BERLIN TO-DAY

Wairarapa Age, 1 April 1920, Page 3

BERLIN TO-DAY

TEBRIBLE DEMOBILISATION,

Long before the war broke out Berlin had established a reputation for being the most immoral city in the whole; and judging by the sights tc bo seen her© to-day, tho downfall of the ! Empire, instead of being a warning tc j the evildoers, has had tho opposite [effect, sayfl tho "Pall Mall Gazette." j Drunkenness, immorality, and obscenI ity aro on tho increase, and once staid I and respectable citixens aro abandon- ! ing themselves to tho basest forma of luatfulness. In thoatre3 and music hails, formorly catering, for tho respectable public "poscß plaatiques" aro now tho chief attractions, in which cootumers aro conspicuous by their absence. The dance halla aro nightly crowded with men and women —tho latter throeparta naked whilo bathing costume- balls aro simnlar saturnalia ara attended by people who were in pro-war daya looked upon as boyond reproach. Crime is rampant, and not a day passes without people boing held up and robbed in places where formerly oao could travel in safety at any hour of the night. Burglaries average about a thousand weekly and murders aro of frequent occurence.