CONDITIONS IN EUROPE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 1 December 1930, Page 10

CONDITIONS IN EUROPE.

PROFESSOR BROWN'S TOUR. EVIDENCE OF SUFFERING IN BRITAIN. GERMANY AND " HITLERISM." (PBESS A ESOCIATIOS TEMEGSAH.) WELLINGTON, November 30. , Although Herr Adolf Hitler was very much in the news, and a widely-dis-cussed figure at the present time in Germany, England, and the Continent generally, Professor J. Maemillan Brown, of Christchurch, who returned by the Rotorua yesterday from a visit to those countries, was not inclined to the belief that "Ilitlerism" would score much of a success. "My own impression," he said, "is that it is only a passing phase in Germany." Herr Hitler was not a German, he explained, and tho next elections when they eventuated, would probably see his stock falling fairly considerably. He seemed to be imitating Mussolini, and Professor Maemillan Brown did not think that he would go very far. Transformation of the life of the country through Ilitlerism was not likely to occur, especially if business, trade, and the standard of living improved. With the amount of distress in Germany that was existing at 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.

Visit to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Professor Macmillan Brown stayed with Herr Dietze, a relative by marriage, who was at the head of a large chemical firm. Herr Dietze had a son on the staff of the Siemens Electrical Company's headquarters in Berlin, who, the Professor said, was a thoroughly representative young man, living in the centre of things at the capital. Herr Dietze, jun.., was strongly opposed to the Hitlerites, and his attitude was typical of the educated young German. The world as a whole, thought Professor Macmillan Brown, would take a generation, if not two generations, to get out of the war's aftermaths. England certainly was going to take as long as she did after the Napoleonic Wars. The Professor saw evidence of suffering in England. The most discussed subject in England at the present time waß the dole, about which many were downhearted, believing that it was bringing up a generation of young people without the inclination to work. The parades of unemployed which he had seen were made up of people of all ages.

Conditions in France. France to-day, he said, was in a better position than any other nation in Europe, the reason being that Fran j 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 families to two or three. Professor Macmillan Brown had not gone far enough into Italy to get any real evidence of what was going on there. He left 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 the guests of Sir Herbert Maxwell for a brief period, where, in his famous garden, Sir Herbert had a great number of New Zealand trees, some in fine bloom and some remarkably old. Tour of the Continent. After returning to London, they left for the Continent, and visited Holland and Germany, going on later to the Dolomites, in Italy. Professor Macmillan Brown paid a visit to Dr. Schlesinger, the well-known specialist in Vienna, and was given an extremely favourable report on his health. Miss Macmillan Brown, who is a painter, confessed a great interest in German art and architecture.