The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-07-22
BtR[IN's IDEA[..nUNlcI-
PAL government
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ton. Every householder must report
the names of all those under his roof,
every landlord must list his renters.
and every clearinghouse keeper and
hotel manager his guests By this
method person can be located by ap-
plying to the police. It IS argued that
the information gained in this way is
always up-to-date, while a directory
can only be printed once a year and
its accuracy is impaired the day after
it is issued on account of the changes
which are constantly occurring. Other
advantages of this system are that II
affords a reliable bureau of intelligence
for the authorities, and supplies rev.
enue for the municipal treasury.
There are twenty-three daily news
Papers in Berlin, but only four of these
have their own plants. The other nine
teen are issued from job printing es-
Establishments and are naturally not
very pretentious publications. There
are no papers in Berlin on Monday
morning, consequently this great city
is newsless from Sunday morning until
Monday evening. During the holidays
there are no newspapers from christ
mas Eve until the third morning fol-
Loving There are never any extra
editions under any circumstances. Al
though Berlin has population OF
practically 100000, the largest elrcu-
lation of any paper in the city is not
greater than 100000
Severe restrictions are placed upon
publishers regarding the mention OF
anything which might be construed as
lese-majes meaning reflections upon
members of the Imperial House. 10
get around this strict rule every paper
has what is called a sitting editor,
who is employed solely for the purpose
pf going TO jail A specimen oHense
would be a statement like this; The
Emperor has made a fool of himself
again in his latest speech on the tarlff
ouestion.'' or 1.-The Crown Prince at
tended the reunion of his college ira
territy at Bonn last week and got into
his usual state of intoxicatlon- There
is no extenuation in the fact that such
statements might be true. In conver~
sation the German people have way
of referring to "Seine Ma1estat Nhis
Majesty as Sigmund Mayer. Ihey
can call the imaginary Mr. Mayer any
name under the sun without rear OF
arrest. and anyone to gwhom they speak
VIII know that they are abusing the
Emperor.
BEWARE OF FIRST BLOW.
Under the German law the man VINO
strikes the first blow in a night is
guilty. no matter what may have been
said to him. This causes many quar-
rel which might otherwise end in
h,ows to terminate in a gust OF words
On the other hand. it encourages abuse
when a difference arises. At the the
ater one evening / was near some par
ties who became involved in dispute
over their seats, and the uproar tha'
resulted from the noisy debate proved
more of a disturbance than II sone
one had been knocked down ahe
dragged out A man may not STRIKE
another for insulting his wife. and tn'
fact that a blow must he dealt to MAKE
a cause in court gives the masher 1ul
sway. A good-lookirg girl on th'
streets of Berlin is subject TO lnsui
from men of all classes and ages hdt
Notwithstanding occasional defects II
tho ,ax. and a tendency 10 cumher
soueness on account OF there being 81
nauv rules for individuals to observe
the municipal administration OF BERN
i q, the whole so excellent that man.
features of the system could be adopt
ed with profit in the United States.
FREDERICK. HASklN.