The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-31
THE QUEENS ADDRESS.
Tribute to Soldiers-Large Increase in
 Military Expenditures.

Tribute to SOldleTS-LarSe increase III
 Military Expenditures.
 The address of Queen Victoria to parliament follows:
 My lords and gentleman; The peace which had recently been broken in South Africa when last I addressed you has, unhappily, not been restored out, otherwise my relations With other States are friendly. In resisting the invasion of my South African colonies by the South Afrioln Republic and Orange Free State, my people have responded with devotion and enthusi- asm to the appeal which I have made to them and the heroism of my sol diers In the field and my sailors and marines who were landed to cooperate with them has not fallen short of the noblest traditions of our military his tory.
 q am deeply grieved that so many valuable lives should have fallen sac rifice. but I have witnessed with pride and with heartiest qualification the pa triotic eagerness and spontaneous low atty with which my subjects in all parts of my dominion have come for ward to share in the common defense of thek imperial interests. I am conf- dent I shall not look to them in vain when I exhort them to sustain and re- new their exertions until they have brought this struggle, for the mainte- nance of this empire, and the assertion of it's supremacy in South Africa to victorious end.
 "A treaty has been concluded with the German Emperor for the adjust ment of the rights claimed by the two countries in Samoa Tonga and other islands in the Pacific. To portion of, these stipulations the government of the United States has also been a party.
 "A bill will be introduced at an early date to give effect to the scheme of federation which has been adopted af- ter most careful consideration by five of my Australian colonies.
 II have watched with cordial satis- faction the gradual development of my greater colonies into self-governing communities I feel confident that the establishment of the great federation of Australia will prove advantageous not only to the colonies immediat tely concerned but also to the empire at large
 "The brilliant courage and soldier like acts of the colonial forces engaged in South Africa have already earned high admiration and patriotic offers of assistance, which it was not possible to accept, have come from many other colonies, I have received from the colonies with populations of various races. l have received from the ruling chiefs of native states of India num- erous offers to place their troops and the resources of their states at my dis posal for service in South Africa These proofs of their loyalty to myself and their devotion to the cause of my empire have afforded me much grati- fication.
 "Gentlemen of the House of Com mons: The estimates for the public ser vice of the year will be laid before you. The provision for military eX- penditures must be largely increased on account of the charge for military operations in South Africa. The ex- perience of a great war must neces- sarily afford lessons of the greatest importance to the military administra- tions of the country. You will not, am convinced, shrink from an outlay that may be required to place our de- fensive preparations on level with the responsibilities which the posses sion of so great an empire has laid up- on us, At time when several other nations are perfeoting their naval pre- parations at the cost of increasing ef- forts and sacrifices, the solicitude with which you have provided for the