FAITH IN HITLER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19365, 1 July 1937, Page 12

FAITH IN HITLER

PEOPLE fI)!BMAN .SAILERS.’ V’flSW TlilliUTKS .TO s|-:pyif;i: (Phi- Press Association.) '' AUCKLAND, last night. Conditions' in "Germany at uic present’' time' ar6' 1 quite satisfactory, ‘ ac'Captain 'M. Schtnitt, of the Line vessel, Gera, whicli 'arrived iri Auckland with a cargo of'drb'm bitUmOh','oil, and sftitnlkf froth New’ pfjearis and the GUli* 'of Mexico pdrjts. ‘’"“We arCjitst taking things quietly,” he said. “The people are contented and not grumbling. - Herr Hitler is a good man and is doing his best for the general welfare of the people. A man who has a penny to spend has fo spend it to help the man whp is in need.” '“Yes,” supplemented Captain Koehler, marine superintendent of the line, “Herr Hitler has done a wonderful lot for Germany. Without him, Germany wduld have been smashed long ago. People criticised him for rearming and building up the army, but what was he to do? He could not have men walking the streets on the dole, and having them trained in the army does not cost much more than the dole. Trust of Nation “They say that foreign people don’t trust Herr Hitler. We trust him, and if tiie others do not, well —”—the captain shrugged—'“l can only say I’m sorry.” Captain Schmitt said that localising of control under one head was a factor contributing greatly to the state of affairs in his country. Before, there was considerable industrial strife, but those days went with the passing of party polities. He said there was no need for more than about half-a-dozen ’ honourable men to run the country. The Gera is more or Jess pioneering a new route for the company, but whether the service will continue is slilj indefinite. The ’ difficulty, explained Captain Schmitt, was coal, there being no coaling stations between Panama Canai and New Zealand. This meant tjiat the bunkers took up foo much space. There was ally nmounf 61 ’cargo' offering, 'and the cry Of shippers in the Mexican Gulf ports was for space and more space. The Gera brought a quantity of deck cargo, as she' had more than she could Stow below the hatches. The Get'a, which Is of 5155 tons burden, will proceed via New Zealand ports to Australia, thence to South Africa and back to the Caribbean.