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Show PARLIAMENT IS Speech From Throne Expresses Ex-presses Confidence in Ultimate Victory of Entente Allies. HOSTILE COMMENT ON WILSON'S NOTE Peace Declared Impossible Unless Central Empires Make Reparation and Guarantee. LONDON, Dec. 22, 2:14 p. ra. Parliament Par-liament was prorogued this afternoon without the members being given any further information regarding President Wilson 's note or what action the government gov-ernment contemplates with respect to it. Neither the note nor the German peace proposal was mentioned in the king's speech, read in both houses. The only reference to the president's suggestion sug-gestion was made by Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader, in reply to a question by Sir William Pollard Byles, a pacifist member, Mr. Law declaring that the question was one which could, not be dealt with except with comniu-, nication with the allies. ! The speech from the throne was one! 'of tho briefest ou record. Jt expressed confidence in the ultimate victory of the allies and determination to prosecute prose-cute the war "until we have vindicated the rights so ruthlessly violated by our enemies, and established the security of Europe on a sure foundation." Speech From Throne. The text of the king's speech was as follows: My L.ords and Gentlemen: Throughout Through-out the mouths that ha ve elapsed since I last addressed you, my navy 1 and my army, in connection with thoae of our gallant and faithful allies, have by their unceasing vigilance vig-ilance and indomitable valor justified justi-fied the high trust I placed In them. I am confident that, however long the struggle, their efforts, supported by the Inflexible determination of nil my subject e throughout the empire, will finally achieve the victorious consummation con-summation of those alms for which I entered into the war. My government lias been reconstructed recon-structed with Jhe sole object of furthering fur-thering those alms unaltered and unimpaired. un-impaired. I thank you for the unstinted un-stinted liberality with which you continue con-tinue to provide for the burdens of war. Will Continue War. The vigorous prosecution of the war must be our single endeavor until we have vindicated the rights so ruthlessly ruth-lessly violated by our enemies anil established the security of Europe on a sure foundation. In this sacred cause I am assured of the united support of .all my peoples, and. I pray that the Almighty God may gi vo us his blessing. Kins George was not present in per-J per-J son at the prorogation, which was effected ef-fected by the lord lii'h chancellor in the house of lords and by the speaker in the house of commons reading the king's speech. The prorogation of parliament par-liament is until February 7. Believes Wilson III. The Globe today gives a secondary pie to Us comment upon President Wilson's note, which is mad in a satirical vein iindT the head of "What Is the Matter With Him?" "We sincerely hope President Wilson is not unwell." says the Globe. "Yet. we find ourselves gravely douhtful as to his physical well-being." The newspaper proceeds to ask if thp president has never heard of what the Ger- ms did in HeMum and Serbia, and con t: .res that it find ii.e!f unable to understand whether he "knows ibc'c things when he describes ih rortpl powers as desirous of securhif? smull stares au-iinsl aimressiuo. -j-n(1 hich cost of living is said to hf hitting ihe average American citizen very h.-.id indeed, which may account in some measure mea-sure for the milk of human kindness in the presid'-ntial cocoa n;i t ." Christmas Bombshell. The St.ir. in its comment, savs: "Presileiit WiNon'n note is a rhrisf-s rhrisf-s bombshell. 1 Times as a com pi t e surprise lo us. Let us say at nn,.p ;:-,if tht- adies in genera and Great Pr;;-.pi In p-'.rTb'ulir ou-ht to treat if wila 'lii'f. most svrnpathetb' re.--pc.-t and ..w. a ; most fri'-'u iiy, most careful const !era-i t;o:i j "Mr. Wilson is one of the irrarest pres. I iden'fe of one of the rrat, -r ns'icns of I ; he w ofi . it pre. nds for i ins ; : we, I as a nation, hoi.cv- in. ide,-tl J:re our Idea'.s. We cl.ii.v si ve -,vori ; he j V.e.irinc due to a friers i .-; '-tk;:'.c in i "h .'f ! of friends. We refuse io v.k s .op. ;t sincerity or h:r si r. -)--rr i n-b..i ne, i The sprit of h;c -r.r: tmas so :r:!irrs is I :he rurr.t si'irt. p is n spirit nh. h I beheve animates the pri;i:: rc.le nv.-i treir aiiies. i hey are not afr.j.d of so"-dines. There cuM Ve no ivore rr :'s t ke Than To Think Mr. Wj --on je r'.: ; r. Ck what Pres. dent T..:. -r."n (: r- .-, I.- 1 tie for the ' Irion. - - vv ',;?- "T-n; " ! Pres.deM lutein to s-ive i.riir.r."at 1 the c;-'-m-e ,-,f A,T7,-...;tn j Vr. are cor'rient Mr A'j;--or! v. . r.ot ak to .-icr;fip our li'-rtv in or;er to n k'.i 1e the r.a r. ;si" : T'S V '.'..)'