Show IN PARLIAMENT QUEEV ADDRESSES MY LORDS AND GENTLEJIEX Brief Resume of Englands Position vrltli the Foreign 1orrers Troubles in TnrHey China and Japan Irish Matters London Feb 5The fourth session of the thirtieth parliament of Queen Victoria was opened at 2 oclock this afternoon The queens speech was as I follows ly lords and gentlemen IIy relations I rela-tions with foreign powers remain friendly and on a satisfactory footing An agreement has been concluded after af-ter protracted pegotiations between my government and that of the French republic for the settlement of the frontier question between my colony Sierra Leone and the neighboring French possessions I regret to say the war between China I and Japan still continues have maintained a close and cordial understanding with the powers interested inter-ested in those regions and I shall lose no favorable opportunity of promoting a peaceful termination of the contest In consequence of reports whi ch reached my government of excesses committed by Turkish troops regular or irregular on the Armenians in the district of Asia Minor I thought i right in conjunction with other powers pow-ers to make representations to the Porte The sultan has declared his intention in-tention of severely punishing any of his officers or soldiers who have been guilty of such arts and has sent a commission to conduct an investigation on the spot Delegates from the powers pow-ers which have consuls at Erzeroum will accompany this commission I am happy to observe the striking fact that in Ireland offenses of all kinds against the laws have sunk during the past year to the lowest level hitherto marked in the official records Proposals Propos-als will be submitted to you for remedying rem-edying the defects which experience has brought to light in the working of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland Ire-land and for dealing with certain evicted evic-ted tenants whose situation still constitutes con-stitutes a peril to social order A bill will be presented t you dealing I deal-ing with church establishment in Wales Bills will also be submitted for the popular control of the liquor tariff and abolition of plural voting and a provision for the payment of charges of returning officers at the elections I bills for the unification of London and facilitating the construction of light railways which I trust will benefit the districts in view of the agricultural ndepressio a bill for the promotion of conciliation in trade disputes and an amendment to the factory accounts a bill for the completion of the system of country government in Scotland and for further legislation for crofters wi 1 be submitted to you |