| Show A ewel sent to the of IT IS SIXTY FEET LONG her majesty is requested to change the legal age of marriage in india LONDON jan 19 special JL remarkable petition to the queen reached biere today to day from india it ic upwards of sixty feet in length and ig signed by thousands of women in india who are anxious that the age at which a marriage may legally bo entered upon shall be rai 1 from its present limit of ten to fourton n years this question of the aee ot consent is causin g some remarkable india and only recently rece sir T bay the well known badeda statesman who liaa always been considered a moderate reformer presided at a turbulent meeting in madras 0 o protest against any interference with the law it is clear that it the government move at all they will have to do so very cautiously or they may arouse a spirit of religious fanaticism which willibe difficult to allay the petition will finally rearlia lord ya lisbury who is too busy now wilh what he regards more important busi faive it consideration |
