Show I I Social Changes HE grandson of the Duke of Buckingham J 3 i A 1 now master r of Kinloss a great English 1 estate and rand soon to inherit the title of baron has just given his fellow aristocrats a terrible shock by marrying of the village blacksmith The only concession he would make to his protesting pro- pro testing mother and family was to postpone the wedding several months to think it over This is another incident showing how great Is Is the social upheaval in England as the result of the war Another is the recommendation just made by the reconstruction committee of the government to abolish the house of lords as such A A. bill is to b be introduced at the next session of parliament to substitute a second chamber for the house of lords The provision that all peers of the realm are entitled to seats in parliament is to be wiped out The second chamber w will lI be an elective body only half of them peers elected by their fellow peers It will have much less power than the present house of lords The bill is said to be certain of passage as it has the backing of a great majority of the commons commons com com- I mons and the house of lords lost the power of veto a decade ago |