The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-05

ably safe. And first 1 may say that
generally all foreigners who marry
English girls in England can only do
so legally by the laws of their country
when they have first complied with all
the requirements of their own country
in the matter of an intending mar
riage And the chief of these require
ments are ~ that they should publish
in their country the notices of such
intending marriage as required by law,
and (2) that they should obtain the
consent of their parents to the mar
riage if they are under certain age
which varies from twenty-one to thir-
ty.
In Austria, after the intending BRIDE
groom or bride is twenty-four years of
age, no parental contest is necessary.
But if the man is in any way still con-
nected with the military service he
must have the consent of the military
authorities.
In Belgium the law allows a Belgian
to marry foreigner abroad according
to the laws of that foreign country
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Belgium if he is under twenty-one and
has not obtained the consent of his pa
rents. If between the ages of twenty
one and twenty-five he must make a
respectful and formal request" for his
parents advice, and if the parents OBJ
ject they may apply to court of JUS
tice and state their grounds for refu-
sal, and such refusal may be upheld.
If the son or daughter he twenty five
years of age no consent is required.
! In Denmark any person contracting
I a marriage, whether there or abroad,
re quires the parental consent when
under the age of twenty-five, and a
widower must not contract a second
marriage within three months of the
death of his wife. The usual publica-
ton must be made.
! BY the law of France no man may
/ contract q marriage under the age of
twenty-five without the consena Of his
parents. From that age until he is
thirty he will be required, as in Bel
GUM. to perform the "acte respectu-
eux,' and this act differs from the Bel
gian in that he has to perform it three
| times over at monthly intervals, and it
! is not until a month has elapsed from
the third formal request that he will
/ be allowed to contract valid mar
riage. Orphans must not marry with
out the consent of that Continental
monstrosity, the family council. In all
cases Of a Frenchman marrying a for
eigner abroad the usual notifications
must be posted at the marie Of the
commune in which he last had his
abode,
In Germany consent of the father is
required until the son is twenty-five
and the daughter twenty-four years Of
age, and If either is an orphan the con-
sent Of the legal guardian Is needed.
( The publication Of an intended mar
riage of a person abroad must be made
in the place where he last dwelt In
Germany two weeks before the mar
rage and it must also be made by adj
vertisement in the domicile Of a for
eigner, though in this case declara4s
ton from foreign local authorities that
no impeachment exists is accepted as an
alternative. Amy person wishing to
marry. a second time must show that a
legal settlement has been made on the
children, II any, of the first marriage.
by italian law an italian who mar
ries foreigner abroad N compliance
with the laws of the foreign country
is legally married, but here again 1t
is conditional on his also complying
with acknowledgements Of the italian
law To marry without parental COM
sent man must exceed twenty-five
and a woman twenty-one years of age,
and they must publish the usual mo-
tees of the marriage in the commune
in Italy where the italian party was
last domiciled.
In the Netherlands persons under
twenty-one must not marry without
the consent of the parents and between
twenty-one and twenty-five they must
perform the acte respectueux to which
I have referred. over twenty-five
years of age neither consent nor acte
respectueux is required, In Spain for
civil marriage consent Is required un-
til the man Is twenty-three and the
woman Twenty-Five; in Sweden and
Norway consent Is not necessary after
twentyone, but widowers mustn't re-
marry until six months after the death
of their wives, and II a man seduces q
woman under promise Of marriage she
Is held to be his legal wife.
IN Russian law the marriage, If be-
tween male Russian and female
foreigner, must be celebrated in a
Russian church or by Russian priest
and an undertaking must be given that
| the children will be brought up in the
Russo-Greek faith; while in Greece
the law is so unfriendly to mixed mar
riages that l would advise any young
! woman contemplating marriage with a
! Greek to make him become natural
| lied Englshman first.
This, briefly, sums up the prelimina-
ries which the Continental nations de-
siderate before recognizing a mixed
marriage. There are in addition inn
portant considerations affecting the re-
marriage of divorced persons, widow
ers and widows, and there are many
minor points which would need atten-
| ton,