Show I DIVORCE FREQUENT IN RUSSIA RUSSI Writing on en the spread spread of divorce in I Europe A Veteran Diplomat says ays inthe In Inthe the December Metropolitan magazine Divorce DI In Rus Russia la was as formerly condemned condemned condemned con con- by court and b by society alike Moreover er it was wa-a extreme extremely I difficult to accomplish being granted ted only on the grounds which would suffice to secure a a decree of nullity from and Atner- Atner ican tribunals or else for Infidelity Butin Butin But ButIn in the latter Iatter case the legal conditions were exacting and the cost coat of of- ofa a Ji suit sult so expensive e that demands for forthe the dissolution of marriage ties were ere few lew and far be between be- be tween Now however er the situation has entirely changed Divorces DI have havo become frequent in Russian society and dC despite pU the objections of the emperor and of his Hessian born but English bred consort the court has had to open Its ls doors Thus the wife Ife of ot General the minister of ot war one of the mot most popular figures at the court of ot St. St Petersburg nd a-nd andIn in the great world on the banks of the Neva was first married to a M. M de Bute Bute- witch itch with whom h her r union was legally and ecclesiastically severed lSe in 1903 1902 The Countess wife of the Ule former premier premier premier pre pre- mier who represented Russia at the Ule p peace aee conference at Portsmouth N. N H. H in 1303 1901 and who is still Mill a minister of state Isa is a also Iso a divorcee di and is js a received recel at court Moreover there are a number of divorces In in- inthe the imperial ra family something itself something wholly unknown until the pres present nt reign |