The age-herald., 1898-02-09
SELF GOVERNMENT
 FOR OLD IRELAND The Principal Subject of the Queens
 Address. HOME RULE WILL SATISFY And the Only Thing That Mill, is the
 Prevailing Opinion. QUEEN CONGRATULATES COUNTRY On the Prospects for a Prosperous Year-lord Salisbury Discusses the Question of the
 Chinese Loan-0pening of Ia
 Lien Wan Deferred.
QUEEN coNGRATULATEs COUNTRY

London, Feb. 8.-The fourth session of the fourteenth parliament of Queen Victoria and the twenty-sixth of the United King dom was opened by commission at o'clock this afternoon with the customary cere- monies.
 The queens speech was as follows:
 My Lords and Gentlemen: My relations with the other powers continue friendly. The negotiations between the sultan of Turkey and the king of Greece have been brought to a conclusion by the signing of a treaty of peace, under which the territorial relations between the two powers are prac- tically unchanged.
 ''The question of the autonomous govern ment of the island of Crete has occupied the attention of the powers. The diffi- culty of arriving at a unanimous agree ment on some points has unduy protracted the deliberations, but I hope these obstacles will before long be SurmOunted.
 Intelligence, which is apparently trust worthy, was received of the intention of the khalffa to advance against the Egyptian army in the Soudan, and I have therefore given directions that a contingent of Brit ish troops should be dispatched to Berber to the assistance of his highness, the khedive.
 T have concluded a treaty of friendship and commerce with his majesty, the em- perOr or ADySSlna-
 Local Government for Ireland
 Dealing with proposed legislation, the speech from the throne says that meas ures will be introduced for the orgamza- ton of a system of logal government in Ireland, substantially similar to Great Britain to secure the increased strength and efficiency of the army, amend the conditions of military servce, to enable ac- cused people to testify in ther own defense, ffafa .txfx~ in London and to prevent recognized abuses in connection with church patronage.
 On the assembling of the house of lords the new peers were introduced and took their seats with the usual ceremonies. All the galleries were filled before business in the house of lords began. Henry White, secretary of the Unitss5 States embassy and Mrs. White and MT. James R. Carter, second secretary of the United States em- basy were in the diplomatic gallery. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York were present.
 After the address in reply to the speech from the throne had been moved and sec onded the Earl of Kimberly the opposition leader in the house of lords. replied that he regarded the local government of Ire land as being one of the most important subjects of the queens speech, and while he regarded the government measure fa- vorably, he was compelled to add that the liberal party remained of the opinion that the only way to permanently satisfy Ire- land was by establishing home rule. The Chinese Loan
 Lord Salisbury said the concessions the governments had asked for in return for the Chinese loan were, without exception, directed toward increasing and freeing the trade with China and contained nothing injurious to China herself. "Regarding the opening of Ia Lien Wan," said his lordship, "the Chinese council have informed us that it would embarrass them very much. For reasons that it is not nec- essary to enter into, and for their own personal comfort and well being, they ex- presised the desire that we should not in sist on this proposal. Whereupon I re- piled that the proposal was not essential, though we thought it advantageous, and suggested, as a compromise, that the open ing of Ia Lien Wan be deferred until the railway reached the port"