Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1884. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 78, 29 February 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1884. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

;0p the political situation tb,e OantprImry Press writes as follows V— " It is' quite hopeless to expect that any good i \rili ; «oirie of the approaching Session, j Ministers cannot expect to carry any really useful legislation m the face of coldness which exists between thorn" &nd the people Tho Opposition must be conscious of the fuel; that they too pan do nothing to improve theft pre* sent position. As far as we can dis. cover the prevailing feeling m the i country is that the sooner an appeal is made to tho constituencies the better it will be for all ooncerned, .Such bejing the case, it: appears to us to be the jduty of Members of the.jHousewhoaii jnot already committed to one side or jthe other to keep themselves as much fas possible from party entanglements. jAs a rule, independent Members do no jgood either for themselves or the couri■try. As long as we have^pai^ty Oojvernment men must, generally speakjing, ift^Q ft side if they hope to Tbe of

any real service to the community. But the existing state of politics is altogether exceptional. If the Ministry have ceased to be m sympathy with the people, those who have hitherto aspired to take their places are both disti usted and despised. The only cure for the present unsatisfactoty state of things is an appeal to the country at the earliest possible date."