Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
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I'll COMERCIO, ldrna.-"Aban.
- donment of the home" Is one
type Of legal tranBgression to
IL which our legal code pays no
attention. The present legal
code of Mexico, however, contains very
drastic and categorical provisions
against such offenses. Derelictions Of
this sort always have presented very
grave judicial and legal problems, due
TO the conflict, In so many instances, OF
private rights with public rights.
1t Is not always easy to decide
whether national interests are benefited
or jeopardized by maintaining the In
tegrtty Of q household where there Is
discomfort and friction. But our laws
swing to the other extreme and make
1t possible for homes to be disrupted
where less facility in the separation
would keep Q family together, despite
little disharmonies and annoyances;
"red-tape" would be . valuable deter
dren are concerned. There are judicial
provisions, Of course, in Peruvian legal
philosophy, which arrange for equitable
division Of property where Il exists, but
no obstacles are placed In the way Of
personal detection In the duties and
responsibilities assumed upon the en-
trance into matrimony.
The Mexican law asserts that one
who leaves his home, on any pretext, "a
falling In his obligations, not only %
his dependents, but to the state, and
ments are severe, and cover ell phases
Of remissness In conjuga relations.
For the good Of the family, which 10
the good OF the nation, our own laws
should be corrected In these regards and
made bulwafk Of safety for the home.
At present, fear Of public opinion is the
only cement that Is holding many
domestic establishments together. We
should build the nation upon f1rmer
foundations than mere formal respec-
liability.
Cheaper Houses Seen
As Popular Social Ideal.
FL Mercurio, Santiago.-One OF the
social ideals having at present q vogue
Of importance and popularity Is that
of providing cheap houses for the work.
ing classes. BY cheap Is meant an in
expensiveness In construction that does
not detract from the permanence,
for If, after ticking thought, we erect
tenements that are no better than the
ones our laborers are living In already,
we might as well refrain from this sup
posedly philanthropic enterprise. It
would appear, however, that such tene-
ments as have been erected 90 far have
departed from the standards intended
for them, and are by no means monu-
inents to the high resolves which had
as prime detectives the Improvement Of
society as a whole.
The building Of model tenements from
public funds was designed to afford the
NlnCCaa
rity and sanitation enjoyed by their more
prosperous brethren, thus raising the
whole plane Of the national fabric, but
even In the construction of these homo
geneous ediflces 1t seems men sti1l seek
to profit, and to profit excessively, from
altruistic charities.
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Mexico Has Golflng
President for First Time.
La Tarde, Bogota.-For the first time
President. Don Pascual Ortiz Rubio
belongs to the clan Of the "niblick,"
since years back, and his election TO
the presidency Of the great republic has
not diminished his prediction for, nor
interrupted his daily participation in,
the royal and ancient sport. He can be
seen every morning on the links Of the
ChurubuSco Country CLUB, IN tine
environs Of the city of Mexico.
When the President appears on the
links, he IL attended by soldiers Of his
bodyguard, who act as caddiee, and
along the route leading to the playing
field he 10 escorted by o convoy Of
motor cycle policemen delegated espe-
cially to look AFTER the safety Of Senior
The cadd,es, Il expressing their opin-
the President Of our sister democracy,
pronounce It mot very good" So much
FOR their estimation Of HIS camel
Devastation Of France
Due Solely 70 Def0restatiOn.
lie 6oir, Brussels. The catastrophe
which recently devastated the interior
Of France was due solely to deforesta-
ton Has abe finally learned her lesson2