ berta with cash to carry out the fan | rastif :al credit plan in Alber la | Blunt xierusal. In - new Liberal Aduiuii.-drativu has I made it abundantly clear that it the people are tu be taxed, it will not be ; :■> satisfy the < iauiun. uf Aberhari‘s now disillusioned supporters. And so, with the arrival uf wiulc . • tie eorridor.- uf Alberta - Parliament building is already daily thronged with simple-minded frontier farmers angrily demanding their dividends. Citizens uf the capital uf Edmonlun ■ ate beginning to lake a serious view of ! the position, and there is real fear of I •ioting shortly if a settlement is not announced. Lex. Their Jobs. Hundreds of married couples quit their jobs in October because it was reported that social dividends would first be paid to those out of work, and thex wished to qualify a hundred per In many way- Aberhari i» pushing religious zeal. No Government -tenographer can use lipstick or powder her nose during office hours un threat of instant dismissal. There •- a • un-iderable gathering every morning in front of the steps of • the Legislative building to witness the ax rival of Aberhari as he momentarily pauses to kneel and ask Divine guidance in the day - events. Inopportune Quarrel. The Dougla- ’ redit leader- ’ trials and tribulations are added to by an obvious rift between Douglas and Aberhart Major Douglas, speaking in Luridon to-day. admitted that be bad booked a , passage to ''anada for the middle uf September, but w advised to postpone , his visit. He was a-touished. he said, io see an ; announcement in the newspapers from the Premier of Alberta, expressing the Aope that he. Dougla-. might go to •anada some time next vear. < One explanation by observers is that <