MARRIED A CHINESE,

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 293, 4 September 1908, Page 5

MARRIED A CHINESE,

FRENCH GIRL'S EXPERIENCE. The danger of European girls marrying Orientals is shown by the experience of a young Parisiennc, who has obtained a divorce from lier Chinese husband, after a very unhappy experience in China. In 1902 (says the "Melbourne Argus") Sing •Ling, a diplomat attached to the Chinese Embassy in Paris, met Mdllo., Doneux, a very handsome girl, who was greatly interested 'in Oriental matters. Sing Ling became engaged to Mdlle. Denoux, and tho marriage took place with great pomp at the Church of tho Madeleine on October 14 1902, the Chinese Ambassador and many othor members of the diplomatic corps being Sing Ling, who was a mandarin of the first class, was afterwards appointed to a tao-lai, or high official, in his own country, and took Madame Sing Ling out to China. Once at I'ekin. howover, Sing Ling quickly returned to" Chinese ways and habits, and shut up his young Parisian wife in a large park, surrounded by a high wall, and rcfused to allow her out. Moreover, he married three other wives, Chinoso women, and compelled his French wife to. associate. with them. Finding that she objected'to sharing a husband with other wives, Sing Ling took away her child and refused to allow her to. see it again. The poor woman succeeded in sending off a letter to her mother, who travelled all tho way from Paris to rescue her unhappy, daughter. Through tho offices of the Fronch Minister at Pokin, Sing Ling was induced to givoup his wife, but on her proceeding to tho railway station with hor mother, Sing Ling, accompanied, by a number of men, arrived and tried to regain possession of _ hor. A scene occurred, and Madame Sing Ling, screaming loudly, brought up a guard of Fronch marines to hor rescue. On hor return to Paris she instituted proceedings for divorco, and now is freed for all timo from her Chinese husband. This ■is tho third caso of tho kind that has occurred within tho last four years.