WIVES OF TO-DAY
QUESTION OF COERCION.
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LONDON, March 21. While Lady Astor, who is the first woman to introduce, a measure in tho British Parliament, was introducing an amending Bill in the House of Commons, Lord Ullswater, in the House of Lords, was drawing attention to tho subject of tho coercion of wives. Ho said : “If wo want to maintain respect for tho law, it is necessary that the law should bo strictly in accord with present customs, thought, and social relations. Wo must therefore abandon tho presumption that a husband would coerce his wife.’’ Lord Buckmaster took tho opposite view. Husbands, ho said, continued to coerce their wives.
Lord Birkenhead agreed that tho subject required reconsideration, and ho proposed to set up an expert committee to report.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 17926, 23 March 1922, Page 6
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