HITLERISM IN GERMANY

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1930, Page 2

HITLERISM IN GERMANY

A PASSING PHASE. AX IMITATOR ()!■' .MUSSOLINI. AY ELLINGTON, November 30. Asll l o 11 j>; 1 1 Hitler was very much in ;lie news iuid a widely disenssed figure at the present, time in Germany, JCligand and the Continent generally, Proessur .Maemillan Brown, cl' Christhureli, who returned by the Rotorua yesterday from a visit to those countries. and was not inclined to the belief that “Hirlerism” would score lmieli if a success.

‘■.My own impression.” lie said, “is that it is only a passing phase in Germany.” Hitler was not a German, he explained, and the next elections_wheii they eventuated would probably, see Hitler’s stock falling fairly considerably. He seemed to be imitating Mussolini, and Professor Macmillan Brown did not think that he would go very far. Transformation of the life of the country through Hitlerism was not likelyl to occur, especially if business. trade and the standard of living improved. With the amount of distress that was existing in Germany at the present tim'e the minds of a certain section of the population were easy marks for Hitler’s eloquence and the principles he advocated.

In Hamburg Professor Brown stayed with Herr DieUe, a relation by marriage, who was at the head of a largo chemicn) ilrm. Herr Diitjsa had a son on the staff of the Sioman’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. Diet/.e, junior, was strongly opposed to the Hitlerites and his attitude was typical of the educated

young 'German

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The world as a whole thought Professor Brown, would take a generation, if not two generations, to get out of the depth of the war’s aftermath England and certainly was going to take as long as she did after the Napoleonic wars. Professor Brown saw evidence of suffering in England. The most discussed subject in Britain at the present time was the dole, about which many were downhearted, believing that it was bringing up a generation of young people without inclination to work. The parades of unemployed which he had seen were made up of people of all ages. France, 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 families to two or three. A FAMOUS GARDEN.

Professor 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 \ r . 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 brutf period, where in his famous garden Sir Herbert had a great number of New Zealand trees, some in line '■bloom and some remarkably old. After returning to London they left for the Continent and visited Holland and Germany; going on later to the Dolomites in. Italy. Professor Brown paid a visit to Dr Schlesinger, the well-known specialist in Vienna, and was gyVe;n an extremely favourable report on his Health. Mias Macmillan Brown, who is a painter, confessed great interest in German art and architecture.