Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-30
To Prevent Suttragattes
Troubling Parliament.
Only Women vouched For BY
Members Allowed IN Galleries.
King Edward Reads Address From
Throne...Hls ConsoFt Present.

London, Jan. 29-That rare event OF
a London winter fine sunny day,
favored the royal procession to West
minister today. where King Edward
opened Parliament with the timehon-
ored ceremonies.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria
rode from Buckingham palace to the
houses OF Parliament in gilded
coach of state drawn by eight white
horses. They were attended by the Of
ticials of their households in other
state carriages and on horseback. The
procession as usual was brilliant. St.
Pames park and Whitehall We're
crowded and the soldiers who guarded
the way had their hands full in keep
Ing the people back.
Peers, members Of the House OF
Commons. bishops. judges and dipio-
mats, each one attired wherever pos
sible in uniform or robes Of state, fill
ed the chamber Of the lords when a
fanfare of trumpets at o'clock an
nounced the entry Of the state pro-
ceSSon.
King Edward read the speech from
the throne Queen Alexandra was
seated at his right, the Prince and
Princess of Wales were on His Ma
jcsty's left and he was surrounded by
state officers.
The menace of an outbreak on the
part of the women suffragists Of Eng
land, gave an unusual interest to the
proceedings. While it was not antici-
pated that the agitators would disturb
the King 10y threatened to mako
things interesting for the members Of
Parliament, particularly as there was
no mention of suffrage in the speech
from the throne.
Greater precautions could not have
been taken if an Anarchist uprising
had been feared. The only ladies adj
united to the galleries of Parliament
were those whom members vouched
for i'll writing, as their wives or rel
atives, and the police who were on
duty around Westminster and
throughout the houses OF Parliament
were instructed to keep especial watch
over all women.
The King said that his government
has made further proposals to the
Turkish government and also to the
great powers, for dealing effectively
with the principal causes of the dis
turbance in Macedonia.
He expressed the hope that negotia-
lions now proceeding between the SOW
ereignty OF the Congo state and the
Belgium government, would see the
state humanely administered in &C
cordance with the Berlin act. He ad-
dcd:
"NegOtiations are being conducted
with the government Of the United
States for an agreement to refer to
the international court Of arbitration
at The Hague, the questions pending
between the two governments which
relate to the New Foundland fisheries.
1T is hoped that by this friendly
procedure q long standing source Of
difficulty may be satisfactorily re-
moved.
THE difficulty which had arisen re-
specting Japanese immigration int
Canada has been settled on terms
agreed upon between the respective
governments"
In supplementary speech to the
House of Commons. His Majesty an
nonnced the bills that are to be
brought in. These are the licensing and
education acts for England and Wales.
a bill regulating the hours Of labor In
coal mines, a bill for the housing Of
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