Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-21

able rainfall, nut ! regret 10 adO tnat
in parts of the Bombay presidency
distress of a serious character still
continues which my officers are using
every endeavor to mitigate.
Gentlemen of the House of Com
mons: The estimates Tor the year will
be laid before you. Every care has
been taken to limit their amount but
the naval and military requirements
of the country and especially the out
lay consequent upon the South Afri
can war. has involved an inevitable
increase.
THE demise of the crown renders II
necessary that renewed provision
shall be made for the civil list. place
unreservedly at your disposal those
hereditary revenues which were so
placed by my predecessor and have
commanded that the papers necessary
for full consideration of the subject
shall be laid before you.
MY Lords and Gentlemen: Pro.
posals will be submitted to your judg
ment for increasing the efficiency of
my military FORCES.
Certain changes In the constitu.
ton of the court of final appeal are
considered necessary in consequence
of the increased resort to II, which
has resulted from the expansion of the
empire during the last two genera
tions.
Legislation will be proposed to you
for the amendment Of the law relat.
ing to education.
Legislation has been prepared and
IL the time at your disposal proves 20
be adequate II will be laid before you
Tor the purpose of regulating the vo.
luntary sale by landlords to occupy.
ing tenants in Ireland: for amending
and consolidating the factory and
workshops acts; for the better admin.
istration of the law respecting luna.
tics; for amending the pubic health
acts in regard to the water supply
| for the prevention of drunkenness in
| licensed houses and public places and
for amending the law OF literary copy.
right.
II pray that Almighty God may con.
tinue to guide you IN the conduct of
| your deliberations and that he may
bless them with success"
The King wore Field Marshal's
chapeau when he read his speech
| His voice was clear and firm. After
the reading Of the speech the pro
session was reformed, the King pro
| cceded to the robing room, unrobed
and left Westminster, the procession
departing in the state carriages. In
the same order as II entered
Lord Kimberley, Liberal leader
said the House needed no further as
surances that the King would follow
In the steps of his mother. and pro
ceeded to express dissatisfaction with
the conduct of the war in South Afri
ca. He said the present conditions IN
! South Africa filed him with apprehen
sion. The government had been living
In fools paradise. Unless they en-
! abled General Kitchener to speedily
terminate the war, the situation could
easily become more dangerous. IL the
| government attempted to put the
whole military situation on more
satisfactory basis, they would receive
every support from the Liberals
Lord Salisbury rose leisurely and said
that the country could now hope con
ildently that the promise given by the
King that he would follow in his moth
er's steps would be fully and abun
dainty borne out.
II so. 1t would be the greatest
triumph for the people of the mon
archy and for the name Of the British
union. Dealing with the war. Lore
Salisbury thought there was uothins
unusual in the length of the compaign
He referred Lord Kimberley to the In
dian mutiny and the American war
between which and the South African
campaign there was a great resom
blance. In Bosnia II took two year.
and the whole power of Austria to con
! quor the peasants.
\ Where great enthusiasm and per
sistency existed in country lik,
South Africa months must elapse be
fore tranquility couiu be restored
Therefore, he did not believe Their,
was any real ground for the disconten
or apprehension expressed by Lore
Kimberley.