Unemployed  for  the  last  three  months  last  year,  2'6  per
cent.  As  far  as  we  could  see  in  Berlin  and  the  environs
everything  seems  to  be  flourishing,  and  I  am  positive  of  the
fact  that  out  of  a  population  of  over  3,000,000  people  extreme
poverty  would  most  certainly  have  been  noticed  if  there  had
been  any  to  be  seen.  At  the  time  of  writing  I  notice  a  report
in  one  of  our  local  papers,  taken  from  the  "  Morning  Leader,"
to  the  effect  that  had  we  only  paid  a  visit  to  certain  places
outside  the  city  we  should  have  seen  3,000  to  4,000  miserable
creatures.  In  answer,  I  can  only  say  that  we  did  go  into  the
suburbs  of  Berlin,  that  every  man  of  the  party,  as  Englishmen,
tried  their  best  to  find  such  a  state  of  affairs  as  is  described,
but  failed  ;  in  fact,  a  good  many  who  think  different  to-day


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would  have  beeu  deliglited,  for  tlie  sake  of  the  policy  they  pre-
viously advocated.  Even  if  the  above  figures  were  correct,
what  is  the  comparison  with  our  own  large  cities  ?  In  confirma-
tion of  what  I  saw  myself,  allow  me  to  refer  to  the  testimonial
freely  offered  bv  four  officials  of  various  Trades  Union  organisa-
tions as  appended:  —

ABUNDANCE    OF    EMPLOYMENT.
The  features  which  most  struck  the  visitors  in  Grermany
were  the  abundance  of  emjployment,  the  lack  of  obvious  distress,
the  cleanliness  of  the  streets  and  homes,  and  the  striking  growth
of  new  factories.
Four  testimonials  were  -ufitered  at  the  luncheon  party,  and
may  be  briefly  summarised.
