THE DIVORCE LAW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 652, 1 November 1909, Page 7

THE DIVORCE LAW.

POSITION OP TflE POORER CLASSES. ' A ROrAL COMMISSION. (By Telegraph,-Press ABSortaUtiH.-Oilijyrietil.) • V>, n.• .■ Lotidftn, October 29. Lord Gbttll (formerly, Sir. Gdfell fiavnes, fw many years Judge' and afterwards President of the Dlyotce Court), lias bten appointed chair' wan of ilia Royal Commission to Inquire jnto divorce law ■ Mid administration, particularly In tMKifttt to the .poorer classes and the publican Hon Of divorce • repbrts, Tin Archbishop of lork (Dr. Cosmo I/ang) and Lady Fraftcea Balfour _ (sister of the * nuke : of Air&le) have bfieii appointed meinbers of the comjniesioiii Jit the House of Lords oft July. 14 Lord fthnill' fbsolatiflli declaring that it is', expoj th ? t .i )Uris , dl . ct,on . t° & limited extent ill' divorce dnd matrimonial coses should be conferred Upon county , courts, iti order that the poorer ol&Kes may havo their cases of thnt ilalll.ordcr to get a divorce in which >V re was no .defence.fat all. lhecasts in inaily cases pre-' gented liSsurmoimtable difficulties tn the poor: , ■ The Archbishop of Canterbury held up the experience in Atnorica in the, matter of divorce *>?' »' warning,, and- declared -thht ihe' ahbiild view with profound anxiety and alafiii any measures In favour of extending here facilities for divorce, ■ '.."Lord Halifax strongly opposed the re«olu tion, aild Suggested that there should be a Royal Commission appointed. U t r .i Wolverhampton" said 'it; wis notorious tuartnfl'poorer classes 1 , wire 'shut out from that relief .Which the law said thej should ha*e ■ Lord HalsbUry eaid they should not, without |®9Uity|.oobiMit therilselves to this great 6ha«ge' The Lord Chancellor said the real (luettion ,was. whether, a tuiili whp had should have, relief wrnla the. ;p6or. man Anuld not feet it, They find eotirts men 63 deiu jvji these caws as tno,j uafiefi m .the H'gll, Cjarts. -hiCiden tally. roferMntr tb the public&t;jfi of Retails of (liveifco cases, ,-he Jall should be put to tK6 piiblicatiofl ,vi a fflaea of dirty Stuff which they saw in feonic - and' tthieh was a vdisgrace to journalism. He should consult his, colleagues as to the desirability of. an inquiry, and'lie hoped Lord Gorell would, not,; think itnecessary, therefbrei tb divide the House. , Lord Qorell; after the intimation from the Lord Chancellor, withdrew his resolution. •