PARLIAMENT PROROGUED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23331, 25 October 1937, Page 8

PARLIAMENT PROROGUED

THE KING’S SPEECH INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (British Official Wireless) (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) RUGBY, Oct. 22. Parliament was prorogued to-day. In his speech, read by the Lord Chancellor, the King referred with deep satisfaction to the proofs of loyalty and affection at the time of his Coronation. He expressed the hope that the deliberations of the Imperial Conference would result in the enhanced security and prosperity of the British Commonwealth. In the passages devoted to foreign affairs, the King’s speech, after recording the ratification of the AngloEgyptian Treaty and the success of the Montreux Conference, said that his Ministers persisted in their endeavours to prevent the spread of the Spanish conflict. He trusted that the conference shortly to be called might contribute to bring the deplorable conflict between Japan and China to an end. The King made note of the fact that the London Naval Treaty of 1935 was now ratified by all the signatories and that the EnglishGerman, and the English-Soviet bilateral naval agreements had been concluded.

Regarding the rearmament programme, the speech said: “ The heavy burden of this is, to some extent, lightened by the continued growth of trade and employment, saving, and the purchasing power among my people.”