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Show PARLIAMENT- IS 1 OPENED BI Sixth Session Her) Edward Conveaes, 1 Historic Pageantry Marks i Ceremony; Speech Read from Throne. Belief Is That This Will Be last Sts.j sion of Present Parlia- inent. f ' ' I LONDOX, Feb. H.-The sixth session er'. tho first Parliament o his reign aj ; oponed by King Edward with all tho his- torlc pageantry which has marked thtf ceremony since his ac csslon. The eov I1 erelgn himself read the speech from itl4 throne to tho .-uwcmbUd lords and co- t mons In the upper chamber l- The only refc-.euco to the Russo-Jania. cso war which the Xing said. "UnhoppuV; continues, was to announta that Ev 1 Government has boon careful t j obscrva ) In tho strictest manner tan oMi0atlons in. -cumbent upon a neutral power Tho lengthiest paragraph, uevotta t, ' tho Balkans, says tho sltuat.on continiwi to glyo cause for anxiety, 'i u- mewum ' adopted at tho Instance of tio Atstro! Russian Governments hae tctn InstrX mental In bringing about some araclloriJ tlon m the statu of tbu .Usuo tKd dlstrictsM but ' theae measures ra.e sti.l 10 ba suH plcmented by radical reforms, especia UiM of thu financial system, b. foro any nermrr' nont improvements can re orititcd la t 1 administration of these flounces of tk ; Turkish empire.'" i Other Powers Join. Tho speech nvtcd with satisfaction tbit the Austro-Busslun Governments had ad-f dressed to the Porte propc-ais for thli r purpose, and added lhat tho British Gov- ernment was in communication with It powers concerned upon this Important subject. j Congratulatory references were made to .' the iBlt of the King and Queen ot Pony. ; gal to England, to the ratlilcatlon of tb jvnglo-French convention and to th9 arti- i tratlon agreements with Sweden andXor- ' way, Portugal and Switzerland f The speech also mentioned the Intcrci. tlonnl commission "Intrusted with the Id- r I vestlgatlon of tho circumstances corniKt- - " cd with the disaster to British traivlcn : I which rosulted from the action of the Rni- ' slan fleet In tho North sea. and of apwr. f. i tlonlng the responsibility for ttils depior- ablo Incident." !- Hay Appeal to Country, j More than usual interest attached to ' today h opening of Parliament 03 tbi 1 5 belief Is practically universal tMal It nil ? ! be tho last session of the present Pir- 5 Uamc-nt. Even should the Government ts-1, cape defeat it is thought t t Premier 1 1 Balfour'will voluntarily dlinotve ParlU-! ) ment In the autumn and take the opinion of tho country on tho Ilstal and othtr I : Questions now ugitutlng the electorate. I j Good weather fai-orc-d todny s patant, i which followed tho procedure of former ; : occasions. Big crowds wer- a'jout from ' j an early hour watching the assemblage o( '. V tho troops which lined tho route from ;, s Buckingham palace to tho House of Lords. , I The usual Interest was shown ja the tier.;- t ' honored search of tho vaults beneath tbd ; I Houses of Parliament by the veomen of i I the guard with their Janteras and h! : i herds. Between this ceremony nnd tbe ' I nppcarance of tho royal procession a con-11 f slant stroam of carriages containing pw 1 and peoresses In Ihelr robes of state and h I ofllcers In brilliant uniforms enlivened tbs r somewhat tedious wait j Boyal Procession. Tho royal processlona were Ihc same u ' I last year, lhat of the Prlnco and Prlnctu pJJ ui null's irum jjuriDorougu uuute urn- t j slsllng of three tarrlngi-s with an ccrt ! 5 of household cavalry, preceded by alts? - minutes tho cortege of the King a&I ft Queen from Buckingham palace. Fir 1 5 slato carriages, ouch with six horses bear f h lng stato officials preceded the royal ; coach with the sovereigns drawa by tie C eight cream-colored Hungarians wMch F have figured In all tho state proccsstots of I recent years. Household cavalry acted as j a bodyguard, while in pursuance of thtft. u privilege a detachment of yeomen of the n guard marched alongside tho state coach.' 7J The scenes In tho neighborhood of BucV-1 tt Ingham palace were particularly anlmat ed Large crowds selected tlie.fe polnu to i view the pageants. When tho eomclsrJ . p Issued from tho gates of tho palace lfctf E wero greeted with a great buret of ft thuslasm. which quickly spread the wnose , h length of tho line, new processional roil ;-i jl leading1 from the site of the Victoria on ts morlnl to the horse guard parade and if' j ft companled the monarch and his aten j 3 through the route. ; At the royal entrance beneath the ur- v g torla tower of the House of Lords IM f'l King was received by the high officers H etato and passed In procession to the Tj f a 1 Ing-room Thence, accompanied by . Queen, his Majesty repaired to the Hojh of Lords, preceded by the crown and otMf . regalia, carried by their hereditary u era and by the heralds announcing the ap- j proach of the sovereigns. y |