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Show jMNHESGIT SEX EldJSIOfl Rejection of Lady Rhond-; da's Claim as Peeress in! Ker Own Eight to Seat in i Parliament Is Certain to Result in Another Contest tOTfDON, June 3 Bv Tho Asso-ciated Asso-ciated Tress.) The rejection of I-idy Rhondda's clam as a peeress In her own right to a seat In the house of( lords has aroused widespread resent-! ment 'iinung woman advocates of sex equality. Women havo learned how to agitate effectively since they got, 'the vote and are determined not to lot i he matter rest where it now stands. I It Is not because she is a wealthy; womnn. a brainy woman and a worn-1 an of title, too, that they are rallying to the support of Lady Rhondda. It is because she stands for the principle, that woman shall suffer no political! disqualification just because she Is a woman. on IVVGnT i Tho contest is sure to be renewed I at tho earliest opportunity. There are IS score or more of peeresses in their lown rlsht in the United Kingdom and anyone of them might renew the battle. bat-tle. By Its adverse decision the committee com-mittee of privileges of the lords has merely reversed Its decision in Iady I Rhondda's favor, made a few mouths ago. Meanwhile this last decision affords af-fords a striking illustration of the famous saying that lawyers and the lords who made the decision are all lawyers can drive a "coach and four'; through nnj act of parliament 1 for the sex disqualification removal act, which the lawyer-lords were sup-! posed to Interpret is o explicit 1 would seem to the average layman! that not even lawyers could disagree as to Its meaning. It u -OLF R LANGUAGE. "A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the oxori ise, of any public function or from being appointed to or holding any civil nr Judicial office or post, otc " ' The promoters of the act stated that tholr purposo wn.s to provide that no woman should be disqualified from holding any office, or doing anything which she could lawfully do If she were a man, merely because she was a woman. |