The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-07

Although q very large number {
foreisners. notably English speopl'
st avs eon ef marriages on
Obtained from the courts of Dakota
divorces repeatedly pronounced to b
4 Of no account by English tribunals an
20 nave no value whatsoever in til
eyes OF British law-the Earl Rus
sell is 80 far tho only one who ha
been calledlto account for, bigamy i
this connection. There are scores an
scores OF these DEGREES that have bee
n Issued tu, to English people by theIWest
are OF no account. the subsequent mar
riages based thereon being therefore o
bigamous character. Yet. although
| plgamy IS felony, Lord Russell ha
Tered Imprisonment for matrimonial
alliance Of this kind.
One Is led to make this remark b,
the fact that Reginald Grey Coke. sor
nephew Of the aged Earl Of Leicester
has just had his marriage to Gallia
Hamburg. sister Of the Anglo Russian
pianist. Mark Hamburg, now, touring
BY the London pfxoree Court. ' beeauss
he had welded Miss Hamburg at Du.
buque, Iowa, on the strength OF d.
yorce which he had secured from the
the State OF Nebraska. from his first
wife. The latter. as usual in most Of
these cases where Western divorces
are obtained ~ foreigners on. grounds
tribunals OF their own country, was
LETT in complete Ignorance OF the fact
that her husband had taken any pro-
ceedings. against her until after she
in the London Times the announcement
of his union a Dubuque to Miss Ham
burg.
a po Inc hn~ hSyo HOY n i,, 10 ~
courts. which have just granted her a
bands unfaithfulness and bigamy.
Reginald Coke. who has been a
parents and to his relatives In connec-
ton with his debts. has announced his
intention OF remaining abroad. and OF
retarnng to ana
wife at the Marlborough Hotel, in st.
Paul, MINI. It would be we'll for him
to adhere to his intention. not to re-
turn to England. as. owing to the
these, and to the criticism which has
been aroused in legal circles and
among the public generally by the len
iency shown to all the offending par par
guilty OF bigamy OF this kind who
falls into the clutches Of the British
law. Until now the American divorces
have constituted snb5eetf9or, pleas
diligence by society. The number OF
them is .astonishingly great. and In
But from M" now W on they viii be treated
with much more severity. and term
Of penal servitude. which is the penalty
FOR. bigamy. will bring it home to the
oakotas and to Nebraska for divorce
purposes. chat bigamy is a felony, and
is preparation entails the brand Of
Young Coke comes from good stock.
,avy, a veteran OF the China wars. and
,as written several books of American
ravel; while his mother; Lady, Kath.
lrine Coke was a&lady In waiting OF |
the Princess OF Wales. They
ave a beautiful place IN Derbyshire,
snown as Longfor Hall, to which,
hould have been the heir; but I t Wi
low probably go to his charming and
popular sister. Mrs. Charlie Crutchley.
me of the most clever actresses and
The Hon. Henry Coke. that Is to say,
he father OF Miss Gallia Hanlburs:s
husband, is a younger brother of the
resent and second Earl OF Lei cester,
he patriarch Of Holkham who by his
w 4
t children. as well as grandchildren
nd great-grandchildre
9 Holkham is an estate OF nearly co.
90 acres, ana the properly has ben be
ince the days OF Edward Coke. the
ord Chief Justice Of England under
queen Elizabeth and James Il; and In
ne library at Holkham IS preserved
ir Edward Coke's copy OF Sir Francis
sacon's "Novum Organum" presented
o him by the author, with the latter's
ignature, as a tribute of regard and
aspect OF the author for his, judicial +
The present Lord Leicester's father
eginald Coke. was the most vigorous
nd passionate champion of America
throughout her war Of independence,
lightly toasting George Washington
he struggle lasted. and fiercely de-
ouncing George III. as "tlle worst
an who ever sat on a throne" and
Is prime minister as that vile Pitt.
cad Of the vile Tories. "a Nor must It
!, the picturesque garb Which as
night OF the shire he had a right to
ear at court. and IN which Gains
CROUCH painted him. who % 70 i
s discounted King the parliamentary y
AN war; In fact, II was he who moved :
nd carried In Parliament the MOTION 1 :
nd address to the crown for Great /
rltain's recognition OF the 1ndepend- 1 r
nee Of the United States. Is
It would be wrong to interpret the u
tion OF the Duke OF Cumberland In $
questing the venerable Regent OF =
ayaria for commission In the Ba- 5 5
rian army for his younger son, =
'ince Ernest, as friendly advance
wards the Kaiser For II the Duke a
IS sought a commission for his boy 4
4 the Bavarlan army rather t han n n
9 military forces OF any other OF the 3
vereign states OF the German em- Y
re, 1t is because tho Bayarian army J.
the only one OF them ALL that ~ a a
dependent OF theA command of the ID
,iser; at any ratelin times of peace. *
le Ravarian army alone Is exempt a
om Prussian control, save in war, and q
nistration in his own hands, Had Y Y
uns Prince Ernest OF Brun 8 wick and n
, Cumberland. who Is also an I'm !, a 4,