Four Reasons

Why Young New Zealand Supports Mr. Massey.

In the course of his address to the members and friends of the Canterbury Political Reform League on October 9th, Mr. A. L. Herdman declared that "it was indeed gratifying that so many young people were identifying themselves with public life." He might have added that it was still more satisfactory to find that most of them are supporting the Opposition. Of the candidates lighting this election under the reform flag of Mr. Massey half are young New Zealanders.

The reason is obvious, there is no other leader young New Zealanders who have the interests of their country at heart can support. They cannot support the Socialistic Party, self-christened "New Liberals," whose recklessness and irresponsibility might well earn for them the name of "Impoliticians." If they have set ideals before them, and if they are actuated by a desire to see a wholesome and vigorous Government take the place of Tammanyism and corruption, they cannot support the present Administration. They cannot ally themselves with a party whose influence has been debasing, and whose era of usefulness is over.

In a word, Mr. Massey represents the young New Zealander's hope of escaping from the slough of corruption, of regaining his own page 20 self-respect, and of once more holding up his head as the cleanhanded citizen of a clean-handed country. That is why young New Zealand is rallying to support him, and that is why more than thirty young New Zealanders are candidates in the Opposition interest in this campaign.

The electors of the colony who are not young New Zealanders cannot but have been struck by the manliness and straightforwardness of the Leader of the Opposition, and with the soundness and saneness of his views; but to the young New Zealander anxious for the regeneration of his country, and full of patriotic resolve to help in that good work, appeal most eloquently those four reasons enumerated above why he should support Mr. Massey.