South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-28
DIVORCE SUIT ENDS
BRIGHT CAREER OF
MEMBER Of HOUSE
Like ParneII and ViIke, English
Statesman is Driven Out of
Public Life by Ugly SCan-
daI.
RY ED. l. KEEN.

LONDON, July 2S.-England is hav-
ing a lot OF trouble these days trying
TO decide just how far the private
conduct OF a public man effects the
value or his service tc the state. on
top OF the recent turmoil over the
dealings OF Chancellor OF the Ex-
chequer Lloyd George and Attorney
General Sir Rufus Issaacs in Ameri-
can Ma-coni shares, comes the case
OF the brilliant liberal, Capt Elliott
Crawshay Williams, until a short
time ago member OF parliament for
Leicester.
When Hubert William Carr Comm,
also liberal. representing the London
district OF Rotherhithe in parliament
whose young and beautiful wife had
been one Of the most popular mem
bers OF English society, brought suit
for divorce, ne named Crawshay
Williams as correspondent Purely
in Difference to public opinion and 10
precedent Crawshay- Williams at once
resigned. AS Leicester is strong
Nonconformist center, anu as Craw
Williams Is a NCrcomformist
himself. prompt and vigorous attack
began upon him throughout the dis
trict. ThO Leicester Mail, led the on
slausht-
Crawshay- Williams peculiar creed
has produced widespread public dis
cussion. 1t is altogether unlikely that
he will be able to break down past
traditions. A note of tragedy is added
to the case in the fact that he is a
man OF strong ambitions as we'll as of
signal ability. only "a years of age,
and having been parliamentary secre-
tary TO the chancellor of the eXche-
quer, his early promotion TO the min
tstertal bench was practically assured,
but the divorce suit undoubtedly
means his political extinction.
History Is Recalled.
It is recalled that similar suits were
responsible for the ruin of such men
as the late Sir Charles Dixie and
Charles Stuart Parnell. Dixie was a
cabinet minister, when he was named
in a divorce proceeding, and his res
ignation and retirement from parlia-
ment followed Immediately. Some half
a dozen years later he re-entered par
lament and remained there nearly 20
years, but no liberal premier dared
outrage the public opinion by includ-
ing in his cabinet perhaps the most
brilliant politician of the past 80
years. After the famous O'Shea di-
VOrce case, Gladstone and other Eng
lish liberals requested Parnell TO re-
tire from the craftsmanship of the
Irish party. and although he declined
ne was OutvOted by his followers, A
OF whom depOsed him in favor of the
late Justin Mccarthy. At the 1892
election only nine Parnellites were
returned out of 81 and the great Irish
leader died a broken-hearte man.
In English court circles connection
with divorce cases has long been
frowned upon. the late queen Victoria
barring even the innocent parties.
King Edward relaxed the rule slight
~, receiving innocent parties and
even occasionally recognizing core
spOndents who had been unable to dis
prove the charges against them. This,
however, was never on great state
occasions, and under the puritan rule
OF Queen Mary Divorces and core
spOndents are totally excluded. Much
comment was caused recently by the
presence Of Lord Hamilton of DalZiel
at the Derby day banquet given by
King George, but the banquet was Civ
en- TO members Of the Jockey club.
and II being a private affair for men
only, the king evidently saw no rea-
son for barring Lord Hamilton, who
was correspondent in the divorce suit
brought by Hon. William Lawson a
couple of years ago. Hamilton, who
formerly a lOrd-in-waiting to the
king. married the lady Immediately
after the divorce, but neither he nor
his wife are officially received at
court.
The domestic infelicities of the
ducal houses of Westminster and
Marlborough have resulted in the ex-
ClusiOn from court OF the dukes
though no actual legal proceedings
have been taken. Both the duchesseS,
however, are still received by Queen
Mary.
Duchess in Crusade.
The leading figure in the widespread
campaign OF tax resistance as a part
OF the wOman's suffrage crusade is the
duchess OF Bedford. Following her
refusal 10 pay taxes, the government
levied on the Princess Skating club.
Of which she is the owner.
My reason for resisting the pay
ment OF a property tax" she explain
ed today. els that I consider IL unjust
that women should have TO pay taxes
when they have no hand or voice in
the making OF the laws which enforc,
them. I also wish II 20 he known that
IN spite OF the tactics adopted by the
WOmeh's Social and Political union, 1
am not deferred from declaring my
self in favor Of modified woman suf-