MR LANG'S DEFEAT.

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18661, 13 June 1932, Page 6

MR LANG'S DEFEAT.

The electors of New South Wales have shown that they prefer to place their future In the hands ot those who -promise constitutional government rather than those whose alarming experiments were rapidly placing the State’s integrity in a rather dangerous position. Experiments- .such as carried out by the Lang Government are by their nature not new. They have, however, generally followed some great national upheaval. In the ‘history of many nations civil commotions have been followed by the establishment of revolutionary Governments which have carried out drastic experiments. Witness -the France of the early days of the First Republic, the Brazil of the first few post-Empire Years, and the Britain of Cromwell, lhe experiments have failed, and the people by their will have re-established the type of government which through the centuries has gradually evolved as the one most suited for our needs. We have in Russia an example of such a process. There the Communism of the early days is gradually changing, so that It becomes more and more a regime of the very kind they -set out to defeat In the case of Mr Lang there was no excuse provided by a national disturbance. The life of the people had certainly been disorganised through the universal -depression, but the ultimate way out as far as Australia was concerned was shown by the Premiers of the other Commonwealth States when they promulgated their famous -plan. Mr Lang practically pledged his Government to carry out the methods outlined and then repudiated them, thus -branding his party as a dishonest one, which the other Governments of the world looked on askance. The whole of Australia, financially and otherwise, had to suffer for Mr Lang’s unmoral political practices. His dismissal by the Governor gave the people the opportunity to voice their opinion. They decided for constitutional government, and another oligarchy of experiments becomes a page of past history. There remains the fact that many of Mr Lang’s Ideas, though too revolutionary for sudden introduction, were commendable, and will come Into being gradually through the course of time as occasion arises. In the meantime New South Wales is assured of a 'Government best fitted for the needs of the day.