4 APRIL 1925, Page 18

All that is really necessary for the reform of the

Lords is to insist upon some qualification of public service in our hereditary legislators ; to appoint a certain number of members to represent interests not hitherto adequately represented in the Upper House and, above all, to intro- duce the Referendum which will call in the final judgment of the masters of us all—the people. We were delighted to see that in the debate last week the Lord Chancellor spoke very sympathetically of the Referendum. We accept the omen.

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