TOO VIOLENT LOVE
Bishop Says Acts Of Couples
In Parks Can’t Be De
scribed
LONDON, Sept. 9.—Scandalously
immoral conditions prevail In Lon
don’s parks and open spaces, accord
ing to the Bishop of London, who
has written a letter protesting
against the evil.
"In broad daylight,” the bishop de
clares, "persons are to be seen openly
misconducting themselves and com
mitting acts of the grossest inde
cency. At dusk and after nightfall
these evils are intensified to an ex
tent that cannot be described in a
newspaper.”
The Bishop agrees with the com
missioner of metropolitan police and
others that the newspaper outcry
v. hich followed the conviction of Sir
Almeric Fitzroy for molesting a
woman in Hyde park is responsible
for much of the license now prevail
ing.
Sir Almeric was secretary of the
privy council, a close friend of the
royal family and of the bluest of
blood.
His arrest and trial caused a sen
sation which was not diminished
when Sir Alemic was ultimately ex
onerated and the conviction quashed
when it was proved, among other
things, that the woman he was al
leged to have molested was of dis
reputable character. There was a
hint of blackmail in the affair.
Police have been charry about ex
erting their authority in the parks
since the flaying they received from
newspapers after the Fitzroy case.
Hyde park Is partly wooded. Under
each stately tree will be found one
or more amorous couples any warm
evening after dusk.
"It is stated in our report for
1922,” writes the bishop, who Is
president of the London County
Council for the Protection of Public
Morality, "that 70 nights* observation
in Hyde park disclosed 746 cases of
impropriety, indecency or immorality.
