A TOUR IN EUROPE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 25, 30 January 1929, Page 13

A TOUR IN EUROPE

MR. YON HAAST'S IMPRESSIONS

The opinion that tlie age o£ protection for England was not very far away was expressed by Mr. H. ¥. yon Haast, of Wellington, who returned on Monday after an extended tour overseas. Protection, he said, would not come directly, but by the extension of the safeguarding clauses. A sign of the times was that both employers and employees were beginning to agitate for it. There appeared to be a revival of business in England, but there also seemed to be some concern over the number of men who were emigrating, leaving a surplus of ■women. While in England, Mr. yon Haast directed his attention to the stage, and came away with two definite impressions. One was that in the country towns a great deal was being done to encourage .the drama by repertory companies, and the other was that in London the stage was entirely devoted to "shockers"—plays of the sensational type —and revues. After spending some time in England and in Scotland, in which latter country he attended the historical Highland games at Braemar, he visited Paris, Belgium, Holland, southern Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and the Kiviera. In the parts of Germany which he visited he gained the impression that the hostile spirit had, to a very large extent, disappeared. The people to whom ho spoke would not entertain any idea of the.return of a monarchy. He was impressed by the prosperity he saw, and the healthy look of the people, especially the young people. They were well dressed and well, fed, and lived an open-air life. While in Germany lie visited the famous Munich Museum, where there is an exhibition of the progress made in every branch of .science and industry from the earliest times to the present day.' One of the sections of the museum, is devoted to town-planning, and in that portion he saw full plans of Canberra. He found, at a big dog show in Munich, that in the sheep-dog class, practically all the exhibits were Alsatian dogs.