The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-11-13
contracting it, while civil marriage is

contracting it, while civil marriage is
obligatory"
Section ten of the chapter provides:
t"Children born out of wedlock are on
an equality with those born in we'd
lock with regard to the rights and du-
ties of parents toward children, and
likewise of children towards parents" !"
Divorces may be obtained in Rus
sia ''while you wait". Section / of the
chapter of divorce says: Marriage is
annulled by the petition of both par
ties or even of one of them. A dec
laration Of annulment of marriage by
mutual consent may be filed directly
with the department of registration of
marriages in which a record of that
marriage is kept, which department
makes an entry Of the annulment of
the marriage in the record and issue
certificate"
If we had the blessed Russian Soviet
system in North Dakota, Mrs. and Mr..
Jones could agree at breakfast that
they desired to aanul the partnership
and through the simple statement,
signed by both parties and filed with
Judge Davies Of the Probate Court,
their marriage would be dissolved.
The marriage agreement in Soviet
Russia would not even be a good con-
tract in North Dakota. The Judge
there does not bother himself about
the cause for divorce, but if either par
ty convinces him they want divorce
it will be granted. Section six provid-
ed: Having convinced himself that the
petition for the annulment of the mar
lo%
or from one Of them, the Judge per-
sonally and singly renders the decis-
ion of the annulment Of the marriage
and issues certificate thereof to the
parties"
In North Dakota the contract for
the sale of horse can not be annulled
by either party except for violation of
the terms Of the contract or fraud in
it's execution. But in ideal Soviet Rus
sia, one party to the marriage contract
by a simple request, can annul it.
Again we find that all inheritance
is abolished. 20 parent may trans
NIT property 10 his c....C1en and in
that chapter We lll4d l4lt provision:
mo distinction is 4.li>ue .yetWeen the
relationship that arise within wedlock
and that which arise outside Of we'd
lock-"
| might go on through this consti-
tuition and DEGREES based on it and fill
many columns of a newspaper with
provisions which are repugnant to our
notions Of civilization.
A perusal Of the eighty pages
of the Constitution of Soviet Russia,
apart from any knowledge Of the ac-
tual history Of it's social results, will
convince any one that it utterly dis
regards the Ten Commandments upon
which our modern civilization is based
Above all it repudiates tire ethics of
the New Testament and bases society
upon class selfshness, greed and hat
red, in addition to repudiating all form
of the Christian religion.
presume that | am going counter
to the farmers movement in North
Dakota in pointing out these provis-
ions in the constitution of the Soviet
Republic in Russia, and that l am gull
ty Of treason since the Courier News
D. Nonpartisan Leader quotes with
approval the following from the res
olutions Of the Farmers and Labor
ers":
"We extend greetings and pledge
our support to the forces in every
country which are struggling for
democracy and especially to the
people of Russia in this hour when
the new democracy of the east is
beset by foes within and without"
1t it is treason to repudiate the ba-
sic principles of Soviet Russia, then
l am traitor and must. suffer the con-
sequences, because am most earnest
ly opposed to the Socialistic Republic
as manifested in Russia.
Sincerely yours,
F. E. PACKARD.