The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-05
A. B. M'M|LLEN b
TELLS OF TRIP TO
EUROPE, EGYPT
I kinks Continental Ma
tons Are Fast Re
covering From War

A. B McMllcr. who returned
yesterday with Mrs McMnlcn from
% three months tour % Europe.
Including Egypt the Mediter-
inu,an countries me The Holy
laLd. bringa back with MIN the
impression thai the European ma
tiunN generally. are us prosperous
ay the United States ana thar they
are able Co take care OF themselves
aust their fDcuuHtruction urublumr,
without AID from the United
states
u would Do. prcsumuti0us for
uup mIlaul 90 slrut d INK tour to
undertake 90 ilic up European
huHiur-s uud industrial conditions.
90 o." t judgment upon them,
An NcMillcu said This l. cHpo-
ciuNy uIuc when tine time b. given
ulig fst wholly fu sry ug and study
ing plavoa and things Instead OF
iullting with men u when u
Is unable 10 speak the languages OF
the various countries
Nevertheless / gathered the
Impression very definitely that the
European nations IN far from be-
ms IN the down and out class. that
they are making what appears on
the surface az least. to be very
rapid progress In overcoming their
post -war problems and that the
idea that this nation must give up
rs claims Tor war loans is not to
be Justified by any Of the q
omic facts or conditions These
apponls. we gathered. were largely
IA tho nature Of an effort to i'm
pose ON the United states claims
Hsn holm that NNHNH lie HNNN Lao
needed. can and will be supplied
1T home. 1 should repeat tnnt IA
perfect stranger. bent on sight
seeing. ia not q COMPETENT Judge OF
depression In London. Paris, Rome.
Naples. or tn fact any Of the
larger cities we visited Ana as
Tor wartime prices. 10 b. safe 10
lsuvc the pnlmC 10 Paris. The
American tourist gets "a rcu taste
Of high prices there.
1T seems 10 me, from the Inn
pressions ! gathered that those
European nations which are really
having a struggle with hunger
and %privation, are suffering from
inc natural reactions 81 their own
folly. Russia, OF course. is the
outstanding instance OF what Boi-
Hhevist policy aud practice Will ac-
CompliHh. and how speedily. In
w%r.ckInR society
Il was puzzled at first ana then
much Interested IN finding the
causes Of the almost lack OF noise
In the European cities. notably III
London. There Is. I believe. more
street. noise in Albuquerque than In
the busiest London Htreets This
is accounted Cor by the absence Of
surface railroads and the rigid pro-
hihitiuu 81 noisy automobile horns
and similar confusion makers
which we not only tolerate but
seem ia encourage.
Our visit TO Egypt was n OF
the most Interesting phases or luz
trip. Expecting to find modern
/ irrigation development surround
] INK tbs Assounn dam which We
visited, / wus surprised to find that
there iH no nearby evidence 81
modern Irrigation as W. under
stand n. The native people swing
the long and crcaking awceps
with buckets AT the end. lifting IT.
{ rigntlon water from level to lcvol
lust as they have been doing 10,
Z Thousands 81 years. In Isolated
| case a team Of water buffalo
would BE- seen tread milling tho
power for "a belt OF water Jars, but
mainly the wetcr IL lifted 10 the
land BY the same Kind OF man
power used in Biblical days.
zone OF the str 1ngcst impress
sionr / have brought back with
me D. ~ the lntenac and vivid ac-
curacy Of The Biblical descriptive
details Things and scenes that
had always seemed fanclful TO me
in reading the Bible. became very
rcni ns the scencs Themselves wtr,
uufoldcd before Us. fitting the de.
scriptsons OF the Bible with the ut
most "a urncy.