Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-14
THE KINGS SPEECH
Parliament prorogued After It's
 Reading To-Day
HIS RECENT VISIT TO IRELAND.

Greatly Pleased Him and He Looks for
 Better Times in reIand-Premier Bal
 four Explained the Delay in the
 Venezuelan Matter-Winston Church
 ill Not Pleased With the Premier's
 Attitude.
 London, Aug 14.-Both houses of parlia nrent assembled early to-day to wind up the business of the session. In tac house of cOmmons several ques lions were asked relating to matters of inter- alsthnal interest. Premier Balfour, in general reply, said there had been an unexpected delay in the Venezuelan question, which, however, was not due to Great Britain or Germany, who had taken parallel action, but to the fact that France and Spain objected to the use of the English language by the tribunal The question had been left to the tribunal to decide. He believed the court whose members the czar had been requested to nominate, would meet fGn the date originally fixed.
 Regarding the complaints that the government was showing a lack of sympathy with Macedonia, MT Balfour pointed out that one of the deep sources of mischief was the dissensions among the Christians. It was not the Turk alone, deep as his guilt undoubtedly was. who was responsible for the mis- erable conditions. It would be folly to forget that the Christians committed atrocities on Christians. The govern ment was still of the opinion that the best policy was to support the Austro- Russian endeavors to improve the ad ministration. Dealing with the pro- tests against puzzling the house on the fiscal controversy, the premier said he thought there was no necessity for un- due hurry in discussing the matter. There was no pending fiscal question before parliament. nor would there be one during the currency of the present parliament. With final fling from Winston Churchill, who seemed doubt ful whether the present parliament would meet again, and who character ized the premier's policy of transferring the fiscal discussion from parliament to the country as that of a demagogue, the sitting was suspended. Subse- quently the house was summoned to the house of lords to hear the kings speech progrouing parliament read. The speech was of little general or in ternatfonal interest. It referred to the cordiafity of his majest reception in Portugal Italy and Fra{'~ and to the return visit of President Loubet, whose visit has given rise to strik- ing exhibition of the feelings of mutual good will which prevail in the two countries" ....rs The most interesting portion of the speech to parliament deals with Ire land. It says:
 The warm expressions of good will with which I was everywhere received greatly touched me. My visit enabled me to realize how much was being at tempted to improve the housing accom- mediation for the working people, stim- u1ate commercial activity, adaance the methods of agriculture develop techni- cal education and provide for the sick and infirm Much remains to be done, but it was with feelings of the deepest qualification that I noticed signs of in- creasing concord among all classes in Ireland, presagfna as ] hope, new era of united eTGrts for the general welfare
 Refezvfng to the Irish lard hill, the speech says it offers Inducements to the land owners to continue their residence amoEs Bheir countrymen. and provides facilities for improving tho conditions Of life in the poorer districts of the west. 1t adds:
 This reform by removing the an cicnk causes of dssensaon, will, l heart fly trust, coIdB Bce to tho common bene- fit Of all my Irish slEDie Diects."
 Reference is made in the speech to t]ie general anxiety regarding the situ- alton in the European provinces of Turkey. to the great progress made in the work or re-settlement and paciiica tion in South Africa. and t1le improve ment in the conditions of agriculture and finance in India.
 After the reading of the speech par lament was prorogued till November