HAPPY GERMANY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11247, 27 June 1922, Page 8

HAPPY GERMANY

NO SOLDIERS, GOOD BEER.. NORTHCLIFFE’S VISIT. i LONDON, June 12. In an article headed, “Incognito in Germany,” Lord Northcliffe intimately touches the life of Germany to-day. He refused to entertain the timorous proposals of Germans that he should tour iu disguise, and said that the Germans were not a race of assassins, and lie should be more anxious if he were hated in a Latin country as much as in Germany. “As for your brutality in wartime, we will get on better if you do not attempt to explain it away.” A German replied: “You mean thoroughness.” Lord Northoliffe: “If you persist, I shall reply with the word bestiality.’ ” Lord Northcliffe found the Rhineland the embodiment of peace. The tramp of armed men was silenced. There was no profiteering, and the shops were better than ever. It was untrue that the Germans made only rubbish. The finest stainless steel was available, and the'best safety razors at 4s each. The new Germanv was in evidence everywhere. Football was played j also cricket and tennis, and nowhere was the -ridiculous goose-stepping seen. Lord Northcliffe was struck with the prosperity of the little towns, the absence of soldiers, and the good dresses of tho women, though the short shirts displayed the “ugliest legs in the world, made uglier by silk stockings.” “Perfectly heavenly” beer was to he had at the inns. Though the British workman grumbled at the quality of his beer, tho German did not need to.