Evening star., 1920-12-24
KING SEES CLOUD
IN UNEMPLOYMENT
Speech at Proroguing of Par
Lament DepIores Trou.
BILE in Erin.
By the Associated Prs..

LONDON. December 23-The king
speech on the occasion of the pro
roEuing OF parliament at midnight
tonight. after reference to the con-
unued friendly relations with foreigu
powers. alluded to the Greek diflicul-
ty and declared that the Tovernmen,
would. In conjunction with the allies
enoeevor to reach a solution compatihlr
Win their Joint responsibilities.
Inc situation with respect to Rus
SO was described as still unsettled
ana obscure. and the king expressed
the hope that trade with Russia would
soon De resumed and lead to an err,
OF peace. greatly needed by the suf-
ferlng people OF eastern Europe.
IT is Of the highest importance.
and her neighbors should composa
thetr political differences and devot.
their undivided energies to produc-
ing internal stability and to the task
OF economc reconstruction"
Including All Nations.
The distribution Of the mandate
and other work of the assembly Of
the league of nations were taken up.
ana the assembly was declared to
have shown it's sense of the i'm
portance Of including all nations in
its membership by admitting two late
enemies"
1T is my earnest hope" added the
King, that the spirit of harmony and
good Will manifested at the assem-
bly, is An augury of the value of III.
league as force making for con
world"
Tho king referred with Qualification,
70 the success Of the Prince Of Wales
tour and regretted that the prince
was not able to inaugurate new
councils in India The promise was
given that the government would
make every effort to reduce expendi
tufeA
Dealing with the subject OF Ireland.
the king said:
The state Of affairs in Ireland
grieves me profoundly. I deplore the
campaign OF violence and outrage.
whereby . small section OF my sub
3ects seek to sever Ireland from the
empire. and I sympathixe with the
loyal servants OF the crown who ar
endeavorine to restore peace and
maintain order under conditions o.
unexampled difficulty and danger.
Constitutisnal Methsaa.
TT 10 my most earnest hope tha,
all sections of the people of Ireland
will insist upon a return to constitu-
tional methods. which alone can pui
IN end to the terrible events which
threaten ruin to that country. amt
make possible reconciliation and a
lasting peace"
Then, announcing briefly the pas
sage Of the home rule bill. the kins
continued: 81 sincerely hope that thi:
act, the fruit OF more than thirty
years Of ceaseless controversy, VII
finally bring about unity and friend
ship between all the peoples Of m.
kingdom."
The king concluded by recountina
the measures passed during th'
course Of the parliamentary session
He referred to unemployment as tbs
darkest cloud on the horizon. spring
ling less from internal causes thai
from contraction of the export trade
arising out Of the poverty OF otheI
nations and their inability to obtan
credits. The government he saio
was giving unremttting attention I"
this problem.
The session was somewhat unusual
|It was expected that parliament woul'i
prorogue about s o'clock, but ther'
was dffIaculty in adjusting the dincr,
enceg between the twD houses oN,;.
the agriculture bill, which had bee.
tossed about from lords to commons
and from commons to lords through
ont the evening.
This resulted in delay. The lords
insisted on their amendment. and gov
ernment suffered four defeats IN sue
cession. and in most OF these cases th'
house Of commons had perforce t.
accent these amendments, to preveri
the bill from becoming q dead letter