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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
OUR BERLIN LETTER,
[By Gunther Gericks.]
Bertin, Dec. 30.
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It is no easy matter to be one of the fathers of a city of five million soula, especially if that city aims at being, in overy spect, the metropolis of the Ger- man Reich. During the last few weeks, for example, the Corpora- tion of Berlin has been extreme- ly busy; it has dealt with a whole series of gigantic projects, some of which have evoked much pub- He criticism and are doomed to meet with considerable opposition on financial grounds.
In the south-east, it is intended to purchase some estatea for the purpose of extending the girdle of green around the inner town: In the Routh-west, some modern districts are to be erected on cor- tain inter-suburban spots as yet untouched by the builder; in the west, the building and traffic arrangements are to be carried close up to the "Grunewald," which is destined some day to play the same part in the vast bricks-and- mortar area of Greater Berlin which has hitherto fallen to the "Tiergarten." It is intended to make a purchase of land between Cladow and Gatow on the Hayel" which will constitute the biggest of its kind hitherto made by Ber- lin. The total aren covers 100 hectares; it contains a glorious old park on the estate of New Cladow, where Bismarck's mother was born, and is unrivalled 12 the site of a villa colony and place of popular recreation on "the outskirts of western Berlin.
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"Building Exhibition. Despite the great costs in- volved, such plans deserved ap proval, since the expenditure re- presents productive investment in the continually increasing ex- pansional tendency so noticeable in regard to the German: metro. polis. On the other hand, warn- ing voices have rightly been raised against the scheme of building exhibition to run for 10 years.. This exhibition is pri.. marily designed to display build- ing materials of all sorts, but will embrace everything connected with the building trade; while all- possibility of the exhibition be- coming worn out and uninterest- in is to be prevented by includ ing supplementary shows of land. scape gardening, cemetery plan- ning, tramway and railway con- struction, town, planning, interlor decoration and industrial art. A large meeting hall, a stadium and a recreation park will serve to attract visitors.
In a word, the exhibition is. to be a niest comprehensive affair connected with the already exist- ing Fair Halls in Kaiserdamm The value of such an undertaking as a stimulus to Berlin economy, as well as to German art and science, need not be questioned; still, great scepticism is allow able as regards the financial pos- sibilities of the enterprize, since the word "exhibition" has be come almost synonymous with "deficit."
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London, Dec. 6, A Berlin Season.
The rebulding of the Bank of England revealed two long hori- Greater approval may be aczontal loopholes at the top corded to a project launched by side a blank wall which is being the "Fairs Offices." The idea is retained as part of the new build- to create a "Berlin Season" in the ing Each enables four riflemen summer of 1928. In the spheres or two machine guns to sweep the of opera, the stage, music etc approaches leading to the square tip-top performances are to be before the main entrance. The produced. Morcover, early in loopholes were hitherto filled July a series of athletic events is with cunningly devised stones tu iako place while window-which could be withdrawn by dressing competitions, horticul-hand. A patrol gallery runs taral shows in the parks of Ber-around the top of the building" lin and Potsdam, a corso, etc. behind the loopholes. are prejected.
Old Firms Fall.
Thus, during the period most suitable for the sojourn of visi-viously referred to. With the tors from all parts of the world, closing of the doors, the rendez- the German capital will present vous of many of the social elite dis- appeared, the spot where states- an exceptionally festive aspett,
men, diplomatists, and officers met to discusa undisturbed over their glass of wine the burning ques- These cleverly devised plans of tons of the day; there vanished Berlin's leaders stand in sad also a house which knew how to contrast to many indications of severe economic distress. One of the most refined palate. Where meet the gastronomic demands after another, a number of old-
money is scarce, enterprizes established merchant houses have
which serve merely to satisfy
been "forced''into liquidation. the requirements of luxury are Last summer, a leading firm of doomed to verish. Berlin wine merchants, caterers
and restaurant proprietors, name
ly, F. W. Borchardt, was obliged
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