TOUR OF EUROPE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22981, 8 March 1938, Page 4

TOUR OF EUROPE

UNREST IN PALESTINE THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT REMARKABLE PROGRESS MADE "The unrest in Palestine is caused moro by sniping than by actual warfare," said Mrs, M. V. Kennedy, who arrived at Auckland yesterday by the Mariposa en route to San Francisco after an extensive tour of Europe, India and Australia. "At the time of my visit, Jerusalem was under curfew law, while trains frequently varied from their timetables in oaler to avoid passing through Palestine by night/' said Mrs. Kennedy. "Carriages wore frequently derailed, adding to the general confusion and unrest. The city was crowded with British and Palestinian police, and Arab raids occurred frequently. Improvement in Agriculture "Iu spite of the turmoil, the improvement in agriculture is wonderful," she continued. "The Zionist movement is making remarkable progress and is a strong driving force, as numbers of Hebrews are anxious to settle in their native land. Their schools, hospitals and clinics are remarkably efficient and very modern, and about all their undertakings there is an air of permanence and progress." Greece was described by Mrs. Kennedy as a most interesting country. The people, living under a new form of dictatorship, had an air of prosperity and happiness. They seemed to have achieved ail existence of ordered freedom. "World's Perfect Playground" Mrs. Kennedy also spent some time in Budapest where she visited Margaret Island, described by her as the world's perfect playground. A huge swimming pool with artificial waves was one of the main attractions, while the picturesque hotel was said to be a former palace. One cabaret in the Arizona Casino featured a revolving dance floor, which would whirl the dancers toward the ceiling and then lower them as suddenly to ground level. In the Bavarian Alps, Mrs. Kennedy visited the Linderhof Schloss, the summer residence of Ludwig, "the mad King," where she saw many beautiful fountains arranged in terraces above a huge group of statuary, in which the central iagure was gilded, and sent up a spurt of water 30ft. high.