THE MORAL GERMAN.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 110, 19 November 1915, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE MORAL GERMAN.

SOME ILLUMINATING STATISTICS

Wo have to thauk the Rector of St. Augustus's, Duniburton, says the •Scottish Chronicle, "'for an interesting sidelight on tho homo life of our tnends tue enemy. Ho quotes from Dr. Thomas Smith, whose book "The Soul of Germany" (Hutch.nson and Sou) gives 6omo figures winch go far to explain Louvain, Dinant, uud many other tragedies of tho present war. The following statistics show tho averago annual convictions for crimes recorded in ten years in Great Britain and Germany. German population, 67,000, 000; British population, 48,000,000.

German. British. Malarious and felonious wounding 172,153 1,262 Murder 350 97 llape ( .',381 216 Makcioue damage to property 2i"),7. r >7 358 Illegitimate birtlw . 178,115 37.011 0n,.n0 petition* ... 20,310 005

Tlio above figures reduced to a common basib for ten millions of population give the following proportions:—

German. British Malicious and felonious wounding 25,694 203 Murder 51 20 Rape 1.400 40 Malieous damage to property 381 74 Illegitimate births ... 26,584 772 Divorce petitions ... 3,036 201

The British figures are from the Home OffiYn publications, and the German figures from those of the Imperial Statistics Office, Berlin; so they may be taken n* final and conclusive.