Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-06 | Page 7 | Divorce Increases

I t I Divorce Increases I I. I 4 THE increase ase in divorce is a worldwide phenomena phenomena phenomena phe- phe chargeable according to sociological cal exp experts to the re reaction from the war Figures Fig Fig- ures tires from from Germany just made tade public show that that I conditions th there re are worse if possible than in any of the other great nations One divorce for every eight marriages is IS the German record record record- dJ due largely to proven cases of infidelity The government has become alarmed because of the adverse effect which the breaking homes lomes has on the birth rate It has attacked the divorce evil by putting into penal code a al provision imposing a penalty of nine years' years imprisonment for marital infidelity