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News of the Week

NEW and extraordinarily interesting situation has been created by the sudden decision of the Govern- ed to reform the House of Lords. It was well known that he Government were pledged " to deal with " the subject tiring the life of the present Parliament, but no Govern- lent can ever be accused of wilfully violating a pledge pressure of business excludes some of the promised easures. This happens to every Government. The ope of reform seemed only a few days ago to be remote, it was assumed that Poor Law reform, the Factories ill and the extension of the franchise to women of wenty-one would exclude the problem of the Lords. `Whether the inclusion of the Lords will exclude some ther subject we cannot say.

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