KING'S SPEECH.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18922, 10 February 1927, Page 9

KING'S SPEECH.

OPENING OF IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. tBNGTHY REFERENCE TO CHINA #1 MACDONALD ATTACKS *'; SENDING OF TROOPS. jm eiiU-" 1 "" ASSTiATr.'iK-rr.rvEioiiT . A»» *■■. "'"■« *-■■••!«.' ».| ji LONDON, February <. i K ' Tit State opening' of Parliament wa« p elaborate ceremony. There -a.is a •fttttKKHie procession, and their Ma.j. s(JM in tho gilt coarli, «ero rwnuht-ri) jajdlj cheered. | Tie House of Lord-, preset,| a i, r j|. I; Jjtlt !«»*• V™" %S ' CU '- '" t,ie ' r robes, and the peeresses flrt.pUf attired, wearing tiaras and Jewell worth many thousands of pounds. Ia» King honoured Lady Parr with U tarltllfon to the Royal box. Dame (ML jrifg of the Australian High accompanied the Lord u&lnij Mayoress in tho Lord Great fiirtiriain'a box. Th« Hon. J. W. Brttt ifld Mri Kirwan, of West Austjjji, a»d Maidamea Bartram and gljgj of New Zealand, were among the (pMlil |B«U. Tke Qneea w«i dressed in white satin, od«en tb« Order of the Garter.

tta King's Speech. Srf Balfour, Lord President cfl, h«nded the apeech to . Then there was a proi, owing to tho unusual 1 In summoning Mr Speaker of the House. His Ma- \ a good voice, the speech minutes. I Speech stated.— iiosi with foreign Powers rlendly. The League of i been strengthened, and tp hai been taken towards on of normal international Europe, by the entry of the League. Her appoint(rroanent teat in the Counntlnuatlon of this policy. id possible at tho end of terminate the system of ol in Germany established ty of Versailles, and hand > League all questions afmilitary clauses of the

/f~ * Th* Chinese Twrtt*. it "CraUnuation of the etoti war in \ Oslaa and the anti-foreign, partlon- |. July anti-British, agitation by which K it fas been accompanied, have caused ¥ me grave anxiety. I ' "in consequence of what happened I at Hankow and ether placet, my Government felt it necessary; to dispatch to the Far East « luffleleat force to • protect tie live* of my British and JnUaa mbfats »gslp»i Mb violence std amid tttuk, bat I Uamestly desire a peaceful settlement of tho diffl- ! etftto which have arisen, and my Govajb (Wteat has caused proposals to be mjj£*i) to the Qhineie authorities which ffIBJwMI conrJnee poblle opinion in China throughout the world, that it is |«pkj,desire of the British people to reHKf*Ft all real grievances, renew our Hnteillei on an eauliable bdeis, and place ggMr,.fl|tnre relations with tho Chinese KfPltfjl W » looting of frlendahip and My (fovornment will main|§||§|»fr traditional policy of non-intcr-the internal erffairs of China. f,'SvSn|j«le» that t fair and friendly \3|pMmt hu been renchod regarding ' *Jißlf? (J Nf •* *** aebt duo to thiß .^itrybyPortngal.

Ile' Improving. f to note-the encouragprovement in trade and MMrtly pray that those Wlom industries of the 16 their utmost ondeavan improvement in volimployment among my nay now be reasonably 1 not be arrested by inrill be submitted at an aablo effect to be given in style and titles of to which, on the recomhe Imperial Conference, ' approval. At the same I be invited, to make ilterations in tho title all have made evident of defining and nmendreference to industrial io proposal far this purI before you." concludes with cnumo(Mures to be submitted, I to encourage producexhibltion of British >of Commons, louse of Commons reftcrnoon there were two itrations, the first in Oswald Mosley and tho spUin Wedgwood Benu J third Labour bench. i. Sir William JoynsonSecretary, gave notice »r the Royal style and style of Parliament, the Imperial Conference aker, after tho moving in-Reply, was Mr Rano1, who asked had ever lech more plainly indicators had nothing on his Majesty. Mr Macpersonally joined m tho uitrial peace, but the ■ were generating iilnisation. It there were law controversy now it [» for industrial peace. ler to let matters rest.

■BgpitltMDonam'a Criticism. H&HMpb* position could only be dcIHIIHIJt, of grave importance. Britain HBlMiwa,* new situation by sendliaßilfffaitJ ancc f° rco °* so '"' erst 0 HHSOnfMIIMn. It might and might ■HOSSPI?, the security of the British but its first effect Peking and Canton in a ■BfflK Jlje only way to diminish the nationals was to get under consideration ■HHHIUtt; «s outbreak of violence im■Hflßra/**o* Government was playing HKffir* sending troops. He urged EHGgPpto do everything in its negotiations resumed, settlement, and their be greater so long as complicate foreign HHU&ffpi& Baldwin contemplate policyP Person-

ally, he hoped to sec Dritnin in closer touch. Mr Baldwin Boplies. The lit. Hon. Stanloy Baldwin, replying, said that Mr Mac Donald wanted tho King's Speech filled with a mass of legislation which would cnablo Mr Mac Donald to unite tho scattered fragments of tho Labour Party. Tho Government had only included Hills that could ho passed before August Ist, because the experiment of a fate autumn session would be repeated. Ho announced thcro would be a debate on China on Thursday. Ho doubted whether Mr Mac Donald would have spoken as ho did if ho had been tho responsiblo head of the Government. There were appearances in China to-day reminiscent of those preceding tho Boxer troubles. The danger was not only from tho Shanghai mob. If bloodshed had begun at Hankow it might have resulted in Chinese troops fighting tho mob, nnd might easily have been a massacre. Mr Baldwin added: "Wo have sent the forces advised as necessary to defend our people in the international concession, if a combination should arise of a real struggle to capture tho concessions and murder inhabitants on the part of the mob, together with troops from either a beaten or victorious army coming into Shanghai. Our forces have been sent to the Far East to safeguard British lives in China, particularly in Shanghai. That was, and is the Government's only policy. British Forces in China.

"Tho question of the time and manner the troops should bo landod at Shanghai must depend on advice from our representatives on tho spot, u they consider the emergency requires immediate disembarkation at Shanghai, we shall act accordingly. If not, the leading brigade will bo held in nadineVs at Hong Kong, while tho ,e*t of the force is approaching. "There can be no question of enterinc into an agreement with Mr uieu o"r B a"yon else* in connwion with he movament of troops dispatched solely with the object of protecting British ,h S\Vo could not shorten the internal Chinese struggle bv entering » selves We must bo ready for the clay when there will bo a united Government 1 China, by making the most nneroua advances simultaneously to ioth parties, and by discussing what the! cou 11 do to come together in order when the internal struggles are ended to be able to enter into new Sly and propWpu. «Ji t.on. mth that great country." (Cheers.) The- Prince of Wales occupied his s&s&r£ n? 'ss&iS tpceclie*.