Show KING OPENS PARLIAMENT 4 Spectacle the tIle Most Brilliant in Many M l Years ears 0 JI a 4 S z r QUEEN 1 ENAL E 1 WE WEARS AES CROWN CR WN t I IJo Jo Royal Koyal i Speech lt Mentions South SouthA S A African n l T t London Feb 14 The first parlia parliament parliament ment of o f the reign re of King Edward VII I was opened this afternoon on by the the king kingin in person His majesty was accent by Queen Of f Connaught and many others of or the royal family The last state ceremony of the kind occurred in 1861 when Queen Victoria opened parliament accompanied by the prince consort and since the death of the latter nothing equal to today pomp has been b en witnessed in hi London Lozdon in connection with the opening of the leg legislature legislature legislature Not since the wedding of the then Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra has the gorgeous gorg ous state coach used today been seen in the streets of or orthe the capital pital In this coach today the king and queen rode from Buckingham B palace to the palace of Westminster Ve The he route of the royal party which lay through the Mall Mail the horse guards parade Whitehall and parliament was guarded by soldiers rs Thousands of Londoners packed St James park bordered the route of ot o the procession ion and filled fined windows stands and roofs Parade P r e is Spectacular The cortege was short but spectacular spectacular ular War The royal coach drawn by eight famous cream colored with in red and gold liver liveries I ies lea and ana footmen leading the horses which were covered with trappings of Morocco and gUt gilt was preceded prec and followed by life guards in full uniform with silver breastplates and red plumed helmets and a small escort of gentle in historic costumes im Ira immediately immediately mediately surrounded the vehicle Five carriages of state containing uniformed officials and rd ladies of the household each drawn dran by six horses with and outriders led the I procession Next came carne the massive state chariot the occupants of which i could be plainly seen en through the plate i glass windows the king who was In inI I full fuU uniform saluting constantly and the queen bowing on all sides The procession moved through a sea of heads and a continuous glitter of red and gilt The spectators were thickest d Buckingham palace pressing against the iron fence for hours hou before the th procession started In the ne guards arrived and formed in line from the palace entrance to the principal gate The members of the royal roal family in including including Including the te Duke Due and Duchess of Con Connaught Connaught Connaught naught he the Duchess of Cornwall and York the Duchess of Argyll the Duke of Cambridge Princess Henry of Hat Ha Hattenburg and Prince rice and Princess Christian of drove out in plain two coaches with two footmen in scarlet SC cloaks in the th house hous half the procession formed When ine t coaches coache carrying the household hou hOld appeared the horse guards mounted bands struck up God Save the King the people pele un uncovered uncovered uncovered covered the state coach rolled out of the archway in the center of at the pal palace palace palace ace and was greeted greet d with a roar of cheering i The yeomen ge of the guard with li halberds followed wed The T he horse JI gung Wok took t ok up in front and behind the state CO coach Transvaal Veterans in Line Line 1 The heroes of crowd were th members of nUs horse who h hare are just back from south Africa and who came in several sever brake carrying c and wearing informal informal informal mal slouch hats bats and khaki They alighted In front of the palace Iala e 1 Continued on page paO 2 1 c t f fA Continued from fr ft Page I e 1 and an marched down the te line to t a a t nosi lion tion ton a short shor distance ditc from the palace where they were drawn up lne the procession passed ps Th The Tp king saluted salute them most mo cordial cordially ly Iy and the th people cheered Cl 4 them tham re repeatedly r repeatedly All Al along ang th tb the route rut hats bat and hand handkerchiefs fULd kerchiefs k were waved wave and ad the great greatest get est cat enthusiasm was wu displayed The ap approaches p preaches to the houses hous of f parliament v were ere black bl k with wih people ppl who were kept in m places pla by hi b Irish Irh and Scots guards gs The Te king and ad queen que quickly got out of the tb state tte carriage ca which earn came e to a standstill at the royal roy entrance be beneath beneath beneath neath neath the Victoria tower and nd went up the marble stairway Into ito the robins room Outside the robins room rm In the ther r yal al gallery gler which lead to the house of lords lord were about abut e 8 chiefly women who had ha been b waiting patiently p for hours ho on stands specially Ialy erected for the ceremony Among g them were many may people and commoners who were unable ber her to get gt places within the cham chamber chamber Quiet as a a Jerl After some se delay dea the Ule room doors door swung pen spen and ad the te procession already formed moved moe slowly ahead ahe through the th dingy ding gallery gler No funeral could have been quieter quiet The Th aris aristocratic als spectators stor were perfectly still Slowly the he hr heralds marched towards