The House of Lords is debating Nancy Astor’s bill to repeal the Saxon law under which wives who commit crimes in the presence of their husbands are deemed to be acting under their control. Some peers think the law should be updated to reflect the modern status of women, but former Lord High Chancellor Lord Buckmaster insists that women today, especially among the lower classes, do act under their husbands’ direction. The Saxons, he says, “knew as much about men and women as we do today.” Lady Frances Balfour, in The Times, points out other laws affecting married women, who evidently need permission from their husbands to have an operation.
Éamon de Valera issues an Easter message to the youth of Ireland: “Ireland is yours for the taking! Take it!” People are taking this to mean he’s planning a coup during Easter.
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