EUROPEAN CRISIS
MR. JUSTICE SMITH'S
IMPRESSIONS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Returning with his ife by the Monterey this morning from a world tour Mr. Justice Smith said that he was in Italy in April when Herr Hitler visited Mussolini. His main impressions were of the efficiency of the passport inspections by armed guards on all trains and railway stations and also of the apparent lack of public enthusiasm for marching troops and of the courage of the Pope.
He said that in Germany young soldiers were everywhere, 1,500,000 troops having been mobilised. Old men were drafted to civilian occupations, and an abundant harvest was being gathered by women and girls, small boys, and old men. It was not surprising that uncertainty and suspense prevailed in the smaller countries of Europe.
Describing the position in London during the crisis in September, Mr. Justice Smith added: "I feel that Eng-lish-speaking countries have drawn even closer together in these days of peril for their institutions and ways of life."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 10
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