forcrat, To me "xc, wats London, Feb. 4.
A. motion submitted by Viscount Sankey to the effect that the present system of trial of peers by" peers blind. outlived its usefulness, " was adopted to-day by the House Lords by a vote of 45 to 24.
The vole was taken following a debate in which opponents of the motion demurred against the aboli-than of an old tradition, while supporters contended that the present involved waste of money and violated the principle that all Persons were equal before the law.
Members of the Government retrained from voting.
Viscount Sankey foreshadowed the early introduction of a. Bill abolish-Ing the present procedure—Reuter.
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