NO DESIRE FOR WAR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19371, 8 July 1937, Page 15

NO DESIRE FOR WAR

FEELINGS IN EUROPE NEW ZEALANDER’S VIEWS (Por Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Impressions of the universal congress of Esperanto at Vienna were given to-day by Mr. E. A. Hornblow, the representative of New Zealand, who returned by the Wanganella. The congress had convinced him that a universal auxiliary language would do much to promote universal peace. The delegates could converse without difficulty and were enabled to understand each others problems. Mr. Hornblow gave lectures on New Zealand in 10 different countries. He believed that there were approximately 6,000,000 Esperantists in the countries he visited. Even in Germany, where Esperanto was prohibited, he had numerous chance meetings with persons who could speak it. There was no desire for war in any of the European countries, and no talk of war, said Mr. Hornblow. In Italy, politicians might try to rouse feeling against the British, but it was not mirrowed in the attitude of the people. He gained the impression that Signor Mussolini was greatly feared. In Germany, Herr Hitler was feared, but also loved. The Germans had a strong feeling of friendship toward the British, and were much more friendly than the French.