Omaha daily bee., 1922-06-04
Women Aroused
Over Rejection Of
Rhondda Claim
Refusal Of House Of Lords
to Grant Noblewoman
Seat as Peeress Is
Resented.
~ The Associated Press.


house OF lords has aroused wide
spread resentment among woman ad
voca,es oi sex equality. Women
have learned how to agitate effec-
lively since they got the vote and are
determined not to let the matter rest
where 1t now stands.
II is not because she is a wealthy
woman, brainy woman and a
woman OF title. too, that they are
rallying to the support OF Lady
Rllondda. 1t is because she stands
tor the principle that woman shall
suffer no political disqualification
just because she is a woman.
The contest is sure 10 be renewed
at the earliest opportunity. There
are q score or more OF peeresses in
their own right in the United King
dom and any one OF them might re-
new the battle. By its adverse de-
cision the committee OF privileges OF
the lords has merely reversed its de-
cision in Lady Rhondda's favor.
made lew months ago. Meanwhile
this last decision affords 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
any act of parliament. For the sex
disqualification removal act, which
the lawyerlords were supposed to
interpret, is so explicit it would
seem to the average layman that not
even lawyers could disagree as to its
meaning. 1t says:
"A person shall not be disqualified
by sex or marriage from the eXer-
else of any public function or from
being appointed to or holding any
civil or judicial Office or post. etc"
The promoters OF the act stated
that their purpose was to provide
that no woman should be disquali-
fed from holding any Office or doing
anything which she could lawfully
do if she were a man. merely be-
cause she was a woman.
Art Treasures Lost.
To the many recent complaints OF
the loss of art treasures through pur-
chases by Americans, Sir Robert
Witt added another warning this
week when he presided at the an
nual meeting of the national art col
lection fund at the Burlington house.
1T is my duty" he said, " to warn
the society that at the present mo-
ment, more than one great master
piece is in imminent danger Of leav-
ing this country; more than one
masterpiece which no country, how
ever poor, can afford tot1ose,s, We
are SO impressed with the gravity
OF the position that we are prepared
to support the chancellor of the
cxchequer in any method short OF
confiscation which will keep these
masterpieces in the county. Al,
Sir Alfred Mond said that in these
days it was necessary to enlist the
pennies from the millions. I 4
The rich are too poor to be, able
to afford to do much" he added.
"It is not difficult to understand why
there are so many public spirited
people in America prepared to pay
large, sums for beautiful works OF
art"
New Palestine Emerging.
The high commissioner for Pales-
tine. Sir Herbert Samuel, at re-
ception given by the council OF the
English Zionist federation the other
day. said he saw new Palestine.
gradually taking shape. He said the
public security of the country, al
though by no means what it should
be, had greatly improved during the
past year.
All this had been accomplished, he
declared, without any grant from the
British exchequer The civil admin
istration of Palestine had paid its own
way, while the expenditures on the
garrison had been cut in half and he
confidently believed it would be fur
ther greatly diminished next year.
Sir Alfred Mond paid tribute to
the high commissioner work and
said Palestine was one of the most
peaceful spots OF the world today.
The efforts which the Jewish people
have made, he declared. had formed
one of the most remarkable records
OF colonization.
Sky-Writing Introduced.
The Daily Mail has introduced sky
writing as a new means of advertis-
ing. The writing is done by an air
plane equipped with a smcke-pro-
ducing device and an automatically
controlled ejector
The first experiment was made
ever EPSON Downs on Derby day.
and it was so successful that great
possibilities are seen in the enter
prise.
The throngs along the race course
first saw what appeared to be long,
slender, blackish cloud marling the
otherwise clear sky. As they watch
ed. however. they saw the gradual
formation of the letter I'D" against
the sky. A moment later, second
letter took shape The crowds, mys-
titled as to how the letters were
anchored in space, used powerful
glasses with which they were just
able to see the plane, mere dot,
emitting great clouds of smoke dur
ing its skillfully maneuvred flight.
The letters remained clearly de-
fined for more than five minutes. The
nine letters composing the sign
Daily Mail" had been spelled back !
ward so that they would face the
crowds below in their proper posi-
ton. 1t took five minutes of care
: full planned flight, during which mil.
lions of cubic feet Of smoke were
elected.
The smoke trail composing the let
ters was 10 miles long and the COM
rleted sign was three miles wide
and. two and one-half miles from the
ground. 1t was visible over more
than 50 square miles OF territory.
Film Actor Denies Charge
Of Attack on Young Girl