CONDITIONS ABROAD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21197, 1 December 1930, Page 11

CONDITIONS ABROAD.

EFFECT OF WAR’S AFTERMATH.

PROFESSOR MACMILLAN BROWN’S RETURN. (Pee United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November 30. Although Herr Hitler was very much ns the news and a widely-discussed figure at cue present time in Germany, England, and the Continent generally. Professor J. Macmillan Brown, of Christchurch, who returned by the Rotorua from a visit to those countries, was not inclined to the belief that “ Hitlerism ” would score much ol a success. “My own impression,” he said, ’is that it is only a passing phase in Germany.” . Herr Hitler was not a German. Professor Macmillan Brown explained, and the next; elections when they eventuated would probably see his stcok falling fairly considerably. He seemed to be imitating Mussolini, and Professor Macmillan Brown did not think that he would go very far, A transformation of the life of the country through “ Hitlerism ” was not likely ■ to occur, especially if business, trade, and the standard of living improved. With the amount of distress that existed in Germany the present time the minds of a certain section of the population were easy marks for Herr Hitler’s eloquence and the principles he advocated. In Hamburg, Professor Brown stayed with Herr Dietze, a relation by marriage, who was at the head of a large chemical firm. Herr Dietze had a son on the staff of Sietnen’s Electrical Company s headquarters in Berlin, who. Professor Brown said, was a thoroughly representative young man living in the centre of things at the capital. Herr Dietze, mn., was strongly opposed to the Hitleritee, and his attitude was typical of the educated young German. „ T be world as a„ whole, Professor Brown thought, would take a generation, if not two generations, to get out of the war’s aftermath. England, certainly, was going to take as long as she did after the Napoleonic wars. He saw evidence. of suffering in England. The most discussed subject there at the present time was the dole, about which many were downhearted, believing that it was bringing up a generation of young people without an inclination to work. The parades of unemployed which he had seen were made up of people of all ages. Prance to-day, he said, was in a better position than any other nation in Europe, the reason being that France had a smaller population. A man s estate was by law split up between his children as a result of legislation that was introduced in the revolutionary time, and a great number knew that it would mean very small shares to their children unless they limited their tamilies to two or three. Professor Brown said he had not gone far enough into Italy to get any real evidence of what was going on there. He lett New Zealand last March, accompanied by his daughter. Miss V. MacMillan Brown, and they travelled throughout England as well as spending some time in Scotland., They, were guests of Sir Herbert Maxwell for a brief period In his famous garden Sir Herbert has a great number of New Zealand trees, some in nne bloom and some remarkably old. After returning to London they left for the Continent, and visited Holland and Germany, going on later to Dolomites in Italy. Miss Brown, who is a painter, confessed great interest in German art and architecture.