Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-31
FUR D|vO2CtD PEOPLE
VIENNA has SPECIAL PAPERS
DEVOTED TO THEIR INTERESTS
EDITOR CLAIMS THEY ARE EMIT.
TIED TO CONSIDERATION.
STATE AND MORALITY.
AUSTRIAN LAWS.

Of the Newspaper for Divorced PEG.
ple," the official organ OF the Society
Of Catholic Divorced Men and Women.
has appeared in an edition Of 5000.
That may seem very slight when II
has been claimed that in australia
there are 100000 divorced men and
women, while in Vienna alone live 49,.
900 couples separated by law and yet
united by law"
But the editor expects that, perhaps
In its revolt to custom, the paper will
20 from hand to hand among all those
Interested, SO that the 5000 papers
printed are read by at least 10000 or
100000.
The aim OF the most significant new.
est newspaper here. IL should be stated
beforehand, Is that II is to make di.
vorces in Austria as real as Ameri.
can divorces. At the present time, IL
only one party belongs to the Catholic
Church, neither the divorced husband
nor the divorced wife are allowed TO
remarry before the other party Is
dead"
The editor claims that in his opin.
ion, 100000 divorced Austrians. de-
prived OF their rights as citizens, are
members of the human family by Para.
graph III of the Austrian common
law"
Paragraph III dates from the year
1911. and, according 10 the editor, has
made unhappy many millions OF Aus.
trians." II says in substance: "ff
either man or wife, or both, were men,
bers Of the Catholic Church when
contracting marriage, they may ask for
a judicial separation, which is equal
10 divorce in all respects, save that
neither Of the parties Is allowed to
marry until after the death of ones
former husband, or wife, respective.
ly."
The State" continued the editor,
''is directly Interested In the founda.
ton Of families and in UNFOLDING of
morality. by dcpriying 100000 people
OF the right to marry, $4,000 OF which
live in wicked Vienna. the cause of
morality is certainly not advanced.
"Don'tJell us that persons who once
contracted an ill.assorted marriage are
likely TO do SO again and thus bother
the courts forever with the marriage
Affairs. II Is not true The burnt
child breads the fire. and the man or
woman who has once gone through an
unhappy marriage experience will con-
slider his or her next chance wisely
and carefully"
.' In conclusion the editor asks all in.
;crested TO join The Society for Di-
vorced People" Vienna organization
having spreading branches in many
other Austrian cities. notably Gratz.
digest Of the statutes OF this ad.
yanced society Is printed below. While
the society indorses the Newspaper
for Divorced People" the latter Is an
Independent organ and quite sure of
large clientele.
The editor appeals to the Catholia
church 10 waive any objection II may
have against the elimination of Para.
graph III. as otherwise persons may
be induced to leave the church before
marriage in order to avoid" perpetual
slavery ~ u contract which has he,
come unhcarable
DIR, Nevedre Ncyecercl. one Of Aus.
trials chief jurists, declares that the
purposes OF the Society for Divorced
= People and Of the Newspaper for Di.
vorced People are in every way legiti.
mate and should be encouraged by all
rightminded people. lie shows that
Chief Justice DR., Unger, which il one
OF the editors of the new Austrian
Code, published book several years
ago in which he spoke most disrcspect
fully OF paragraph No. III.
5 Another editorial appeals to the
leading men Of Hungary 10 protest
| against the practice of Austria IN
!, courts to declare the marriage of Hun
, garian citizens null and void in Aus
tria, provided one OF the contracting
parties Is q Catholic wt''a the other
l belongs TO the Jewish faith.
The laws Of this newest society on
= the face OF the earth bear the fol
. lowing official Endorsement: THE I'm
perial and Royal Minister of the In
, terror has not prohibited the forma
ton OF the Society for Divorced Peo
+ pie"
h Things that are no, prohibited In
Austria are permitted-until the Gov
I eminent forbids them. On that score
the Society for Divorced People leads
/, precarious existence for the time be
, ing. The statutes contain eighteen
paragraphs, some Of them condemning
Paragraph III, others bespeaking lis
elimination and wishing for divorce
after the American fashion" The
society will receive as members only
persons of both sexes that are al
: ready divorced and not permitted to
, remarry," Members can, however, be
excluded for conduct unbecoming to a
divorced person"
i, All officials OF the society are men,
but have female assistants. There is o
: director and directress, an administra,
tor and an administrators, a male and
a female cashier, secretary, etc. The
board of directors consists of six male
and as many female divorced parties.
The society embraces all classes, rich
aud poor. mobiles md the common
throng, And, stranger still, the mem.
bers have no hesitation about making
their membership public. Their names
are freely printed in the official organ
on circulars and letterheads neither
men nor women exhibiting the leas,
squeamishness with regard to the OBJ
ject Of the society.
A week ago Baron Won Mans.tu and
other prominent members OF the socie,
y called upon the President of the
, Ministry, DR., Koerber, 10 petition him
10 strike out the obnoxious Paragraph
! III The Premier received the deputa
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