DIVORCE EASY IN RUSSIA

Patea Mail, Volume LII, 2 March 1931, Page 3

DIVORCE EASY IN RUSSIA

FIVE MINUTES IN OFFICE. RE-MARRIAGE AT SAME TIME, Describing marriage and divorce in Russia, Mr. C. J. Ketchum, the special representative of the “Daily Express,” says:— “I sat in the registry office of births, deaths, marriages, and divorce. An 18-year-old golden-haired girl, cosily clad in a sealskin coat, entered, accompanied by (wo men, one about 35, the other 2.1. The girl approached the clerk, said divorce,' easting her eyes in the direction of the elder of her companions. In less than five minutes their names and addresses had been entered in the book and a certificate of a dozen words handed over, testifying that the marriage had boon terminated. The cost was four shillings. The elder man shook hands all round and departed on the most friendly terms. The girl and the younger man then approached another desk, and within another five minutes, and after the payment of another four shillings, they emerged man and wife. “A steady stream of women and men came and sought and obtained divorce without a question asked. Strangely, there was seldom a trace of tragedy, even of emotion, on the pretty faces of girls still in their teens. There is no law against desertion. A man desirous of divorce need not consult his 17110.’’