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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
OUR BERLIN LETTER.
A NEW INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE CLUB.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1929.
places which taken together, do not represent even a ten thousandth part of this mighty city. Bands of half grown youths were con-" tinually collecting together again In those places after being dispers- cu, so that the outside world bo- During the first week in Mayyond Berlin was kept daily in a one of the most distinguished state of suspense by reports of scientists in Germany, Adolf von "Battles In Wedding and Neu- kolin' two well known, working Harnack, celebrated his 78th
districts. birthday. The Kaiser Wilhelm Association for the Promotion of
Berlin, May 14,
Without in any way wishing to Science whose work has been so minimise the gravity of the oc highly appreciated for years past casion-proved by the list of 20 In all parts of the world and whose dead and 150 wounded-still, it President for many years was the appears as if an entirely mistaken celebrated Theologian, opened silden of the actual situation' was few days ago in a aulurb of Great;} prevalent abroad. "
er Berlin a new building, the
Harnack House which is intended The police, no doubt, mude use as a meeting place for Inter- of their rifles in some streets, a national Scientists and Scholars.number of thoroughfares were closed to traffic by barbed wire,
Learned men and diplomatists) and the houses in certain districts from all over the world took part lighted up at night by flash lights, in the opening ceremony of this but nevertheless, the affected area new Scientific Club House which is represented only an extremely also to promote successful co-amall fraction of the entire city, operative work of distinguised and at the very edge of the dis- scientists from all paris' of the turbed places the people moved world,
about and business was carried on in perfect peace and security.
Contrasts,
The Kaiser Wilhelm Academy which still retains. is old title despite the political changes in Germany, stands not alone in con- The inhabitants of Berlin from stant communication with the the experience they underwent in Vienna Actilemy of Science and 1918/19 during the revolution Swiss Natural Research Associn- know well the contrasts that occur tion, but is also preparing to enter on occasion's of this kind, how, a into co-operation with Sweden, few hundred yards from where the Holland and the United States for police stood, one could hear the the purpose of carrying out united musicians in a restaurant playing work in a series of scientific do-lively airs, and could see ming, and is also in communtea- the people peacefully streaming on with the Italian Government out from a big moving picture regarding mutual analogival re-theatre. search work.
At that time, however, the foun-
The new House of Science bedations of all public order were sides containing comfortable rooms festroyed and the State had hardly for foreign scientists is also equip any means at hand to establish ita ped with special halls where meet-anthority, but at present things ings and scientific demonstrations are quite different and the over- will be hold and which bear the whelming mass of the German hames of leading men distinguish-working classes exercise, restraint. ed in Art, Science, and Politics. and discipline and unanimously
The Bismarck Hall. The Goetheance of their duties.
support the police in the perform-
Ball, the Helmholtz Hall and the Mezart Masle Room will develop Despite the incitements of into centres of social life in Berlin | radical political party and the at- and become the fruitful source of tempts made to bring about a gen- interchange of ideas. The ex-eral sirike, the people went to penses attiched to the erection of their daily occupations as usuul. Harnack House have been defray The big work city as much was ed partly by grants from the perfectly quiet and one could walk State but principally by fands sup-through the streets for hours with- plied from private sources..
out observing any exceptional con- dition whatever.
May Day.
In connection with the 1st of May demonstrations, serious dis turbances broke out in Berlin in Two separate parts of the working districts,
The Berlin authorities were pre-i pared for, troable on the First of May and well understood that the prevailing economie depression was constantly supplying new erowds of supporters to the radical movement. They knew also that In a ecuntry with hundreds of thousands of unemployed the dan- ger of an outbreak is always pre- zent and that in postwar Germany
12 Years Old Musical Genius.
The 12-year-old violinist, Yehudi Menuhin, gavo recently
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which has to bear the terrific bar- THERAPION No. 3, den of the war payments, the demon of Bolshevism, although defeated is not yet thoroughly ex- pelled,
The Berlin Police" Authorities were successful in preventing pro. cessions through the streets there- by establishing the authority of the State.
In a few isolated cases, however, outbreaks occurred in a couple of
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