The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-08
aHABETH CITY MAN
SEES FRANCE HARD UP
u.,rv Johnson Back From Tour of Europe
' Finds the Germans Busiest and the
Poor Belgians Best OFF of All

u Irhu>on. OF b. Flora
hi, city. who has just
armed from a two months
Of England. Belgium.
5lrr,nI. NJ. France. Switzerland
" Germany. brings back
.., interesting impressions:
i ... ,.,og other things he found
.,,, .,,. oi all participants in the
,., Germany is apparently .
+, best ok. There is no IDLE
,.,, .~ unemployment. MI ITS .
.,..,,~;e> are working night .
.,J lay to fill orders. The
..,,> arc doing 4 rushing
..;rr,,. the people have plen- .
p, ra, and wear, and all are
4 o.arcu,ly prosperous.
NJ. ,hu>nu WIS ar~ompaated oH
,.s. and their sister. Miss NIr-
49,. r,.ra They visited every pr'n-
..r ,nfrr Of interest in the c"un-
.rifr:trr,l. including the famous
..u play Il; Obcrammcrgan IN
/ Bavaria. -.
u.-. up, >nmc of the Impressions
/ ". man>on gathered in Europe. lie
So:
France Worst Sufferer
~rr,rr,. seems tn be the greatest
.y,rpr from the war. Its people
-, IN ncrd of money. They are
,-.,,.u. ,hrir demands that Germany
~, ..r war iudemuiticS. and the
,..-rsr> have asked moratorium
.un years To postpone the pay
-.-. E these debts. The result Is
.,.. .reSr two countries are ut dag
--a.n;<. and the in feeling preva-
,-. r-nmiS,.S Ia plunge them into
,.- :.'r NJ any time.
England is in a bad way indus
.-.r, Besides its troubles with the
Lii wno are now buSily fighting
-a.. themselves. the Erg'iSh are
...r.~rI about the Unemployment OF
aun u,m Of it, workers who can hnd
,,a.r. ,o do. Yet the English wer"
,s. moss ho>pitable people met with
a .a. ruur.
Belgium shows no signs OF the
a- except IN occasional damaged
I-rnng Practically every one OF
PCS, uay, been repaired aud tho>"
r. ,r. restored are under process
n: restoration. Except for the black
ror-n:n. garments worn By three
4 ar-.a> %: the Belgian women. tour
t., woald never believe Belgium
-i suffered 80 much from the VAR
p, ~, a,r rpld over here.
~ragiam ua< plentT. declares
. v. Ionu>oa The amount ot re-
Hs. ,rmIr> America has sent them
nrins amd after the war has put
rra. nn rhrir feet. y story goes
ngrr there tina, they had $ueh sur
i rll,. they found it necessary to take
F. oyer 20 Holland and sell 1t.
Switzerland the Peaceful
I Sutherland is Il prosperous couh-
'-y.~ >-atr, Mr.. Johnson. During
'lp var IL sold Il tremendous amount
90; ..rrhaudi~r 70 the warning ma
roa,. and hraprd up enormous prof
n, from rhr sales. The scenery III
| ,.. Swiss mountains is probably the
. ro>. interesting in Europe. The
Ergi>n scenery however. Is very
BEAUTIFUL"
Ta" E.izabrh City party Sliled
from N.w York on rhr l. :. Ship
,r: Goard Steamship president
Ararr Ju'v !. arriving in England
rtuo aar> Iatrr. The ship stopped al
'gl..r~'nwu. Ireland. whrr" tn" lr-
'a n,r" lighting among themselves
nI H.d sU' very day toru up tue
s..naI, 'radug from the city. In
1a-..ad 20 visit wa> paid to hcnll-
-".r ra>ri". made famous By Sir
Es'"r S"orr: Oxford College. the
"r.nrm >ra' pi learning; and STRAIT
mr.on.A."u. rhc h"m" "f William
>aA",r"ar". IN" great poet. They
a.'n visited Chester cathedral. which
'a> buir hy .rr Druid< in the year
p" y p.
Nn lgi~ ~. the party took an air
pan. TO I.nudnu at $50 in the after
noon. tmI Travelled the 2O5 miles to
Gr,>rIg>. Belgium, in two hours and
I've minute. ,,non. the interesting
hing, ,f,frrd in ErIrium WAS one