MARRIAGE REFORM
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—May I crave the hospitality of your columns in order to commend to your readers the aims and objects of the Marriage Reform League ? It is matter of common knowledge that the Divorce Commission recommended fifteen years ago that Desertion, Cruelty, Drunkenness, Insanity or Imprison- ment for Life should constitute a ground for an action for Divorce, and that Lord 13uckmaster piloted a Bill through the House of Lords seven years ago to give effect to those Emmy:- mendations. The Bill, however, failed to pass the Commons. The result of this culpable failure is that tens of thousands of frustrated marriages are inflicting unspeakable sufferings on victims of our existing barbarous marriage law, and that the practice of " living in sin " is rapidly growing in every rank of society to the gross disrepute of the law.
The time has come when a renewed attempt should be made to remove this blot on our law, and the Council of the Marriage Reform League invite the assistance of your readers in their efforts towards this desirable end.—I am, Sir, &c.,
26 Drayton Court, S'JV .10.
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