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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1948.
BATTLE OF THE CHILDLESS
Dispute Over Britain's Divorce Laws
Persistent Use Of Contraceptives
London, Jan. 2.
A new battle over the divorce laws is arising in
Britain after the decision of the House of Lords, the highest legal tribunal in the coun- try, that the persistent use of contraceptives does not involve a refusal to consummate a marriage and that the aggrieved husband or wife, who desires children, has no legal re- medy.
Opponents of this decision declare that it legalises
race suicide. Supporters claim that the door to divorce would be thrown wide open if any couple could get a decree of nullity merely by agreeing to declare that one party to the mar- riage insisted on the use of contraceptives.
Canter-
The Archbishop of bary. Dr. Geoffrey P. Eisher, espected to enter The battle when the Diecesan bishops meet in London shortly.
Roman Catholic opposition to the new rule has already been valeed, by Dr. John Heenan, Superior of the Catholic Mis-
Society. sionary
who said: "The relevant part of Canon Law states that the primary end of marriage is the proeren
to the tendency to Pointing mit families, other correspon- what the position dents ask would be of a husband or wife who insisted on the use of con- traceptives after one or children had been born of the union.
mor
ELECTION ANACRONISM
London, Jan. 2.
New Iegislation to elimin- ate aut-dated practices in parliamentary and loca? government Polactions throughout Britain was re- commended today by a special committee, willcls has been investigating the need for modernisation and consolidation and pointed Darticularly to the anacron- ism of electing parish copin- cillors by a show of bands and lack of secrecy in elec- tions in university con- atituencies.—Reuior.
Younger
Generals
1948 A YEAR OF TESTING
London, Jan. 2. Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor. of the Exche- quer and economic chief, said here today that 1948 will be a year of test for the British people in which great difficulties: as well as great oppor- tunities would be met.
"We cannot in the short period of a single year get out of all our dimeuities, but we can make n start on the right road which will enable us in acceeding years to climb the long hill of recovery and to re-establish
our leading position in the commerco of the world," Sir Stafford declaro.
The Chancellar proclaimed bis LONDON, JAN. 2. own faith that Britain would win SOME OF THE YOUNGER through the test, GENERALS OF THE BRI-
Promoted
Support for the new rules han heen proclaimed by one promi- eut churchman, the Bishop of Chichester, Dr. George K. Bell, who described the decision TISH ARMY WILL BE TAK-right to share in world leadership "sound."
First Shots
"By our history, we claim the
tion and education of offspring,"
ING UP APPOINTMENTS AT and by our perseverance in 1948, The definition of cruelty as
THE WAR OFFICE EARLY we shall substantiate that right". Sir Stafford, who was opening ground for ifivoree should be
IN THE NEW YEAR.
Government production exhibi widened to deal with such cases,
With more and more church- Major-General C.W.R. Tem-tion in London, emphasised that Mr. Lawrence J. Cadbury, I
thepler, Director of Military Intel-Britain must rely for recovery on leading member of the Societyn and lawyers entering of Friends, arged in a letter in controversy, the line which the igence, is to be Vice-CIGS and her own efforts, however gener. the Times.
Archbishop of Canterbury will a member of the Army Counous the Commonwealth and Unlt take is awaited with increasing cll, with the temporary rank of cd States were towards her-Rou
Not Christian?
He asked whether anything eorld be more cruel than for ne party to a marriage to deny to the other the possibility of parenthood.
interest,
Lieutenant-General.
ter.
Air Ministry Appointments
London, Jan. 2.
The first shots in the
new
General Templer is 19 and five was promoted a Corps comman- when battle were fired
Appeal, hended by dra in 1942. He was then stated Lords of
the to be the youngest holder of their chief Lord Jewitt, Lord Chancellor, decided that a that rank in the Army.
Lieutenant-General Sir Frank mus was not entitled to a de- Another correspondent of the
The Air Ministry today an Times, Mr. Charles E. Beer, of cree of mullity on the grounds Simpson, 48, who is new Vice- Oxford University. arged that that his wife refused to per-CIGS, is going to the Westernnounced the following appoint ments: Air Marshal Sir George the new ruling is contrary to mit marital interenurse unless Command as G.O.C.-in-chief.
Major-General Sir Charles Pirie to be Inspector General of Christian principles, Declaring he uued a contraceptive.
Delivering this that British laws, social struc-
Judgment, Fre-lerie Keightley, 46, is to be the Royal Air Force with effect Sir' Norman H. Bottomley is ure and religion, ali point to Lord Jowitt declared that in the new Military Secretary. Sirom Jan. 1: Vice-Chief Marshal became a Major-Gen-placed on the retired list at his marriage 11x the legitimate sistence on the procreation of Charles
Vice-Marshal of the principal eral in 1941 and acting Licu-own request. Atr means of satisfying the desire children, one
He John Whitworth Jones is to be for children, be said: "It is ends, if not the principal end, tenant-General in 1944.
Officer Commanding Air Lieutenant General Air illogical to protect any per- of marriage, required examina- succeeds
Sir Frederick Browning, who Hindquarters Malaya.
Sir George Piric, aged 51, had sistent refusal by one spouse to tion.
The essence of the Christian has been appointed Controllerbeen the C-in-C of the Allied grant to the other what is his,
view, he continued, seemed to of the Household of Princess Air Forces in South East Asia or her, fundamental right."
be that any family should be Elizabeth.-Reuter. brought up in the faith, but that was not the name thing as saying that a marriage|
not consummated unless children were procreated that such procreation was the principal end of marriage.
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PILOT CENSUS IN
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London, Jan. 1.
since April, 1946 and was former-| ly Deputy Air C-in-C of the same command.
years! Earlier he was for two the Director-General of Orgapisa. tion at the Air Ministry. He ¡was commissioned in the Scottish Forms for a pilot census of Rifles in 1914 and obtained a per- distribution were sent today by manent Royal Air Force commis. the Board of Trade to retailers,sion in 1919.-Reuter, wholesalers, caterera, garages in certain and hairdressers towns and districts of Britain.
The extent to which the forms
CERSUR can be
to churchmen, for it reversed a The principle object of this for national recision given in the Court of voluntary census is to gain ex-adapted so as to conform with com- the traders' own records will Appeal in July, 1945, when a perience for the first
nation-wide census. Inrgely be dependent upon an woman secured a decree of nul-pulsory
to the 1950, early response_ place in
present lity on the ground that her hus- which band insisted on the use
pilot census-Reuter. of covering the year 1949. contraceptives.
On that occasion, four law Lorda. decided "that sexual in- tercourse cannot be said to be complete when a husband arti- ficially prevents the natural termination of it."
They also said that if the wo. man refused to accept this, she would have no answer if the husband sued for his freedom on the ground that his wife wilfully refused to consummate the marriage.
The complet reversal of this decision has created confusion among legal people handling divorce cases. Some cases al- Tyrone Power & Belty Grable | rendy before the courts have been held up for the time be- ing and others have been with- drawn.
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FREAK CRASH
Atlanta, Gu, Jan. 2. All the 21 passengers in an Eastern Airlines plane escaped serious injury today when DN freakish gust of wind lifted the moving plane off the runway and let it drop so suddenly that Ito landing gear collapsed in a pancake crash.---Reuter.
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