Sayings of the Week.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 10, 9 March 1910, Page 3

Sayings of the Week.

Onr New Admiral. THE only man really affected by the naval scare was “Rear-Ad-miral" Bob Blatchford. —Mr. John Burns. •The Great Peacemaker. Upon peace the health, happiness, and material progress of all nations depend, and it is my constant prayer that the country be spared from the perils and miseries of war, which in this modern age must involve the ruin of millions.— King Edward. * * • • The European Cinderella. We should no longer be the Cinderella of the European pantomime. Under the new Government we should say to Germany without offence: “You are master of your own destiny, as we are the master of ours, both in foreign matters and domestic matters; and we tell you, as far as the fleet in concerned, make yours ns strong as your own conception of the national requirement involve. We venture on no criticism. But we tell you if we have to make the same sacrifices our ancestors made when Napoleon threatened the very existence of England, we will make them, and will build two Dreadnoughts for every one of yours. — Mr. F. E. Smith, M.P. * * * • Why They Call Them Mates. Tariff Reform was a twentieth century South Sea Bubble. They called the workers mates because they thought them mugs. The Tariff Reform whole-hoggers had become hedge-liogs.- — Dr. P. J. Macnamara. * <■ * * Tariff Reform and the Masses. I am .convinced that the whole of the Tariff Reform movement is an interested attempt by the privileged classes in order to secure them all they, enjoy at and to carry bn their warfare upon the Tights and interests of the common people. It is a momentous issue. I think it has happened late enough -in the history of our country for the democracy to see through it.— Mr. Winston Churchill. * * * * To Follow the Millionaires. There were edg’at hundred and sixty millions, the savings of working men. Did they tliink it likely that in the course of a few years Mr. I.loyd Ge.org? vvould not cast his eyes on that sum?—The headmaster of Eton. « « • * Chips of the Old Bloch. They are shaping up very well, don’t you think? They will be taking the places of the old ones very well.— Lord Kitchener, on the cadets. • • • • Considerate Millionaires. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been denouncing millionaires with extraordinary fervour and vigour, but the millionaire's on their part had returned good for evil. They had died in shoals. So that, inadequate as the returns for the first six months of this financial year appeared to be, they were at all events swelled by a quite unexpected harvest of death duties. — Mr. Balfour. A Tail-Twister. In America in the old days when they hated Great Britain they had a special set of orators who went round America whom they called “tail-twisters." Tliey gave a wrench to the British lion’s tail. Of course, he took no notice. He never heard them. He did not even take the trouble to roar. Now Mr. Balfour is becoming a tail-twister. He is just plucking at the feathers of the German eagle's tail. That game was played in America by the lowest type of politician. It is hopelessly discredited in that country now. No one will try it; but I am sorry , to find that the leader of a great British party has taken over the property of the most discredited form of American public jierformers.— Mr. I.loud (leorge. The Place to Beat Germany. The place to beat Germany is not at the Custom House or the landing stage; the place to beat Germany is the school. P. J. Macnamara.

As Dangerous as Sin. If you want to be a strong people vou must work with your head and develop your body. Fat, I tell you. I tell everybody, is as dangerous as sin. and kills sooner. But to have everything right, every muscle just responsive—ah. it is good life and great fun.— (leorge Backcnschmidt. • • • • Typical New Zealanders. The New Zealanders who fought under me in South Africa reflected the feeling of their country in their devotion, their bravery, and their endurance, and in all respects maintainor! the best traditions of the British Army and of the race to which they belonged. The work in various parts of South Africa performed by these contingents is well known to you all. and I would only recall to your memory the gallant stand at Bothasburg. when your men showed their mettle, and by their courage won the admiration of their comrades. as well as the respect of their adversaries.— Lord Kitchener.

Blind Kittens. He would rather put a number of blind kittens in the place of Government than be governed by Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Winston Churchill. — The headmaster of Eton. • • • • The Two Ideals. Outside of religion, the two ideals that are required in New Zealand, it seems to me. are first the ideal of Empire, and second the. ideal of nationality. Individualism is very strong here, and people have not learnt, on the whole, how to merge their minor differences into one great ideal. I believe that they are copying too much from the older countries, and have not as yet sufficient confidence in their own powers. People here are afraid to trust the originality of their own minds.— Dr. Tudor Janes.

