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Show King and Queen Lead Splendid ijvj,' Pageant From Buckingham i to Westminster. I j ' MAUVE AND HALF MORUNING I ; COSTUMES OF THE WOMEN I Speech From Throne in House I . of Lords Promises Aid for I ; Unemployed. B 1 1 LONDON. Feb. G. King George iind fl ' Queen Mary, for tho llrst time in their HI'' reign, proceeded in state this afternoon K ! from Buckingham palace to Westminster, K whore his majesty read the speech for- M j mally opening parliament, from the 88 throne of tho house of lords. During the H 'J ceremony the queen was seated at tho M side of the king. HA I- Though the day was dark and f hill J. H i an immense throng was gathered In ht. flS James park and. in Whitehall, where the Bl gorgeous procession passed. Other tnou- M .' sands surrounded the parliament, bulld- B j '""Their majesties rode in tho gilded state coach drawn by eight cream-colored H ,J horses, caparisoned In gold and purple. H The king wore a field marshal's uniform. Df As the royal party passed, tho choc-ring M was unusually hearty. U was the first opportunity tho populace has had to cx-1" cx-1" press Its gratification over the vindication BH of King Georgo in the recent libel suit H against Edward F. Mylius. HI i An escort of life cuards preceded the BBlBrjl state coach and yeomen of tho guard 9IGH followed. Five state carriages, each MfiH drawn bv six horses, were occupied by nfl officials of tho court and ladles and gen- BitBl( tlcmen In waiting. HBBl Magnificent Pageant, H3fim-I The crown and sword of stale were HUH ft borne from St. James palace to parlla- HUH.j ment In the royal carriage, under the MMBItl escort of the guards. Officers of state HjBf , and officials of parliament received their MHfffj majesties at the royal entrance beneath HMH; the Victoria tower. Until The house of lords was packed when IrAQm the Imperial procession entered from the 3B3HTJ robing room at 2:30 o'clock. A number of HjRM peeresses had sen ts on the door with the BuBI' peers. The bishops and embassadors. BIBIj with their wives, occupied scats at the HIBIi left of the . throne. Tn the absence of HUHll American Embassador Reid. who Is hav- RnDj Ing a holiday at home, the United States bRJ: was represented by William Phillips, sec- BBOl' rctary of the embassy. HBQi The colonies, for the first time, were HQ; represented by the colonial agents gon- HBHI eral. Lord Strathcona. high commlsslon- HH. er for Canada, was present in this ca- HHnl pa city, and with him were the reprcsen- HHBI 1 tativos from South Africa. Australia and HUBJ j New Zealand. Other diplomats, including un, those of the American embassy, occupied NhI places In the royal gallery. BJBI ' Tlie women wore mauvo In half tnourn- fflifjiFi Insurance for Unemployed, MBItf Speaker Lowther and as many of the "utHft , members of the liouso of commons as BHHf could, crowded the floor and stood In the Hi aisles. HBjm The king's speech from the throne was tfHHKj brief and colorless. It opened with a HEM) filial reference to the death of King Ed- "afUffl ward. The only references to foreign af- nBDjl fairs were a. mention of the fact that negotiations had been opened with Japan for a new commercial troaty and an allusion al-lusion to the friction in Persia over the disturbance of British trade routes. A casual expression of interest in tho approaching ap-proaching Imperial conference was made. Only two proposed leglslallvo measures were mentioned specifically. "Proposals," said I he king, "will be submitted without delay for settling tho relations between the two houses of parliament, par-liament, with the object of securing an efrcctlvo working constitution." Legislation also would bo had, his majesty said, to provide Insurance against sickness and unemployment. Denounce Reciprocity. Both Lord l-andsdowne. In I he house of lords, and A. .1. Balfour. In the house of commons, took occasion to denounce tho reciprocity agreement between the United States and Canada. .James Ramsay Ram-say MacDonaid, who today was elected chairman of tho Labor party, characterized character-ized Mr. Balfour's description of the reciprocity agreement, as arf imperial disaster, dis-aster, ns the most awkward and colossal blunder he had ever heard In parliament. The prime minister. In a general reply to the opposition speeches, snid for the present it would be wise lo withhold criticism of the reciprocity agreement. It was- ns certain as the rising of the sun that sooner or later the United States was bound to level the tariff wall with Canada. Cana-da. JIc said It was certain that tho government gov-ernment could do nothing by preference to prevent the natural trend of events. |