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the palace conference. AN ADJOURNMENT. j BT> EtBCTRIO TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. MB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION Reoeived July 23, 8.30 a.m. LONIDON, July "'li. The conference of the King with two repre-aentativei of the (iovernnrwit. the Opposition, - the Nationalists ami the Irish Unionists at Buckingham Palace has adjourned- until to-morrow. Where, Messrs Redmond and 1 Dillon (Nationalists)' were passing Wellington Barracks a number of Irish Guards enthusiastically. dheered thein. PUBLICATION OF THE SPEECH. Received July. 2.1, 9.50 a.m. LONDON, July 22. In the House of Commons 'Mr A. A. W. H. Pon son by (Liberal member for | Stirling 'Burgas) as'kcd whether the -Kihg's fijkwh was drawn 1 up and published on the advice of Ministers in aco<i£clance'wi.th eftstonj and precedent. >Jit. Hon. H. H. A-st|irith 'Prime Minister) replied that the speech was Wfljt to liim ire five ordinary way the . before. He took tin* whole responsibility. The King tleft the conference to detormino wlietlher the speech shpntdi be published, and the conference unanimously favored its publication. * 'Lord .Robert/Cecil (Unionist member ! for Hitchiii, Herts) asked if the conference was summoned, upon Cabinet ad- • vice. 'Mr Aequith replied 'lSia-t the King throughout followed the strictest constitutional procedure andi had taken no ] step except in consultation' with and . upon the advice of this Ministers. , FERMANAGH AND EXCLUSION. Received: July 2.1, 9.."0 a.m. LONDON, July 22. A meeting of Xationa'lrets at Ennis- 1 killen, (tie county town of Fermanagh) carried) a resolution to the effect' 'that Fermanagh would never agree to any - sort of exclusion. THE KING'S ADDRESS. ; CRY OF CIVIL WAR. LONDON, July 22. The King, addressing the delegates at the conference of party leaders on the Irish, question at- Buckingham 1 (Palace, said:— ' "It is with feelings of sai'ir.facHon 1 and hopefulness that I receive you, and I thank you for responding to my sumimonn. It i-% a matter for congratulation {hat thre Hon. the Speaker presides. "My intervention, at the moment may he regarded as a new departure, but tho exceptional' ciraiiß?tanera justify i my action. For mouths I have watched witb deep miisgivings the ■ coarse of events in Ireland. This trend' has been «Urely and steadily towards an appeal to force, and to-dav the cry cf civil war is on the lip 3 of even the mrst re sponsible and sober-minded 06 my people. "In the past we have endeavored to ■act as a civilising example to the* world, and' to me it is unthinkable, as it must be to you, that we should lie brought to the brink of a fi'Jtracidiil strike upon isques apparently so eapabie cf adjustment as those you are now asked to consider, ; if ,liandled in a spirit of generous compromise. ; "My apprehension' at eontein-piating Web a dire calamity is intensified.by my feeling of attachment 'to TreTand awl my sympathy with iher people, who have always welcomed l me with warm-" Hearted affection. "Gentlemen, you represent in' one form or another a vast majority of my subjects at home; yon also have aAleep interest in. my dominions overseas, who are scarcely less concerned in a prompt and friendly 'settlement of tlie question. ...... "I regard .you in this matter as trustees of tlie honor and peace"of all. Your responsibilities are indeed great, and time is short. You will, I know, tmploy it to tho .fullest advantage and be patient, earnest and conc-il-atory in view cf the magnitude of the interests at sitake. "I pray that God in His. infinite wisdom will guide vour deliberations so that -the rcsujt may be on>? of joy, of peace, and of-honorable settlement." WHAT THE PAPERS THINK. LONDON, fu'y 22. Tbo 'Daily News' <G.) impassible to conceal- the mistrust aroused . by the King's intervention. We do w>t know who the 'responsible ajd toWr-minded people' may be, but we do know "that the cry of civil war was raised by the Tory ires; and platform." Tlhp 'lrish Independent' aayr,: "Tlie King, however desirows of waci>, has rone tie worst way to achieve the object anil has exposed, himself to the auspieion that lie was influenced almost exclusively by the Tory view. He fthould have handled tlie situation, move tactfully audi judiciously." The'.Daily Mail' (O'.) says:. "The *pe*"h is deeply moving and as a perwin?.l effort is of immense importan e poetically. As the King acted on his Ministers' advice it may hp taken that fw rpeaks with their concurrence and is a proof that they how realise Ulster'?! hntilitv and strength to refir.t." The 'Daily Telegraph' (O.'l makes a (rtraightforward. appeal for tributes to the Kind's iiingl-fr-lieartod' patriotism. 'The Times'. /Independent) Fays: "The hpeecli will «ppeal to the nation f»t. large and will command- respect. Tlie King realised that tlhe danger of ihe drifting to disaster was of. the fir»t magnitude. The cry about defeating the Parliament Act is absurd." 'f hp 'Daily Chronicle' (G.) says : "The dpeecb is.all inspired by the cry tif < if if war, and is noiCninp; move or less a Uoionist party < rv. The speech #if! Uirtve only one impression on the f iff rah. It is an if the King had tpokrn r f the Unionist Parly as 'we' of th<» Liberal Party as 'they.' Obvtftmh a persons.') character, the (tiwch vi quite unlike the ordinarv ffviimen'* dictated' by Ministers, which mnif « '-' ie imprfv?sion still •morci pain. ttih The toast. that can be inferred is fhftt f,fl'rid«* olficial corversation.T the fliftt cannor. he in llh-ei habit of talkiui; f»m- ; !i»rly with the libera!'?: otherwise hiS iflw.ion that the world' of Tory ideas is the nhole world could not be so tREAKDOWN FEARED. (Received July 23. 1.35 p.m. ; tOVDOX, July 22. are current in the lobby tihat tf# rnnUrcrtre Iras net, made any proan<l a breakdown 'is feared.