Show JA Radicalism in England P PRE llER ASQUITH'S proposal to strip the English English En- En glish gush loose House of J Lords of or every vestige of the hereditary principle is the most revolutionary suggestion suggestion suggestion sug sug- England has known since tho tim assembled nobles forced the tho Magna l Charta Charla from King John at Many radical happenings comprehensive n- n sire sive in the tho sweeping ng character of their results havo o marked the beginnings and the ends of the various epochs of British history none however is so si significant sig- sig of change as ns that which strikes at the very heart of the tho feudal system in this suggestion of the British premier I King ICing ng George Georgo may well ask himself whether the monarchy monarch itself can ean withstand tho the blow Elow if the hereditary nobles are to have no real power if their titles are in actual effect to be nothing but courtesy then royalty itself may expect to lose whatever remnants remnants remnants rem rem- nants of its former power it still retains It i is if probable the Lords believed believe the worst had happened happen d l some time ago when the tho upper chamber was divested div ted of its veto eto power This action put it beyond the power of the hereditary legislators to interfere with such laws Jaws mid and policies a as the people demanded through the Commons but it di did not touch the ancient privileges of the nobility as deeply that they lost thc r rights to their seats scats in the Lords the scion of a no no noble le house housa was a legislator when he succeeded to the title The H House use of Lords and the few an ancient customs custom connected with royalty that sun survive sune e to make business business business busi busi- ness good for the London shopkeepers were wore practically practically practically the tho sole remaining evidences that Great I Britain had bad over eer known a 3 feudal system The rights o of the nobles as hereditary magistrates have long since gone for se several eral centuries the they have haye been as amenable to the laws as any commoner Only their titles and their privileges as legislators separated them from tho the common herd And now that even these are arc to be bo cast aside a duke or an earl carl is no greater should ho lie lose lOBe his landed estates and l Ms his s sr r rolls rent than the plebeian of equal intelligence It remains to bo be seen whether Premier Asquith is not going too fast Old habits and customs die hard with whit obstinate John Bull he be dearly loves 10 a 1 lord almost as much as do we on this this his side of the water It t do does s not seem probable that he lie will consent to utter abolishment of the system for that is what Asquith Asquith Asquith As As- virtually proposes I 1 Ins RII I |