Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-31 | Page 4 | A Wise Move

' i - .A 7i-a Move . 1 : . i j.ides have appealed to the mln- i.try cf J'istice for abolishment of the law permitting the granting of divorces to r.re's-ners by mutual consent. We like their ;;irit an3 believe that the request Is designed to increase respect for the French laws on this suhject. Citizenship should be one of the first qualifications in the petition for tlivorce and no country should undertake to settle the domestic woes of another land. Far be it from us to deny these mlsmated ioupVs the rijht to be rid of each other. The fact that both consent to divorce proceedings is sufficient, evidence of the hopelessness of ' e union. Little good could come of keeping. n hobbled to. each o'Jier, and yet we would deny them the right to go to a foreign land to obtain a dissolution of the matrimonial .b-r.ds. - . ...... It is not a difficult matter to get a divorce in the United States. Some people think it Is much too easy. Still, the fact remains that these rich people who slip off to France for divorces could obtain the same relief at home. Until they have sacrificed their citizenship here, they should govern their conduct by the laws of this land.