GERMAN VIEW OF NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 167, 14 January 1914, Page 4

GERMAN VIEW OF NEW ZEALAND.

Views of orni's own country by a Mil-

tared foreigner arc always of interest. and therefore 'the estimate formed of the people of New Zealand and Australia ■by Dr. Alfred Manes, a cultured economist, during extensive journeyings through both countries, have a unique value. "The most important, and for the understanding of Australasia';, pioneer work, in the domain of social poli- i tics, the most significant element of the .1 population," says Dr. Manes, ''are those settlers who, endowed with a. thoroughly religious and humane spirit, left Europe in order, as farmers and stock-breeders, principally in New Zealand, hut -also in the Australian colonies, .by hard work, and living a joyless, lonely life, to cairn their broad and rear a family. Extraordinarily energetic, natures they must have been who, out of the dilfcrent parts of (treat Britain, since the thirties of the last century, came to New Zealand, and it is surprising and interesting to see 'how the changed conditions of existence at once made <|»iie other men out of these British, very often Scotch, imrai- , giants, and with what astonishing celerity the sons of the adherents of the Manchester school became enthusiastic followers of the gospel of State socialism, and threw over tlie housetops 'the saying, 'Help yourself,' which in their British home lias expressed up to the present a principle recognised as of the highest validity. The Australian unites : in himself quite contrary characteristics. Although lie is for a free and unconstrained life, and docs not exhibit the formalities and ccrenionion.-ncss of the Engfkliman. yet in no laud are. even approximately, so many things regulated ■ 'by law end rule, and free initiative so limited and threatened, a-; in this part of the world. . . The Australian iliilcrs from the Englishman in numerous ways. That does not ,-urprise one who remember.! what a great inlhience climate has on nutii. England is damp and cold ; Australia, at least the must part, warm and.dry, and ill iiie struggle between climate ami atavism the latter always comes out second he>l. for the climate .endures. The Australian, as well as the Xew Zcalander. has become a new type of man. especially since the great iiKliix of human material from Euiope for a long time almost, entirely jjeaseil."