Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-14
THE KINGS SPEECH
Delivered To-Day at Opening of Parliament,
IT WAS A BRILLIANT SCENE.

AAoale Occupled PrOmlnent Place. London, Feb 1.-The first parlia- ment under the reign of King Edward . VII. was opened by the king in person to-day. The king was accompanied by Oueen Alexandra, the Duke of York. Duke of Connaught and many mem- pers Of the royal family. The route or the procession was guarded by,5OOO SUBJECTS. The cortege Was short and spectacular and was witnessed by vast crowds of people. The procession reached the entrance at the appointed time.
 There the great officers of state and tue others who We're to take part in The ceremony had assembled in order to receive their maiesties. UDon tha klng and queen alighting from the state carriage the procession was quickly formed and proceeded to the roDlng room in the following order: fursuvlants, heralds, the kings euuer- rieS, gentlemen ushers, grooms-in-wa Ing and officers of the household. Hanked by the sergeant-at-arms: the lord prlvy seal; the lord high chancel- Tor; black rod; garter king-at arms; the earl marshal; the lord chamberlain: the sword Of state, carried by the Marquis or Londonderry; the king and queen duu fflnceSS Victoria, respectively at tended by the master of the horse, the lord steward, and the lords in waiting; the pages of honor: the captain of the yeomen of the guard; gold stick; the captain of the gentlemen q arms; sill yer stick in waiting; the field officer in waiting; officers and gentlemen-at- arms; the yeOmen of the guard. The other royal personageS, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, the Duchess of Fife, the Duchess of Ar gyl, Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig, Holstein; Princess Henry of Battenberg, Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark and the Duke of Cambridge, and their attendants had previously assembled in the house of peers to await their majesties.
 The diminutive chamber was filled 10 its capacity by the highest and mo- blest of the kingdom, the greater part of the floor space being occupied by peeresseS and other ladies introduced by peers. United States Ambassador Choate, and the other ambassadors, oc- cupied a special enclosure behind the bench of the bishops.
 The whole scene was brilliant in the extreme. Diamonds flashed out of the folds of the black dresses of the ladies.
 
 the robes of the peers and the state officials
 By l o'clock the scene in the old palace yard was one of great anima- tion, owing to the constant arrival of carriages containing royal personages and other distinguished people. Many of the nobility used their state coaches The members of the house of com mons, in the meantime, streamed into the house.
 The rich uniforms of the diplomatic corps, the robes of the officers of state, and the military and naval uniforms, formed a brilliant medley which grad nally disappeared through the en- frances of the respective houses.
 The king and the robed procession advanced to the house of lords in the order already detailed. As soon as his majesty was enthroned the lord great chamberlain received the royal com mand to summon the members of the house of commons to hear the speech from the throne.
 Black rod General Sir Michael Bid dulph) reached the house of commons at 2:20 p. m., and the members. head ed by the speaker CWilliam Court Gull ly). proceeded to the house of lords.
 The kings speech was as follows:
 My Lords and Gentlemen: 1 ad- y ment of national sorrow, when the whole country is mourning the ire parable loss we have so recently sus- 1ained, and which has fallen with De- culiar severity on myself. My be- loved mother during her long and glorl- Ous reign has set an example before the world of what monarch should be. It is my earnest desire to walk in her footsteps.
 Avv1iq . hi y1,1i .sx inf it is satisfaction to me to be able to assure you that my relations with the other powers continue friendly.
 .'The war in South Africa is not yet entirely terminated. but the capitals of the enemy and his principal lines of communication are in my posses sion. and measures have been taken which will, I trust, enable my troops to deal effectually with the forces by which they are still opposed.
 "1 greatly regret the loss of life and expenditure of treasure due to the fruitless guerrilla warfare maintained by Boer partisans in the former terri= tories of the two republics. Their early submission is much to be de sired in their own interests as until it takes place it will be impossible for me to establish in those colonies the institutions which will secure the equal r1&nIS or ai tHe WHlte inHaol- t1uts and protection and justice for the native population.
 The capture of Pekin by the allied forces, and the happy release of those who were besieged in the legations, feeults to which my Indiap troops and my naval forces largely contributed, 1ave been followed by the submission -sof the Chinese government to the de nds insisted on by the powers. Ne f1ons are proceeding regarding the S 4er In which compliance with Enands 1s to be effected
 6tAb1ishment of the Austral-
 llwea1th, was proclaimed at
 Ss 1lnary I, with many mani
 &1 n0pplar enthuslasm and
 deeIly -lel0Ned and