FEWER WORKLESS

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 196, 16 May 1936, Page 12

FEWER WORKLESS

Germany Under Rule Of Hitler VICE-CONSUL’S OPTIMISM Dominion Special Service. Auckland, May 15. A remarkable reduction in unemployment in Germany under Hitler rule was the subject of comment by Baron J. von Stechow, of Berlin, who passed through Auckland on the Monterey on his way to Sydney, where he has been appointed vice-consul for Germany. He said there was great satisfaction in Germany with the present administration, and since 1933, when there were six million unemployed, the number had decreased to less than two million. “I am absolutely sure we will have peace for many years.” Baron von Stechow said. “I have travelled in England, France aud Germany, and everywhere there is a great desire for peace.” The recent production in Germany of synthetic rubber and motor fuel was described by the Baron as an economic development designed to allow the country to become rather more independent of outside sources of supply. It was not to be interpreted, he said, as a preparation for hostilities, but was merely in keeping with the endeavours to produce as much as possible in the country.