A VISITOR FROM GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 19 June 1909, Page 10

A VISITOR FROM GERMANY

UNIVERSITIES OF COMMERCE,

geriian'feeling towards britain.(By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) ' . . Auckland,, Juno 18. An interesting visitor arrived in Auckland yesterday in tho person of Professor Manes, lecturer' on the science of insurance at tho "University of Connnerce, Berlin. Ho camo on from Samoa, and wiH .stay : for ; _a week or two in Auckland, and then proceeds, south. His object in visiting Australia and New Zealand is to study social legislation, of which he has boon a keen student, although ho has not previously visited the. Antiptxlos. Profossof Manes has""a'g6b"d"'grasp of all New Zealand social legislation, but he is specially interested in our old age_ponsions-system. Ho has published a book in Germany entitled "Insurance of Labourers in Australia and New .Zealand." He is an expert on all questions of- insurance, and ; is general secretary of tho .Gorman Science. of Insurance Association, whioh centre of thought and resea.roh on tho. subject. .■,' ._■ Professor Manes has interesting to. say about the university which he is associated with. ,It is t an • institution typical of the thoroughness with which Germans are seeking to spread commercial knowledge. - -Tho-Berlin University of Commerce, "'Which was ; fonndod, wd;is.maintainod. by merohants, is ono of Jour that exist in. Germany, tho othors boing at Frankfurt, Cologne, ■ ana Leipzig. Tnev have all beon established since 1900,' and others will probably follow. Instead of tho usual classical studies being pursued, tho Btudies are all in commercial subjects, the adjective being used • in , its wider sense. Tho. entranco , examination, is., not so formidable as tho matriculation examination of the* ordinary'.', university, '-.but all entrants must Tiave been . engaged for three years in practical commercial life. < Tho course extends over .two years., In addition, to those who devote their whole lime to study, tho university receives pupils who are engaged in business,during.portion of. . .their "tune.- It. is av.hive. of, industry, lectures, being giv;en from "early morning till 10' at.'night" Many -pupils have .been- attracted" from "'foreign countries, and .some New Zcalanders are to bo found-at'the universities. After a lecture on New Zealand which the professor delivered i'orie . night,-Isevoral went up and' < spoke to him. Professor. Manes mentioned ! that the, publicists and . politicians of Ger- : many have a good knowledge of Now Zealand, : in fact, he says, denser ignoranco regarding this country prevails in Britain- than-'in--Germany. r In- reply ' to . a . question _ aa to German - fooling .towards Britain,. Professor- ' Manos stated that;, there, was . no excitement, in Germany corresponding to tho recent naval scare in Britain. - He did hot think tho natiorisi,wanted:to fight, and - he; : himself would regard a contest between * . Germany. and -Britain much as ' a, '-contest . ./between a''tiger'and-a Tvhale 1 . mentioned' - tthat-.'in •• conversation ".with -; an«"Aiistralian ,i 'politician he had brought up this ; niattor, and usl(cd;tho Australian l '- why there, should 'be , such jealousy.' Tho Australian .'replied, "Well,' ! it's like' this. Wo want a-iiavy; and wo must ,• give some excuse for keeping-one, l bo we saj L wo fear tho Germans." v;' •