MODERN EUROPE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 10 September 1937, Page 2

MODERN EUROPE

GERMANY UNDER NAZIS. CONTRAST WITH BRITAIN. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 10. Women performing manual labour in the fields, with grim-visaged Nazi police everywhere, a poor harvest reaped with primitive scythes, inferior living conditions, strict laws enforced by an unbending Government, practically no agricultural machinery, and farmers growing grain crops but unable to feed wheat to their fowls. These are among the impressions of modern Germany obtained by Mr C. A. Wilkinson, Nationalist M.P. for Egmont, who returned this morning after an extensive business tour of Britain and the Continent. “A large portion of the national revenue is being expended on armaments, and Germany is tightening her belt. Very rigid control is enforced in the disposal of crops. Everything is under Government control, even every yard of agricultural land, hut this year the harvest was'bad and the country is undergoing a very difficult period. Living conditions are definitely below those of Britain and New Zealand, stated Mr Wilkinson. In contrast to Germany. Mr Wilkinson said Czechoslovakia appeared to be thriving. He attributed the content and prosperity to the recent change of Government. “England is prospering. There are no signs of unemployment, and London is growing at a rapid pace. Factories are being built in all directions and the city limits are being extended. New cars ere goin|; on the roads at the rate of 500 daily.

“Rearmament is going on at an unprecedented rate. It is responsible for a scarcity of raw materials and labour. WTiile I altogether agree with tile policy. I think it may eventually cause a reaction,” said Mr Wilkinson. . . Mr Wilkinson paid a glowing tribute to the High Commissioner. “Mr Jordan seems' to be filling the bill in a very satisfactory manner. He is very popular and gives immense service to all visitors from New Zealand.”