Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-09-21
VIM. ]. TAYLOR
ARRIVES HOME
TELLS OF CONDITIONS AS
HE FOUND THEM IN
EUROPE

The Rev. William ]. Taylor, pastor
of the First Universalist church, has
returned from Europe where he had
spent the summer months conduct
ing a group of nineteen tourists
through eight countries. Mrs. TAYLOR
accompanied him and the trip proved
in every way to be one of exceptional
pleasure.
There is healthy tendency on the
part of both labor and capital to get
together in England" said Rev. Tay-
lor in answer to questions relative
to the economic conditions abroad.
While it will take months, perhaps
even year or more, to get back to
normal, the English people are be-
ginning to turn the corner. They see
the dawn OF a better day. A promi-
nent Englishman told me this fact
and he is confident that better days
are ahead although he mentioned
Englands economic debt and said that
the nation was doing all in it's power
now to pay that debt"
2 Rev. Taylor puts France and Italy
together in speaking of economic con-
ditions in the two countries. ''In
France one-seventh of the industries
were destroyed and little progress is
being made in manufacturing" he
declares. Little coal is available and
raw materials cannot be obtained. De-
probation in the currency of France
has left an awkward situation" Poin-
caire, according to Mr. Taylor, is very
generally regarded as politician and
there are many people in France who
expect that he will be displaced short
ly. "The French people are very
much disposed toward peace" he con-
dnued. "They want to stabilize re-
lations with Germany and other con-
tinental nations. The nation is not
as militaristic in disposition as our
American newspapers and journals
would have us believe"
In Italy he found the unemploy-
ment problem of paramount import
ance, Gradually, he believes, these
vital matters are being overcome. The
political organization of about 800 900
veterans of the world war Mr.. Taylor
found most interesting. These young
men are sincerely opposed to COM
munism and radicalism and are band
ed together in an organization that
has accomplished many things and
that today is very active while
there were no clashes in our pres
.ence," Rev. Taylor tells The Pilot,
"some of our party who proceeded us
into Italy, said that their train was
fired upon and that members of this
political party searched the train for
certain leading radicals supposed to
be on it. These men show new
Italian spirit-a remnant of the old
Italian patriotism. Among the rest
OF the Italian people there seems to
be an Indifference toward everything,
a condition of lethargy"
The party conducted by Rev. Taylor
also spent a short time at Oberam-
mergau where the Passion Play was
presented, and Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor
were guests of Anton Lang. He tells
OF the priyations that these people
suffered during the war and brings
out the interesting fact that the lit
tie SON of Anton Lang, born during
the war, was fed on spinach soup,
there being no milk or more nourish-
ing food available for it.
The battle fields were also visited
and at Chateau Thierry Rev. Taylor
accompanied member of his party
to nephew's grave, where a wreath
was placed. The grave of Lieut..
Roosevelt was also visited and so
much loved is this son of the colonel,
that a profusion of flowers is always
to be found on the grave, to which
a path is beaten. Some time was
spent in London and the party toured
the lakes Of England and Scotland. At
Glasgow Rev. Taylor declares there
are 100000 to 100000 people out OF
work. In England he found a dis
tinct desire on the part of the peo.
pie to maintain close and friendly
relations with the United States,
which they believe an essential thing
if the Anglo-Saxon race is to con-
tinue to lead. the world toward better
things.