the upper upp chamber chabr The sight of an a usher walking back backwards backwards backwards wards heralded the approach of the king The T Duke of Devonshire Devo pr president president dent of the council immediately o pre preceded preceded ceded ce him bini bil carrying in his arms the cushion on whIch rested reste i the crown Lord Lr Londonderry with equal equa dignity digity clasped the the sword of ot state 8 The king wa was half down the gallery before the a gler tle women remembered to curtsey curty and ad then the black skirts skirt ceaselessly ly lyan and an noble heads heds wet were we bowed Smil ng the te kin king bowed left and right He never looked loke better His huge hu ermIne emine e Je cape gave ve an enormous breadth bret to his bis cp shoulders shoulder and set st oft off of the healthy color of his face Queen Wears a a Crown Cown Queen Quen Alexandra wearing werl an er ermine erine ermine mine ine cape cap and wih with a small Ual diamond crown crow formed forme a a remarkable contrast contrat contratto to Met her h husband husland The pallor of her face tae and ad her bl downcast eyes eye enhanced the th idea ide of mourning given by b the long lone lon crepe crp veil vei hanging down do her back and I hiding the costly coty ermine eine The ladles ladies of the th bed b chamber chabr walking two abreast directly behind and deeply deply veiled added a touch of sadness adde to the scene This was quickly wa dispelled however by the th glittering uniforms of the the tams and high of officers fleets fr of the te army amy Before the end of the procession had passed p out of the royal r l gallery gIel the king had entered the house hous of lords and a the tle central feature of the day commenced It I was wa p m I before the te king ar arrived 1 rived lived In the chamber where ene one of the most mot striking things was the curious reversal of the customary wa appurtenance ance ac of the sexes Here for once the women were sombre looking in black blak relieved only by their white arms and ad shoulders and the shoulder diamonds and pearls pals in their coronets while the men usually black were ere radiant with bril ilant lant robes rob of scarlet and ermine The pews peers pes and judges jud occupied the front frn t benches The monotony monotone of this sa of red and white was wa varied by the te uniform of the ambassadors ambor who sitting on the bishops bishop benches with their sashes of blue crimson and greens geens of all al shades made mae a a welcome change The United Unie States ambassador Mr Ir Choate Cote as a usual was wa prominent on account aunt of his itis 11 plain plin evening dress dres He Hewa was wa accompanied by Mr Carter the te second secretary of embassy and Mr lr Cutting private pr va secretary of the ret attired aldre MrS lIr MI Choate Chote was as with the ambassadors wives All Al present rose r as a the royal roya sion zion entered entre and all al eyes eye centered on the queens dress which te dres it could be son s n in spite of the ermine erine cape was of deep de p blacK blak and ad glittered with th jewels while across aro her hr breast bret was the ribbon of the Order of f the Garter her hus bands latest Jat tribute When their Ui ir majesties reached the throne the th lord chancellor stood on the te kings kins right On the queens left I was wa Lor Lr Londonderry Lord Sails Salis j bury BUr stood st at the foot fot of the throne I In I the state statE chairs char were the Duchess i of r Cornwall and York Princess Prince Charles of Denmark Princess Prin Christian Christan of Holstein and the Duchesses of Connaught Fife and Argyll The Te Dukes of Connaught and Cambridge Cambri ge I stood sto n near ar Lord Salisbury With a motion of his hand the king I signaled that the distinguished d bed gath ering ern should sit alt and the sit an th queen whom his bl majesty may had d gallantly led to the throne tr by the t hand and was wa the first to ton do so Ber er example t ail aD n s x S was TOS wa followed floWe on onS Fight to Get Seats Seat Then en the gentlemen usher of the black blak rod r alter ate a a deep dep obeisance hur ried r to the te house hus of commons and in a k few minutes the te speaker wearing his state robes robs and ad attended by the ser sr and ad chaplain calain appeared appear at the bar Behind b them surged mem teem bers br of th use of surge Seldom o Selom had h Great Gr legislators k slator present prent ed such a turbulent e a spectacle Several Seve l hundred of or them struggled fiercely to frely to gt get in a space Which could scarcely alj hold hoid hod fifty My persons Pr In solemn l lemn n tones toe the lord I chancellor administered the th oath oth with r the king sitting The Te lord lor chancellor then kneeling g handed haded the kin kin king r a roll ro l which he be signed after which all al present prent once more stood sto up and the king put on his held field feld marshals plumed plume plum hat rose and ht r ad In Jn clear ringing tones read his tone speech The Te king then turned tamed tr re to th the queen helped help her to tu rise and led Her ri a le hr out of the chamber bt preceded by tile the pree and siO Into through fr U the h th the royal royal S gler gallery tie ery again agin room whence rom within a few minutes minute they emerged em whence erd entered ent the