. the war ll. fhi ".J upon Amen i-a r.s. " As to the uestion of r'-e objects of the (Continued oa Fao Two.) PARLIAMENT IS PROROGUED BY BRITISH KING Speech From' Throne Ex-; presses Confidence in Ultimate Victory of Entente Allies. (Continued from Page One.) hHiffr-rent.s brnz virtually the same, the Stiir, in its allusion to I'n-sideist Wilson's wordH itt t hh; on? a, a:i ys: "The an founding st;i tement v.v. cannot with the b:i will in the world reconcile with the facta." Intervention Not Desired. FCeferrlng to President Wllsona tDte, thft Kvnirn? Standard t-ayn: "Any communication from the head of a great and friendly power Is as.sureti of courteous and respectful eonsidera.r ioii,.'but It would he only misleading the president presi-dent ro 'pave him under the Impression that any move on his part toward pence at this time of tlie war would he el-i el-i omcrl by (Jieat Britain or her allies. It is singular Indeed tliat Htateanien of 'Mr. Wilson's nersptentty can labor under any such illusion. The whole factn of the situation should warn him that Ids 'intervention 'inter-vention not desired. 'lie speaks of a league to issue peace . and justice. Such a league, already exists. ex-ists. It consists of Great Britain, Kutssta. France, Italy and the smaller powers. All have had an uphill fight. They now see the road fairly clear before them. The enemy has- given a shrill cry of distress. Thwnext few months ought to complete his discomfiture. "If the president could realize what t iiese war- worn peoples feel, he surely would not sugwesl that they should' forego all their (die r is bed hopes and trust their very existence once more to rotten parchment parch-ment bands." j Sincerity Not Questioned. The Westminster Gazette says it does not rpiest tun the sincerity of President Wilson's explanation that his action ini-niediatelv ini-niediatelv after the Issue of the German proposals was a mere coincidence, and adds; "Tr was evident from the moment the German scheme was launched that if Mr. Wilson did meditate intervention he would and must improve this occasion, and it is highly improhable that, though acting separately, he could he uninformed about the trend of events in Germany. "If we are to deft I wisely with the situation sit-uation presented to us by the American noie. we must realize Its importance and make an effort to weigh the American point of view without heat or anger." After referring to the reported shortage of food and material in Anierlca, and saving sav-ing that President Wilson was elected by the votes of a people "who generally are pat: i fist in a vague, honest and uninformed un-informed 'nay. which takes little account of the realities and difficulties in the European Eu-ropean world," the Westminster Gazette says: Reply Not Doubtful. "That being said, what must be our reply to Mr. Wilson? That cannot be in doubt, for we have just in general terms made our reply to our enemy and Mr. Wilson could not suppose that' we should vary it at the last moment " Mr. Wilson must pardon us it we, who are in death grms with an enemy who threatens our rh-'h'.s find liberties, are unanle to ascr-iid to tho-e heights above the battle field from whi !i all combatants seem j to be m-'fged itt a confused welter of t me;i nih'.-l.-.vs sin lighter. "Hut if be bus knowledge which is denied de-nied us lit it our enemy is willing to a-k nowl I ge our clai mp, to make restt-tutlon restt-tutlon and iep;nr what he has destroyed, to afford real guarantees against a repetition, repe-tition, he well knows that we should be the last to reject his goud offices." Criticises Wilson. In its comment on President Wilson's note, the Pall Malt Gazette sharply criticises crit-icises the pi evident. "To revive a term on'"e familiar in American pclith s," it says, "he assumes the attitude of a 'know-nothing.' He does not realize that he makes the blood of every honorable man in Kurope boll when he professes inability to distinguish he-twee he-twee n the objects and professions of (he two sides. "The president is as unlucky as he is high-minded. I lis zeal for humanity has evoked a st.;p that will create the bitterest bitter-est resentment among all who are fight-i fight-i n it. working and dying for the very principles lie lias at heart. And we may go further and say that only intelligent self-restraint by the allied press and allied al-lied nations can prevent it from creating a serious breach of sympathy between j themselves and the American people." The newspaper declares that president Wilson conveys an insult when he draws a parallel between the claims of "civilized races" and the "pretentions" of the Germans. Ger-mans. "It seems to be realized by the majority ma-jority of Americans outside the White house," it adds, "that the president's intervention in-tervention represents tiie very summit of maladtoitnr-ss. The president's exercise in lofty aspirations lends itself in everyway every-way to tlie consummation of that German peace which would fail like a curse upon the destinies of Europe." |