Show I DIVORCES IN GERMANY ARE INCREASING FAST BERLIN Sept S-pU 2 The The number of di divorce divorces dl di- vorce In Prussia has Increased rapidly of ot lato late years tars ears and Is still sUI growing In 1901 1001 there then were divorces and the tha thelast last Jat annual total reported b by the Registrar Registrar Regis Regis- was wa Th These e were re very unevenly nl distributed the more morp dm densely el populated districts showing a far or gr greater proportion of oC dissolved marriage than the more I sparsely I Inhabited sc section Again th the rel religious ou belief of oC th the people seems also allo to h have ve had ha consIderable effect on their views as to th the tho disruption of the tho marriage tie tc Prote Protestants according to tho the returns displaying gr greater ater readiness to seek divorce than Catholics Taking th th country as a whole one di divorce dl- dl vorce orce Is granted grated to every 1000 mar- mar nages however who are art overwhelmingly overwhelm helm In I Protestant obtain on one on decree for or every even marriages the Protestant provinces pr laces inces of ot and Brand Branden Brandenburg n- n bur burg one In 75 Saxon and East Pr Prussia ss li 1 In 1000 1003 Nassau Hesse-Nassau 1 In 1100 and Hanover Hano 1 In 1400 HOO On the tho other hand tho the Catholic province pro pro- vince of or West est Prussia and Rhineland show only one divorce for every ory 1250 marriages Westphalia 1 In 2000 and Posen and only 1 I In I |