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Show MAY SIT IN HOUSE OF LORDS Titled English women who roon may be given scats in the Hcus of Lords Baroness Furnlvall (upper left;. Bsronco; Lucs (upper right), Viscountess J Rhondda (lower left), the Counters of Seafield (lower center) and the Prin CS6S Arthuu of Connaught (lower right). L9NDON. Shall the British house of lords home of conservatism, of inherited in-herited riches and lilies, of crusty old men be changed into a house of la dies? . x That Is the rerj striking and pertinent perti-nent question pot up to king and government gov-ernment l Viscountess lihondda. RUNS VAST BUSINESS. !coun;iss Kliorfdda is daughter and heir to the late Viscount ilhond da. a great Welsh coal baron She not only surer eded to the litJc in her own right, but she has also carried on the vas-t business the inlterited. Besides Be-sides which hso baa lounded and runs .1 eotdy though; ;nl paper intended for women espocfsJU . She has now Bet the dovecotes Hul-tcrlnt; Hul-tcrlnt; by petitlcnlOfi that the king ihall issue a writ summoning nor to take a Beat in the h tuse of lords. Last year a snnll. r general proposal was made, but was side stepped on the ground the government proposed to reform re-form Hie houHO Of lords and until ibis twas done, the matter of seating peer ' esses! who beld the title in their own i right, had better be held In abeyance.' Viscountess Rhondda's petition may force the Issue. The usual procedure would be for King George to decide 'the matter, upon the ndvjcc of his ministers But the government can dodge It by referring the matter in tho ' committee on privileges of the house' of lords. DOUBTFUL PRECEDENCE. It Is staled no precedent exists for women .-iU:ng In the upper house oth- er than one dating back to 13(r when four abbesses were summoned to the. kin V council and it Is very doubtful i Whether this sels a real precedent. If Viscountess Rhondda's petition is j successful, it will mean that about 16 peeresses in their own right will gain) Beats in the upper house. Among them Ss the oung Baroness Furnlvall whose title nates from 1205 and who recently married Lieut, torn A. S. Agar, a holder of the Victoria Cross and thci Distinguished Service Order. |