The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-13
EARLY FOREIGN NEVIS.
Great Britain and China-Queen's Ad-
 dress to Parliament.


 London, Az. 12.-The house of com- mons met to-day at 10:30 a. m. A host of questions on the subject of China elicited little information, except that the governmen leader, MT. A. J. Ball four, first lord of the treasury, declined to pledge the government to prevent the ratification of the Franco-Belgian Pekn- -Hankow concession, announced in a Pekin dispatch as having been cree. MT. Balfour, however, promised that in the event of British capitalists purchasing railroad concessions obtain ed by French or Belgian syndicates in the Yang-tse- Kiang valley, the British government will support and assist them, both in London and at Pekin, in this and in all other legitimate British enterprises.
 The China appropriation bill then passed it's third reading and the ses- sion was suspended until 2:3O p. m.
 When the house of commons reas- sembled, the members, according to
  where the queens speech was read. They then returned to the house of commons, where the speech was again read. It is as follows:
 My Lords and Gentlemen: My re- lations with other nations continue friendly. I have witnessed with the deepest sorrow the hostilities which have taken place between Spain and he United States, two nations to which my empire is bound by many ties of af- lection and traditions. Negotiations recently opened give fair ground for hoping that the deplorable conflict will be brought to termination by the conclusion of an honorable and endur- ing peace.
 ''The changes which have taken place in the territorial relations of other powers with the Chinese empire induc- ed me to conclude agreements whereby the harbor of Wei-Hai- Wei and certain positions adjacent to my colony of Hong Kong, were leased to me by the emperor of China I trust these ar- engagements will conduce to the main- tenance of his independence and the security of his empire, and be favorab bIe
 
 commerce carried on between the peo- pies of Great Britain and China
 Paragraph three refers to the guar anteeing, in conjunction with Russia and France, of the loan to enable Greece to pay the Turkish war indem- nifty.
 The fourth paragraph expresses sat is faction at the conclusion of the con- vention with France, finally settling West African questions.
 The speech then refers to the ar engagements made to establish at an early date penny postage between the United Kingdom, Canada, Newfound- land and elsewhere, makes reference to the plague still existing in certain por- tions of western India, and the Punjab, and concludes:
 'I am thankful that bountiful har- vests have been gathered throughout the greater part of India, and that the internal and external trades of the country are rapidly recovering from the depression caused by the famine.
 "Gentlemen of the house of commons, I thank you for the liberal provision you have made for the defense of my empire. The sacrifices asked of you are severe, but no greater than the exigen- cies of the present time require. I am glad to recognize the value of the pro- visions to which you have assented for increasing the strength and efficiency of my army.
 My lords and gentlemen, have seen with much qualification that you have this year added to the statute book an important measure assimilating the To-