Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-02-21
so DECLARES KING EDWARD TO
PARlIAM EMIT.
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Lord Salisbury Says There Should be
no Apprehension as to Final Out
come of Contest in South Africa
Liberals viii Aid if Reorganization
Follows.

! London. Feb. 15.--The first parlia-
| ment of the reign of King Edward VII
was opened yesterday afternoon by
the king in person. The last state
ceremony of the kind occurred in
1861, when Queen Victoria opened
parliament, accompanied by the
prince consort Not since the wed
ding of the then prince of Wales and
Princess Alexandra has the gorgeous
state coach used yesterday been seen
in the streets of the capital. In this
coach the king and queen rode from
| Buckingham palace to the palace of
| Westminster. 1t was a brilliant pa
geant witnessed,
1t was 2l5 p. m. before the king ar
rived in the chamber, where one OF
the most striking things was the
curious reversal of the customary ap-
| purtenance of the sexes. Here for
once the women were somber-looking,
in black, relieved only by their white
arms and shoulders and the diamonds
and pearls in their coronets, while the
men, usually in black. were radiant
with brilliant robes of scarlet and er-
mine.
The kings speech was in part as
! follows:
| My Lords and Gentlemen: | ad-
dress you for the first time at mo-
ment of national sorrow, when the
whole country is mourning the IL
reparable loss we have so recently
with peculiar severity on my
{ self My beloved mother dur
| ing her long and glorious reign has
set an example before the world of
what a monarch should do. 1t is my
earnest desire to walk in her footsteps,
Amid this public and private grief
it is satisfactory 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 possession,
and measures have been taken which
will, ] trust enable my troops to deal
effectually with the forces by which
| they are still opposed.
q greatly regret the loss of life and
expenditure o. treasure due to the
fruitless guerilla 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 unit.
it takes place it will be impossible for
me to establish in those colonies the
institutions which will secure the
equal rights of ali the white inhaoi-
tants and protection and justice for
the native population
On the resumption Of business
the house of lords, Lord Kimberley.
the liberal leader, said present GIN
ditions in south Africa filed him with
apprehension. The government has
been living in fools paradise. I'm
/ less they enabled Kitchener to speed
| lily terminate the war, the situation
could easily become more dangerous.
If the government attempted to put
the whole military system on more
satisfactory basis it would receive
every support from the liberals
Lord Salisbury said the country
could now hope confidently that the
promise given by the king that he'
would follow in his mothers steps
would be fully and abundantly borne
! out If so it would be the greatest
triumph for the principle of monarchy
! and for the name of the British union.
| Dealing with the war, Lord Salisbury
| thought there was nothing unusual in
| the length of the campaign. He re-
ferred Lord Kimberley to the Indian
mutiny and the American war between
| which and the south African
campaign there was great re-
semblance. Where great enthu.
siasm and persistency existed
| in a country like south Africa, months
must elapse before tranquility could
| be restored. Therefore. he did not
! believe there was any real discomfort
and apprehension as expressed by
4 Lord Kimberley. He would be glad to
hear Kimberley repudiate all idea OF
asking the government to alter its
/ conduct towards the enemy. 1t was
the business of the government to put
/ It's whole heart and strength TO the
task before ii. II the enemy We're al
lowed to retain any portion Of its in
/ dependence it would involve incessant
| and continuous warfare. Unless the
British were masters and conQuero-s
of these territories. there was no hope
of abiding peace. II Great Britain
slackened her efforts it would be an
I avowal TO the world that her frontier
! could be invaded in a most insulting
manner and that the empire was pow
/ erless TO effectively resist it.
NOT THE ENEMY HE FEARED.