CRIME IN BERLIN.
LONDON, March 11. A message from Amsterdam says that tho Berlin Press demands the establishment of a special constabulary, owing to the enormous increase of crime. It has declared that nothing is safe. Horses are stolen from the streets, and machinery from the factories. There is an endless succession of burglaries and murders, and the whole criminal population, is armed with revolvers and other murderous weapons. The burglaries notified to one insurance firm in Berlin average 300 a day. The houses burgled include those of members of Che Cabinet and military leaders. • A departmental store lost goods valued at £7500. x
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16165, 20 March 1918, Page 8
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104CRIME IN BERLIN. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16165, 20 March 1918, Page 8
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