Good News for Women The clothes of the future will be so cheap that every young woman will be able to follow the fashions promptly. Artificial silk that is superior to natural silk is now made of wood pulp. It shines better than silk, and I think that the silk-worm barbarism will go in fifty years, just as the indigo of India went with the production of indigo in modern laboratories.— Mr. T. A. Edison.

How Ignorant We Are. How ignorant we are! We don’t know what gravity is. neither do we know the nature of heat, light, and electricity, though we handle them a little. We are only animals. We are just coming out of the dog state, and getting a glimpse of our environment. We don't know; we just suspect a few things, and it will

take an enormous evolution of our brains to bring us anywhere. Our practice of shooting one another in war is a proof that we are still animals. The make-up of our society is hideous.— Ur. T. A. Edison. • • • • Why is This? What astonished me most in Wellington was the very large number of prominent and able men and women who for many years had severed their connection with all the churches.— Dr. Tudor Jones. * • • • A Test of Gentility. The average Englishman or Englishwoman at Home is quite one of the most difficult persons to get to know until you have been properly introduced. If you happen to be a stranger—perhaps a colonial—travelling in a train there, you may probably feel that you would like to enter into conversation with some pleasant gentleman—perhaps sitting in a corner. Your remark about the weather, however, will cause him to “freeze.” and in turn you also begin to do likewise. If you continue to address remarks to him he will probably begin to think that you are a confidence man; but if you say nothing at all when you part he will think that you are a respectable gentleman like himself.— Lord Plunket.

Protection and Shipping. London did an annual trade of £209,000,000, created by Free Trade. The Thames’ shipping would be halved in twelve months under tariff reform or protection.— Mr. John Burns. The Call of the Old Country. Lord Kitchener’s visit was one of the most important events in Australian history. Until lately the impression of Britain’s naval preponderance had made problems of colonial defence more or less unimportant, but during the past two years the Australian mind on the subject had completely altered. Australia saw, as she never saw before, the urgency of the call that the Old Country was making on the daughter lands to help her in the growing pressure that the advance of other nations was placing upon her.—£h’r George Reid.

The Apotheosis of Business Ineptitude. Borrowing from one's debtors is the apotheosis of business ineptitude.—Mr. Boratio Bottomley. • • * * Those Who Are Blind. lhere were some people who condemned the scheme of compulsory military training. and talked a good deal about militarism. but they were blind to the somewhat alarming facts of the situation. Anyone who took notice of the position in Europe to-day must realise that within the next few years it was quite possible that, an attack might be made on the very existence of the Empire.— Ur. (’. J. Parr, chairman Auckland Board of Education. Onr Dislike of Spiders. It is always a mystery to me why people should have such a great dislika to spiders.— Mr. Henry Rill. The Political Pendnlnm. \Ve live in an age when the political pendulum swings with alarming rapidity. —Lord Lansdowne. A Redeeming Feature. One of the pleasantest features of political life in England is that politics do not make personal enemies.—Sir Frederick Low. • • • • Canadian Loyalty. If England is strongly pressed, there will be a wave of sentiment all over Canada to go to the rescue of the Old Land.— Sir Wilfrid I.ourier. • • • • London’s Morals. On the whole, there has been a distinct improvement in the manners and morals of the people of London in my seventeen and a-half years’ service.— Mr. Lane. Not Understood. Some people who went Home saw through distorted spectacles, and under any circumstances would be difficult to please, but he personally knew of instances where colonials had not enjoyed themselves in the Qld Country simply because they never got into true touch with the people with whom they came into contact. — Lord Plunket. The Only Alternative. There had been a strong attack on the standard of the university, but he could see nothing to take the place of the present system, except four universities. That might involve overlapping and more expense, but there could never be a central university in New Zealand, and, therefore, there was no other solution than four independent, self-governing and examining universities. —.Wr. J. 11. Joynt, Registrar N.Z. University.