GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 162, 26 November 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(Sydney Sun's Special Service). DIVORCE AND MORALS. ATTITUDE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. London, November 15. The people of England' are dividing themselves iiiio two hostile camps over the reports of the Divorce Commission. Supporters of the minority report contend that if divorce is made easier and cheaper it will have a demoralising effect on the' homes and the morals of the country. They approve of the reewttmendation that both sexes should be placed on au equality as regards the grounds upon which a dissolution of marriage is obtainable, but say that otherwise the grounds of divorce should not be extended.

The minority report, which was signed by the Archbishop of York, Sir W. R. Anson, and Sir L. T. Dibden, favors equality of the sexes, but recommends that valid marriages shall continue indissoluble except in case of misconduct. The grounds on which the Commission recommends that it should be competent for both sexes to obtain divorce were:— Misconduct, desertion for three years, cruelty, incurable insanity after five years' confinement, habitual drunkenness after three years, imprisonment under commuted death sentences.

LORD ROBERTS' TENSION. RADICALS WHO WOULD STOP IT. London, November 15. Some of the more prominent Radicals have lately been talking about stopping the pension of Lord Roberts because of his recent trenchant criticism on Britain\s unpreparedness. When the famous soldier heard of the proposal he is reported to have said: "I was proud to win the pension in the service of my country, 'and'.l shall be proud to lose it in her service."