AMERICA'S EMISSARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 71, 29 March 1921, Page 9

AMERICA'S EMISSARY.

KEW CONSUL-GENERAL ARRIVES. MR. TUYTD WIUBER IN WELiLJKGTOX. New Zealand's new Consul-General for the Fnircd State* of America Olr. David Wilhen arrivpd in Wellington by the Tnhit: from Genoa, via Xew York and Mm Francisco. Mr. Wiiber succeeds Mr. Alfred A. Winslow. who has been appointed to Papetown (South Africa), and «il: ho stationed in ■Wellington, not ■ •11 Auvk'.and. as has previously been the , In with a "Dominion" re- t i'M-er. Mr. Wiiber sa'.il lie considered , :,u trade between New Zealand and .'. niTii'ii -hould Iv considerable, as there • ■.•.,*re --.i.'h grout opportunities for reci-h prcH'ul commerce. "Naturally." ho said,l -' an; here to endeavour to promote thel-'i-c-t trad,, relations, and II i ; .ink. from what 1 have heard, New ; /.r:i.;i and Ameru-ans £rot on \ery vcli. I .-an a--ure you that 1 accepted i -.c offer to come to X,-w Zealand, made nic while in (Jenoa by the State Department, with the greatest pleasure, as I had -o often heard of your fine little country." Mr. Wilher told of conditions in Italy. . and threw a new light on the exploits of. Habrieie d'Annunzio. "He eertanly; ■•Bused trouble over Fiume," said Mr.!, Wilbcr, "and there was a great hubbub;' all over Italy at the time, but there' , «ere no r-ipms or portents of a real rebel- . lion, immediately after the Italian Government blockaded the port, he, to ■ rse an American term, 'quit." That was a!l there was to it." , A i-hat on the nnancip.l position of ■■ < New Zealand, and other countries, j >..lowed the new Oonsul-Ueneral to be an!; lot juist. "We heard by wireless." he' i >a;d. "of the new legislation affecting jdeposits, and the other steps your Par- j; iiament had taken to meet the financial' anj trade situation. I thought the legis-1. laton was very fine indeed. But there's' nothing to be alarmed over. Conditions; in Italy, in America, and in Engla-nd are! precisely the same. There must be a period of reaction after a big war. Take our American Civil War. which lasted from IStil to ISGo. Well, it took from 'tio to '7S before one could get specie payment of money—in General Grant's second administration. And even after the little trouble with Spain, in IS9S, the country had a time of financial stringency. You can't expect machinery that has been" put out of gear to run smoothly without a little oil. And in this case the oil needed U production, and work. By not attempting to double v..- efforts. Labour is cutting its own throat. Even Switzerland is in the throes of industrial upheaval" In conclusion. Mr. YVilber referred to the great opportunites with trade with California, which is similar to the Dominion in many ways. Mr. Wiiber I "ill leave for Auckland shortly to officially take over the control of the| onsnlar service there.