WORLD TOURISTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 8 September 1930, Page 15

WORLD TOURISTS.

* TWO INTERESTING VISITORS. PHYSICIAN AND ECONOMIST. Two -world travellers of unusual interest are at present in Christchurch. They arc Dr. "Violette Bcrgero, an American by. birth, who is making a special study of the "profit and loss" shown by tho Great War, its influence upon character, and tho lessons learned from it, and Mr W. S. Czerniewski, who is attached to the Polish Foreign Offlco and is studying political economy. Both visitors are keenly interested in aviation, and they had hoped yesterday to fly near Mount Cook with Captain Burrell, but the weather prevented tho trip. To-day they expect to do some flying if the weather permits, otherwise they will leavo New Zealand for Tahiti to-morrow and thence, for Easter Island. ' • ■ !M ■ Commercial Aviation. "When a representative of -The Press visited them yesterday botn visitors had much to say ol their travels. "Since 1923," said Dr. Bergere, "we have flown wherever possible. Poland is remarkably served with air lines. Warsaw is only one and a half hours by air from any other city, and the price is the same as first-class railway fare, plus sleeping accommodation. In America aviation comes before all. Tho original price for a trip from Now York to Florida was 1000 dollars, but no one took it up. Now the pnee has been reduced, and aeroplanes and railway are controlled by the same l>e(ormerl y, one eaa depend only upon automobiles* Thon Gornian promoters secured a monopoly of flyifljh and now one can take an aeroplane from anywhere to anywhere, we wero very disappointed in Australia, wo desired to go to the central district, but the date of the trip did not flt in with our plans, and the charge was »au each for four persons. One person would have to pay £320 if he could not secure three companions to snare tho cost. In contrast wo new from Cairo to Bagdad at a cost of £4O each. Groat War's Influence. "My purpose is to Btudy the influence upon people's characters as the result of tho war and to find an answer to the question: ♦Was it worth whilol If we keep on with war there is no doubt that the whites will become a degenerate race through the loss of the flower of our manhood. Nowadays no one seems willing to make a sacrifice. The continual cry is for shorter hours—more leisure. Through the narrowing of boundaries between lands we are trying to divide our responsibilities. "We do not realise that tho word ♦government' means ourselves. If a government makes debts they are our debts. We should all learn political economy at school, all our laws should be analysed to see that they are just to all. Three-quarters of tho unemployed are employable, and the wage paid to them should be a wage they are able to earn. . "When I considered making a world tour I did not feel that I could make such long trips alone. Mr Czerniewski wished to study world politics, so we came together. We maae a trip from Poland three years ago, visiting Egypt, Bagdad, Babylon, Nineveh, India, ana America. Leaving Warsaw on a second trip, we visited Jugo-Slavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus, Alexandretta, Antioch, Beirut, Baalbec, Damascus, Aleppo, Teheran, the Caspian Sea, Chiraz, Dustab, Quetto, Colombo, Siam, Indochina, Saigon, Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Nanking (where wo found tho most up-to-dr.te aoroplafaes we have over been in), Korea and Java, then Australia, Tasmania, and now New Zealand. "There are many things here to attract tourists, anthropologists, and students of native races. Canada has taken full advantage of its scenic attractions," said Dr. Bergere. "From a mere handful of people visiting the Dominion in a year tho r-mber has so increased that its value to the country per year is now 000,000,000 dollars.