GERMAN PROSPERITY.
NO SIGNS OF HARDSHIP.
INDUSTRY FLOURISHING.
A. and . N.Z. . ' y LONDON, April 29. ! The Berlin correspondent of the Daily | Express, . referring to Lord • Buckmaster's ! statement in the House, of Lords that the life of the German people to-day was one of great misery, states 'that :a' tour of Berlin shows the contrary to be the case. The masses ,of Germany are leading a life of great prosperity. There has been an amazing growth of including factories, farms, and dwellings. I Outside the capital food is cheap and I abundant. It is calculated that there are ! now five times more motorists' than be- ! fore the war. y Agriculturists are prob- | ably better, off than at any : previous perI iod '.in history, and commercial men are hardly less. flourishing;, : .The Ruhr capij talists '■haftro had gigantic . credits opened their favour to enable them. to carry on resistance. It is true that .the middle classes, especially • the intellectuals, have suffered severely, many being crushed out of existence, ■ but • their ' places . have - been taken by others springing, from . different | strata of society.. . , V
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18387, 1 May 1923, Page 7
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