It is not often that a politician, of attained the al thought much of in Australi Yet Mr. Theodore—half-Slav if 1 mistake not—Premier of Queensland since 1919—and now driven from his stronghold because he he to place the financial neces his State before the cheap advantakes of wringing the tails of the eet barons, as he once called the 'Lig pastoral companies, has shown' the benefits of experience, and is now about to enter Federal politics. Tt is probably safe to say that he will follow the lines of his former leader, T. J. Ryan, who quickly Jcame to the front, but whose Celtic temperament could, not. stand the Ryan died of pneumonia file" taking' volte an, eneceesary part in a far western Queensland. by-election. Theodore is not Celtic fany means, and he has learnt his Hiessons in his long struggle the monetary interests in London when the prize was the conversion
loans.
some 425,000,000 of maturing proposes to stand at the next Federal elections. One of his ex-{treme opponents sought the selection, but the Queensland Premier defeat Jed him by two to one. For some months past Labour politicians have been inveighing against the large number of Italians in the sugar districts, " They are most. namer-fous in the Herbert river district, and there apparently there were only a very few financial members "white men" unions. This Seems to afford evidence of two things—one, why the Labour unions object to Italians, and two, that we are in danger of falling' into. the pitfall of foreign communities from which the United States is striving vain to escape, Mr: Theodore opposed a capital levy, he insisted upon defence, and fiercely fought the Communists, while at the same time he found: arguments against the baby pen-
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