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Show Queen Voices i Peace Hopes T. THE HAGUE, Sept. 1 Queen WUhelmiaa, la a speech from the throne opening parliament parlia-ment today, expressed her grate--fulness that the Netherlands remained re-mained at peace and the hop that war between other nations xould be ended by negotiations. I Voicing profound pity for th victims of war, the queen said: "I rejoice that our friendly relations re-lations with all powers continues 1 unimpaired. "This refers especially to our elalons to those neutral countries coun-tries with which we esubikbed closer contact in previous pc- " She alluded to th peac appeal ap-peal of th northern European neutral states before the outbreak out-break or hostilities and of th ; offers of the good offices of King .Leopold of Belgium and herself toward the mediation of European Euro-pean disputes. |