Cautious Summing-up
‘THERE have been many cases of New Zealanders going abroad for a brief period, and coming back to tell us in Press and radio that "the German people think . . ." "the Russians say ..." or "Europeans feel . . ." The almost complete absence of this type of generalisation is one of the things which make Phoebe Meikle’s series of 1YC talks Sorne Impressions of the German Liberal Middle Classes such interesting listening. The very title reveals the caution of her approach; despite the fact that she spent time enough in Germany to enable John Gunther to get material for three books, she emphasises that her opinions are based upon limited contacts in special conditions with a particular range of people. Her precise references, reports of conversations and anecdotes give a picture of the German bourgeoisie today that is more like a good etching than a newspaper radioed photograph. In her second talk, she generalised only to the extent of saying that she found passivity in the older people and cynicism im the young, both agreeing that war was inevitable and Europe finished. Mrs. Meikle has a finely-modulated voice, which comes
across persuasively. Despite the care of her qualifications, it is clear that her experiences have left a deeply-felt im-
pression.
J.C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 629, 20 July 1951, Page 10
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