Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-10
KING IN SPEECH URGES SPEEDY
SETTLEMENT OF laELANo's
PROBLEM.
RUSH FoR 5EATs. 49,.
HOUSE or COMMONS coMVEnEs
Ancient Ceremonies Atrend Assembling
OF British Lawmaksrs--&d|i |irags.tes
Eonew Activities and ae,:s 20 Pre-
vent AttandAncs Of Bishop of Lonaon
at Parliament's Opening. e

London, Feb. 1O-ktng George TO-
day opened the fourth session OF the
present British parlia menl, session
which promises to be a history making
one owing to the important constitu-
tional questions to be decided.
Queen Mary and the king both wore
their crowns and brilliant robes. They
rode in the state coach Of gold drawn
by eight Hanoverian cream colored
horses from Buckingham palace, thru
the Mall, over the House Guards pa
rade and then along Whitehall! to the
kings entrance to the house OF lords.
Great crowds assembled along the
route to witness the procession. The
weather was IDEAL
In the house Of lords tho scene was
picturesque one, as their majesties.
surrounded by members Of the royal
family and by peers and peeresses IN
their state robes, ascended the throne.
The king read his speech outlining
the government program. Only d few
privileged strangers were present.
These included members Of the house
Of commons, members Of the diplo-
matte corps and few others. Amer.
lean Ambassador and Mrs. Page were;
among those present.
Rush in House Of commons------.
The opening Of the house Of COM:
mons today for. the session Of 1914,
found an unusually large number OF
members gathered at the doors waiting
to make a dash into the chamber to
get seats for the fnomentous initial de-
bate. i
The doors were thrown ever at 8
O'clock this morning instead OF at mid :
night as is usually the case. Among
the earliest to arriyeSNa1a groups OF
Ulster unionises and of srhalr bitter Oh
uonents. the Irish nat tfonalisfs, and fof
the day at feast they were able to
capture eproninent places In, the house.
The police and soldiers. whose duties
on there occasions heretofore have
been largely perfunctory. were kept
busy for several hours searching every
corner Of the cellars and vaults for
sufkragettes.
The searching process has been done
on the opening day Of the session ever
since the discovery Of the "gunpowder
plot" Of Guy Fawkes. The yeomen Of
the guard in their oldtime uniforms
were accompanied today by the chief
inspectors Of the metropolitan police.
who discarded the ancient lanterns
generally carried and replaced them
with electric torches.
Bishops Rssidsnes piekstsd.
The militant suffragettes made .
strong effort today to prevent tho bish-
op Of London from attending the OPEN
ing session Of the house Of lords. Of
which he is a member. They made him
the first victim Of their new campaign
Of molestins public men, Their-ire was
particularly directed against the bishop
for his alleged whitewashing Of the
government in his report on the prison
treatment Of suffragettes.
The bishops residence in ST. James
square was picketed early in the day
by women. Two acted as sentinels on
the door step. Two others. Miss Dun-
lop and Miss May Richardson, then
tried to gain access to the house but
the door was slammed in their faces.
Little knots of spectators meanwhile
stood outside enjoying the scene and
awaiting the result Of tho bishops exit
from his temporary prison.
Along the route from Buckingham
palace to the house Of lorcs thu author
tiles took the strictest prccaution to
prevent attempts on the part OF the
women to break up the procession or
reach the king with a petition.
Two SUSPECTS Uppernest.
Two subjects referring to the recent