Show SPEECH OF TiE Qumm Britains Ruler Addresses the United King dons legislators I I TELLS OF vas HER PEACEFUL J Il I 1 RELATIONS Ak ftrlvarlreparatonulYdlr r lreedu1rlh Items 1010 wt ludt Bell r London Feb BThe 1 session ot the ourtcnlh Iarlame nt of Quicen Victoria and tire twcnlrlxlh ot he United kingdom was open bj commission commis-sion at oclock this afternoon with the customary ceremonies The queens speech was as follows 1 I 1 My lords and p4 Jly I role ton with the vther powcr Can tissue friendly The negotiation j between the sultan of Turkey and the Icing ot Greece have been brouahtj to a conclusion con-clusion by the signing of I ticaty ot pace under which thc territorial rela ton 9 hetwn the two povven are practically prac-tically unchanged The question ot ther autonomous government of the Island of Crete bus occupied the attention of the powers Tho dialeulty of arlvlng at a unanimous agi cement on some points has unduly inolracted the deliberations but I hope these obstacles will before I Ions be our mounted II I Inlelllscnce which Is 1 apparently trustworthy was reeeheJjut the Intention Inten-tion of the khalifa to advnnee against the Usyptlan army In the houdan and I have there tor given dlfettlons that a contingent of llrltlsli troops should bo ellspatcheel l to Berber o the assistance assist-ance f his highness I the khedive I have concluded a treaty of friend still and commerce with his majesty the emperor of Abyssinia The report of the commission I appointed ap-pointed in December culnA G to Inquire Into the condition of certain uf my West Indian colonies ha cnclule ly established the existence of se eblshe1 Ise vere depresblon In those colonies cAucd by the heavy fall lit the price of usai hlch Is mainly attributable to the reduction In the cost of production und the great increase In Its extent In Ar cent 5 ears Uut the fall has been tlnclall > stlmulateel by the system of bounties to producer and manufatur era i of beet sugar maintained In many lulpean states There are signs of growing opinion those states that this svstem Is I Injuroun to the genera gen-era InlercotA of their population and coin municat anti or now In IrogT between my ovrmnt and the gov irnment principally concerned with n view t 0 Conference on the subject which I trust may result In the aboll ton ot the bounties In the mean Al me measuie will be proposed to I jou for the relic of the Immediate necessities of the Wet Indian colonies for encouragIng en-couragIng other Industries and for assisting as-sisting those engaged In sugar cultivation to tide over the prevent TlSlS J crlOnthe northwesternbordern of my Indian empire an organized outbreak of fanatlclsmwhlch spread In the summer sum-mer along th frontier Induced many of the tribes to break their engagements engage-ments with my government to attack at-tack the military posts In their vicinity vicin-ity and even to Invade the settled district dis-trict of my territory I was compelled to end eXIdlton against the offendIng offend-Ing tribes for the punishment of the outrages and to Insure peace In the future A portion of the Airlift tribes have not yet accepted the terms offered of-fered them but elsewhere the operations opera-tions have been brought to 0 very successful suc-cessful close The courage and endurance en-durance exhibited by my troops Brit Ih and native have overcome almost Insuperable difficulties In the country In which they were operating but I have to deplore the loss I of many valuable valu-able lives both amongst my own troops and thom wh services were voluntarily volun-tarily and loyally placed at my disposal by the native servants In lnyIndan empiric I rejoice at the fact that there Is I reason to anticipate a prosperous year both for agriculture and commerce throughout India Gentlemen of the 10uso ot Common Com-mon The estimates which will be laid before you have been framed w Jill the utmost desire for economy but lit view of the enormous armaments now maintained by other nations the duty of providing for the defense of the empire em-pire Involves an expenditure beyond former precedent Dealing with the proposed legislation the speech from the thrne says hat measures will be Introduced for tho organization of a system of local government I gov-ernment In Ireland substantially similar sim-ilar to Great Ilrltnlns to secure the Increased strength and efficiency of the army amend the prevent Conditions of mitar service to enable accused people peo-ple to testify In their own defense to facilitate the creation of municipalities In London and to prevent recognized abuses In connection with church patrom age Previous to the r embllns of Parliament the usual party of beef enters accompanied by a number ot officials and headed hy Chief ot Police Barley made the customary search for the Imitators of tiny Taukes formally BcertalnlnR that the vaults of the ouses of Parliament did not contain anything Inimical to th sty of the membcr The Irish parflamentary party met In committee room No IS Timothy HealY and his supporters who ab alncd from attending the party meet Ing previous to the lat Pension ot Par lament were present John Dillon I was elected chairman and the whips and nearetarles wee also reelected |