PEACE OF THE MIND

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19373, 10 July 1937, Page 14

PEACE OF THE MIND

WORLD’S REAL NEED DR, LUTHER’S COMMENT NO DANGER OF WAR lPur Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Once “the Flying Chancellor,” and recently “the Flying Ambassador," Dr. Hans Luther, ex-Chancellor of Germany and once a leading figure in the world of finance, stepped ashore a. Auckland from the liner Mariposa on a brief visit of a fortnight to New Zealand. He is making his way leisurely irom Washington to Germany and he said he expected to spend six months in travelling through countries en route. From New Zealand he will go on to Australia later in the month. “I think there are two different aspects of peace, if you understand by peace, constructive peace, which is the only kind, of peace that really helps everyone,” said Dr. Luther. He remarked that trade expansion and an increase in prosperity were keys to security and contentment among nations, but there was also another aspect, the question of confidence as affecting the health and welfare of the people. “I don’t know whether you have here in New Zealand the kind of war talk which they have in so many other countries of the world,” he said. “There is a great danger in this war talk. There will be no war. You should have no doubts on that, but this talk of war prevents the return of confidence and that affects trade. Do not suppose that I think there will be anything but peace. There will be peace, but what we need is real peace —-peace in the minds of the people.”

Sign of Reviving Trade Dr. Luther said the signs of reviving trade to-day were encouraging, -but they were slow and were not being shared by all countries alike. Some nations had'“turned the corner” several years ago and were enjoying a considerable degree of prosperity 1 today, but there were others in which signs of improvement were much more recent. In the case of Germany the trade balance last year was "active,” and it was continued favourable,.but so far there had not been much, expansion in Germany’s overseas trade. Replying to a question as to what he intended to do, Dr. Luther -was non-committal. He invited the interviewer to guess his age and laughed loudly when the figure given was wide of the mark. “I’m 58," he said. "I look more than that?" Although his white hair is thin, he is robust and obviously enjoying life and particularly the prospect of retirement, though one may doubt whether he will ever be content to be inactive.

“I’m just a travelling student,” he concluded. “Not a student as you would understand it, but just one who wants to learn."

And again he laughed in his jovial way. The impression was of a most delightful personality.