stat carriages re and drove away amid aid a tumult of cheers chees to Buckingham Buc th palace After this there ter pac ensued ense in the house of lords lors a rush rh and ad scramble without precedent in the history of str The Te crowd cowd in the state state gallery poured Into the chamber pur th Peers Peer and peeresses struggled to get out and gt other members of the nobility less le lucky waited aie to t see s the tae place in which the great geat ceremony had hd been bien 1 n held Al most half hal an hour hoer h elapsed before the confusion was wa over and ind ud the distin people were able r to find their carriages and return home liberals Criticise War On the resumption rew of in the house hus of ot lords the lord chancellor W read the th kings kins speech rm and an the Ute Marquis r of Waterford conservative on moved the address in reply He is perhaps the youngest yuK t member to which the honor boner has ha ever been ben accorded Lord Lr Manners seconded sonde the motion moton Lord Jord Kimberley leader Idel after Iter complimenting the mover and te second seconder er of the address said Mid the house needed no further assurances that tb the king would follow in the ste of his mother mothel and proceeded to express o dis with the conduct cnut of or the war var i Iy South Africa He said the present nt conditions in South Africa filled hun him h with wih apprehension The gov government had been living In a a tools fools paradise Unless they enabled enable General Generl Kitchener Kitch ner to terminate the war wa speed speedily ily i the could 1 easily become sped more mor dangerous If the te government at attempted tt attempted tempted to t put the te whole military mitry ss tern tem on a more satisfactory basis bis they the would receive every ever support from fm the liberals Lord Lr Salisbury Salsbury rose r e leisurely and added his congratulations to the mover moyer and ind seconder of ot he address and 81 pro proceeded pr proceeded cee to refer to the manner in which the loss had bad been received throughout the world Continuing Lord Salisbury said sW the country could no nt now hope confidently c that tat the promise promis given ginn by the lung king j I that he would fo low In his hi mothers m steps step would be b fully and ad abundantly borne brne out If I so 8 it would be le the I greatest triumph for the people of monarchy m and for tor the name of the British union Dealing with the war warLord I Lord Lor Salisbury thought there tere wa nothing unusual in the length T of f the e campaign He referred Lord Kimber Kimberley ley Icy to the Indian mutiny and ad the fh American war between which and the South African campaign there was wa a great ge resemblance In Bosnia it i took two years yea and ad the whole power poyer po of Austria to conquer the peasants Where great get enthusiasm and persist persistency persistency ency enc existed In I a country countr like South Africa months month must mus elapse before re tranquility could be b restored There Therefore Therefore Therefore fore he be did not no believe bleve there tere was wa any f rear ground goun for the te discontent or ap apprehensions expressed by Lord Kim Kimberley Kimberley berley berey I The house hous of commons after a brief recess reassembled and a r message was wa brought In from the king k ng thank thanking tank tankIng thanking ing the te commons for their address of sympathy on the loss los of his mother mot er erand and their expression of dutiful attach attachment attachment ment meet to his person parson The speaker then read ra the message meg for condolence in the various valous parliamentary bodies Text Tet of Bangs ings gs Speech The kings speech was as follows My Lords and Gentlemen I ad adr dress r reee you for the first frt time at a mo moment m b ment merit of national sorrow when the whole country is mourning the irreparable Irreparable able ahle loss we have harve hIe so recently sus sustained tamed tine and which has ha fallen falen with wl pe peculiar pe p collar culiar cular severity erty on myself My beloved mother during dung her long and glorious reign rig has ba set an a example before the wo of what a monarch should be beIt beIt beIt It is my earnest e nest desire to walk in her footsteps Amid Aid this public and private ate grief gre greit it is satisfactory to me to be able to assure asure you that my relations with the theother te theother other oter powers continue friendly The he war In South Africa is not yet Net ret entirely terminated terminated but the capitals of the enemy and his principal lines of communication are in my possession and measures have been taken which will 1 I trust enable my ny y troops to deal i effectually with wih the forced by which h I they the are still sti opposed I greatly gety regret the loss of life and expenditure of treasure due to the fruitless guerrilla warfare warfare maintained by Boer partisans in the ormer terri tern territories teri I tories tore of ot the two republics Their early ery submission is much to be desired in I their own interests in rest as a until it takes place it I will wi be b impossible for me to establish in those colonies colonie the institutions institutions which will the tons secure equal rights of all al the white 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