ENGlISH I ON N mV DIVORCE ff MA MEASURE MEASUREr R r Defeat D f at of Bill in hi Commons Gives Rise to Heated si D Discussion iJ J j I c J By Floyd Inter International ati na News Service Staff Cori Correspondent Correspondent Cor- Cor i respondent I IQ LONDON R May 18 18 You You will never goV real anywhere as longayou long a ad ayou y you u rec recognize the double standard for foremen e anc and women omen Lady Astor told the house of or commons before voting against again t a bill to permit easier casler divorces If It we weaken the d divorce vorce I laws the tho lot of of women and children willbe will willbe be made made harder But we wo should abolish the fn Inequalities between men and women In present divorce divorcee laws It also should be made as easy for the I poor as M as' for the to get a a. divorce under existing laws I The war has created abnormal conditions conditions con con- In family life lite and it would be better to wait watt until conditions have become m more re settled before attempting reforms in divorce proposed by the i royal commission i TIGHTENING NEEDED i When an honorable member said the charms of women were fading II ones I am ready to admit that Women women do fade sooner than men but the th the thing that held men was not Just I Ith women's physical charm It attracts men but doesn't hold themI themI them I 1 think the world Is too loose al al- al together What we need Is tightening tighten tighten- tightening ing ng up i I want to tighten the men menas menas I as well as the women But we will never get any real morality as long longas longi as at i we recognize the double standard Sir Arthur Conan Doyle president of the Divorce Law Reform union and nd prominent British women social workers take Issue with Lady Asters Aster's Astor's Astor's As As- tors tor's stand against Immediate divorce reform and deplore the defeat of the reform measure In the house of or com com- mons THE OTHER SIdE SIDE A lar large e number of people J were waiting for decision on this bill before before be be- fore for quitting Engl England nd said Sir Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur for they are placed In a a 8 h horrible position If It the bill Is de de- de Some of ot the cases of deserted wives brought to my attention are pitiable Then there are men married t to wives who long have been Insane who or ar are in Institutions institution's as Incurable drunkards I 1 cannot believe that L tidy Lady dy Astor's views represent those of or British women wo wo wo- men W We shall stiffen our backs and redouble our efforts to achieve suc suc- cess Lady lLady Beecham however supports support Lady Astor declaring the proposed n Treasure would have hav undermined laws She says Now millions of our population are tre rendered unfit unlIt through the of monogamy not having been enforced under our present laws The proposed bill would have allowed Jany any ny man to get a a. divorce simply by des de- de s rtin his v wife if e three years ADULTERY ADUL TERY QUESTION Lady Asquith believes the sections in the bill allowing divorce on rounds grounds of cruelty o or drunkenness quite right but that those relating ang jn to adultery and desertion needmore needmore need needmore more discussion I I am very doubtful Lady Astorr Astor As As- tor torr said of or the wisdom of or makIn making making mak mak- ing In the the law law on adultery the same for both sexes because consequences are BO so much more serious In Jn the case of women Certainly divorce e ought to to b be made cheaper and the rich and poor poo ought to have the same opportunity Lady Muir Mackenzie asserts divorce dl dl- dl vorce in England today is only for the th rich and there should be equal treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment for tor men and women I tor feel with Lady Astor that women women are a a. little n nervous ryOUs at the new proposals proposals proposals pro pro- they are afraid It might b be easier for men nien to get rid of their thel wives when middle aged In order t to marry younger women They should be will safeguarded on this point DESERTED WIVES Mrs M M. L L. Seaton Tiedman secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the Divorce Law Reform union says I I. I Women will go po on being deserted without the remotest possibility o of being able In a vast number of cases case either to trace the man or to o prove adultery adultery desertion desertion which may cover cove long periods of years yearl with immense immens s suffering ering to them and which keeps keep them forever tied to a a. husband who wh has hM gone out of ot their lives leavIng them often with his children to sup sup- port And yet relief for tor desertion was the clause most vigorously ai attacked attacked at- at tacked In parliament The Divorce Law Reform union will bring forward a new bill bIli nei next year