Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
WORLDS WICKEDEST CITY
London Clergyman Gives This Title
to His Home.
WORSE THAN PARIS OR NEW YORK
Declares that American Cities Are
Morally Superior to English
CapItaI-scOres British for
StOIid S~ensuaIity.

LONDON, Jan. l6.-(Special) -"LOndon is
the wickedest city on EARTH is the start
ling assertion of Rev, w, Kingscote Green
land, one of England's foremost social re-
formers and ex-chaplain of its largest
penal settlement, Dartmoor Prison. He has
arrived at this conclusion only after years
of patient and mature consideration, dur
ing which he has compared the English
metropolis with New York, Chicago, and
various European capitals. Furthermore,
he is prepared 10 back up his statement
with an array of lurid facts.
Rev, w. Kingscote Greenland, who
brings this serious Indictment against the
worlds metropolis. has had a wide expert
ence. He has devoted his life to sociology,
and is familiar with all the countries of
Europe, having been an extensive
traveller in France, Germany, Italy,
Austria. Spain and elsewhere, knowing
their language and their peoples and, more
than this, their vices. Comparing them all,
and making allowance for national traits,
climate, conditions and other mitigating
circumstances he still maintains that
dear old London deserves the fate melted
out TO the wicked cities of the Bible. The
author of this charge against London has
also had the opportunity of studying other
wicked people at first hand, in the largest
prison in England, where he was chap
lain for many years.
Declares London Worst Ever.
In the course OF a recent interview he
explained in detail why he considered
London the worst ever"
In the first place. " he said, take the
| question Of immortality OF London. / notice
that many English people speak OF London
as though it were the pink Of purity, but
they support what they say merely by
pointing out that London is not as bad
as It was. But If l say today Is a wet
! day. It is no ~disproof OF my statement Il
say that Is was very much wetter yester-
day.
without a doubt" he continued. Lon.
don has become the worlds capital OF
vice. Its immortality is Of the solid. sen.
sual sort, unredeemed by the Frenchman's
grace and artistry OF lovemaking or III,
eastern's glamor. Whatever its streets
were like IN the past, they are at thi.
moment a disgrace to civilization"
DO you msintain that London Is wors,
than PARISH
You may stroll about Parts all day
and night and never be troubled" wal
the reply. when comparing London will
Paris he continued, "or indeed any tive
cities, a national standard Of morals mus
be taken into account. II a man in Cairo
or Constantinople has three wives, we ar,
not justified In calling him immoral, be
cause II Is allowed under the MohammedaI
faith, but a three-wived man In LondoI
or Paris or New York is indictable. Lon
don's immortality, therefore, is immeasurabl,
the worse because of London's avoWet
standard of morals.
81 suppose you know that the notorioui
show houses OF vice in Paris that figure 5,
luridly In the after experience Of the Sat
urday-to-Monday English gentlemen ar,
kept by Americans and English, and tn,
famous Moulin Rouge, with its ean-caI
dance, Is run by the brother OF one OF GU
greatest English comedians? All Parisian
laugh at II and disown II and say that /
is kept entirely for the English
"And the American eitiesT" / asked