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Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14029, 4 April 1919, Page 2

The Bill of Rights declares—"G>vernmsnt is constituted for ths protee"tion, safety, prosperity and happiness of the "people, and not for the profit or private "interests of any one man or class of men. The great authority on Liberty, John Stuart Mill, gays : "Whenever there is a definite da-rage, or a "definite risl: of damage, either to nn individual or to the public the cue is taken out "of the province of Liberty and placed in that "of morality or law. William Blachstone, the eminent Jurist, lays it down as a principle that: — "No man, or no hody of men, has right to "prosecute a calling which is necessarily "antagonistic to the interests of the com"munity." wmmmm 7 a man were the solitary inhabitant of an island, persona! > liberty would mean doing as he liked, but when he becomes a member of a community, liberty ceases to be a personal affair only, and becomes a social contract. All our laws are either prohibitory or compulsory, and restrict our personal, liberty in some way for the general good. Yet no voice is raised against the enactment of these laws on the grounds that they rob the individual of liberty. Wherein would the prohibition of the sale of liquor differ, as regards personal liberty, from any other of our "thou-shalt-not" laws? Because all legislation either prohibits Thp statue of or compels, the "liberty" argument is / m gomg to Liberty" • no test as to whether prohibition is **-r« /£* he democracy i„ the good or bad. Prohibition, like all other JtlZlToup^t. .houldprohibitwithinitsbordcr. , j b g teste d bvthiSl Will it h", messes from Fetrogrc •of an article of diet which is IdWSs, lUUSI UC uy LxixJ ' , A stout old lady was walk* as old as the human race itself reSlilt in tile UDllft and haPpinCSS 01 b=sket down the middle of ly challenges attention, and in- IWU 1 1 ■) road to the great confusionc f repeating threadbare phrases \\lQ PCOple aS 3. WXlOlef and with no small peril to 1 " extremists," " fanatics," and S C was pointed out to her the ference with personal liberty." f -, , ~ ment was the place for fo.t-i dbe more profitable to discover Here S B. faCt tliat prOVCS It. but she replied: "I'm goi hat the greatest democracy in the orld should prohibit within its borders ..ie use of an article of diet which is almost as old as the human race itself certainly challenges attention, and instead of repeating threadbare phrases about " extremists," " fanatics," and " interference with personal liberty." it would be more profitable to discover the motives which lie behind the present action of the United States. A democracy comprising about one. fifteenth of the entire population of the globe putting itself under voluntary prohibition is surely an amazing spectacle. lident of this great Republic is to-day one of the most prominent figures on the world's stage. The epithets "fanatic" or "extremist" are about the last which could be applied to such o scholarly and dispassionate personality. The nation he represents is a nation whose origin was a revolt against monarchical tyranny, a nation where all men are equal and free, where rail splitters and barge boys have risen to supreme authority—such a nation is not likely to cherish errone. ous views about "personal liberty.' It may be that we in New Zealand will have to revise our definition, it may be that our ideas of "personal liberty" (on —i_:i.:»: on &t least) are out of date. a democracy believes in the utmost freedom of individual action, relthe opinion of the i personal habit or an individual trade must give way before the gaod of the whole community, America believes that Euclid's axiom, "the whole is greater than the part," is applicable to national questions. Total arrests in N.Z. - - 46,490. Equals 42 in every 1000 of population. Arrests in No-License areas, 3,286. Equals 19 in every 1000 of population. Our own experience is the same as that of other lands—that prohibition reduces crime to less than half. If it is for the general good of our people to save thousands of N.Z. families from the disgrace of an arrest then we have no right to a selfish vote, cast in our own interests. We have only a right to the vote we cast in the best interests of all, no matter what the cost to ourselves. A selfish, vote is an unpatriotic vote. In many elections it might be easy to deceive oneself on the issue. But in this election there can be no doubt; the issue is crystal clear. There is only one way to vote! . . Let us "/'m goir,g to walk where I like!" That was an apt story which Mr. Arthur Kunsomc told the other day in one of his messapes from Petrograd: A stout old lady was walking with her basket down the middle of a crowded road to the great confusion of the traffic and with no small peril to herself. It was pointed out to her that the pavement was the place for fo»t-passengers, but she replied: "I'm going to walk where 1 like. We've got liberty now!" It did not occur to the dear old lady that if liberty entitled the foot-pas-senger to walk down the middle of the road it also entitled the cab-driver to drive on the pavement, and that the end of such liberty would be universal chaos. There is a danger of the world getting liberty-drunk in these days, like the old lady with the basket. It is just as well to remind ourselves of what the rule of the road means —that the liberty of the individual must be subordinated to the liberty of the community. When the traffic policeman at one of our busy corners puts up his hand, he is the symbol, not of tyranny, but of liberty. You may not think so. Being in a hurry, you may feel that your liberty has been outraged. How dare this fellow interfere with your free use of the public highway J Then, if you are a reasonable person, you will reflect that if he did not incidentally interfere with you he would interfere with no one, and the result would be utter confusion at our busy intersections. Civilisation is largely a matter of inventing a rule of the road, and seeing that it io observed. The greatest good to the greatest number must be the fundamental principle that governs On THURSDAY NEXT, and in US!

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