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CHAPTER XIV<br />

TOUCHING UPON THE MARRIAGE LAWS OF<br />

VARIOUS COUNTRIES<br />

IT is a fact well known by the police and<br />

those who work among deluded girls that<br />

bullies and " pimps " often " marry " their<br />

victims in order to get them safely beyond<br />

the hope of rescue. English and foreign<br />

girls are married to these wretches under<br />

various names and disguises.<br />

The Foreign Office in London has issued<br />

a book in English on the laws relating to<br />

marriage in certain foreign countries. This<br />

book is a typical production heavy and<br />

ponderous practically it cannot be said to<br />

be available for the public use. Moreover<br />

it would be very difficult for inexperienced<br />

people and those unacquainted with proceedings<br />

legal<br />

to understand exactly what the<br />

various clauses relating to marriages in<br />

foreign countries really mean. What we<br />

statement of what<br />

require is a very simple<br />

a girl may expect if she marries a foreigner<br />

either in this country or in any foreign<br />

country except under the exact regulations<br />

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