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THE ILLEGITIMATE CHILD.
PARENTS SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGE.
In the House of Commons on March 2nd Mr. Betterton moved the second reading of the Legitimacy Bill, which, he said, had the support of members in all parts of the House, quite irrespective, party,
and of men and women of all ranks
of lif Ta the lat Parliament there were separate attempts by three parties ta about the desired reform, but difficulties had arison over the settlement of property, and that reason he for has kept legitimation part separate from dust of sottement. Clause I said that where the parents of an
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person married one another bother efore
or after the passing of this Aut the marriage would render that person legitimate from the
of the commencement of Art or the date of boots clause 9 was that children who whichever happened last. The effect af were born in adultery did not COMO the purview of the bill. In other words, the parents must
hare
been in a position to marry at time the child w born. Although there WIL in this egantry s at Tolume of opinion
Break of that restriction in favour
there wa also
the
great volume of opinion opposed to it, but was no reason for voting against the
pame of the bill. He kaked the House
bill bas-
to- give second reading to hich would remove the stigma ardy from great number of perfectly innocent persons From correspondence
the
be had received, he knew that passing of the bill was looked for ward to with hope and anxiety by many. people who taunted by remorse for having committed great wrong, were auxious to do all in their power to make, what re paration they could. (Cheera)
Captain Bowyer, seconding, said that mo dern thought and social work had brought to the fore the uced for legislation such as this. There was an increasing tendency to
Figures child life.
proved that conserva the mortality among illegitimate children was twice as great as that among children born in wedlock. People could not shut their eyes to the fact that. per cent.
of the children born were illegitimate, and that those children, who were absolutely blameless, had na legal rights. (fear, hear.)
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Mr. Greaves-Lord said it gave him satis faction to think that his maiden speech should be in support of a hill which removed a very serious biot from the laws of the. country. The bill, however, had a defect, which he hoped would be altered in com mitter. This defect was in relation to the inheriting of property, for the bill introduced' SHANGHAI OFFICE. an entirely new class, namely, the presumed
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Sir F. Banbury said that if any provision was inserted which enabled a man to legiti- matise his child in order to supplant, in title or in property, a child born in wedlock, the bill would not go very far. It was on the undertaking that no such addition would be monde that the opposition of many members was withheld.
Mr. N. Chaniberlain (Postmaster-Gen- eral), speaking for himself and not on behalf of the Government, was of opinion that anyone who had examined the bill would. feel that it dirl not deal completely with the probleru to
to be solved. From the nat rial point of view
would do little
to improve the of unmarried parents
portal do nothing
of the child
to assist the mother in obtaining. which
tion order, the dificulty of securing was shown by the fact that only one-fifth of the illegitimate births became the sub- jects of
such orders. It would not help to decrease the heavy infantile mortality among illegitimate children or distribute the responsibility equally between the two par- ents: From & moral point of view it did, however, mark a a définite
forward in of illegitimate childr the recognition and it would do something to put land in that respect on the level of other civilised countries. In England alone among civilised nations, there was for legitimising children by provision
With sequent marriage of the parents.
of the first clause he regard to section 1 recognised that the wrong done, was greater if one of the parties was married, but he did not see why they should punish the
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child by stating that it should not become legitimate by the subsequent marriage
of
its parents. That was contrary to common-
As to Clauso 4, senie and humanity. supposing a man had a child out of wedlock, and subsequently married and bad legitininte children, there was no reason why, afterwards be married the mother of the first child, it should have priority over the lawful children. But there was no reason child born out of wedlock, both why
of whose parents were unmarried, should be put behind others who might be bom
He to the same parents after marriage. hoped the bill would be given a socond read- ing and amended in Committee in such small details as might be necessary.
Sir Russell-Wells suggested that if the bill were passed is would be an inducement to irregular intercourse and irregular allinacea. In Scotland and most of the countries of Europe subsequent marriage of parents legitimised a child born out of wed- lock; and it was an interesting fact that in pe country in Europe, except Ireland, was there a lower percentage of illegitimacy than in England and Wales.
Bir D. Hogg (Attorney-General) said that, while the Government were in no sort of
way hostile to the bill, they did no it as a party measure, and they absolutely to the House. So far as he himself was concerned, both as a macmber of Parliament and as a lawyer; this bill had his unqualified approval. (Hear,
, hear.) He did not agree with the suggestion that the bill would be calculated to encour
illegitimate intercourse.
What age.
St would do was this: Where a man had given a promise and had not been man enough to carry it out at the time, when afterwards he wanted to repair, the wrong he had done this, hilf, gave kun the opportunity of doing so. (Hear, hour.) The second reading was agreed, to,
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