Evening star., 1921-11-11
|KINGH0PESPARLEY
HERE. IS SUCCESS. [ G:'||
Meets Fullest Sympathy Of
My Government, Parlia-*.1., / !.
ment Told.

By the Associated Press. q So. -'
LONDON, November 10.-Pafliament
was prorogued tonight until January
80 without ceremony except the read
ing Of the kings speech by the speak
er and the customary, procession of
the members to shake hands with the
chair. = - u. .',=.,-t
There had been some expectation
that the prime minister swou1d make
statement on Ireland, or other mat
ters, but beyond answering a few
questions. he made no speech. and
the forp.,l matter Of ,the royal
speech. with It's prayer for the sue.
cess Of the Washington conferences
and the peaceful outcome of the Irish
neESraa,.sns January s. is only ', formal date.
earlier dr- later. according to po-
litical exfgencies. s-.....
The Kings Speech. -
The; speech by the king was as
follows:
my, lords and members of the house
of commons: The session of parlia-
ment which closes today has been
marked by events of great impor-
tance to the welfare of the British
empire and the peace Of the world.
1t Is not yet possible to say that peace
Is firmly established in Europe, and
it must be long before the world can
recover from the strain of the ,sacri-
fees Of war. but good progress has
been made. towards a solution of the
utmost critical problems of home and
foreign AFFAIRS :.
After referring with satisfaction to
the work of the imperial conference,
particularly its deliberations with re-
lating to the Pacific and the far east
and the empires obligations under
the treaty Of Versailles and other
peace treaties. the king said: g
Are in Perfect Accord.
II am happy to know that on all
these issues my governments here
and oversee are In perfect accord
The conference gave serious atten-
ton to the defense Of the empire and
measure Of sea power: it was
unanimously decided that the naval
strength of the empire should be
equal to that Of any other power
Brief references followed to the
ct made f by Ger
cial and disarmament obligations
under the treaty of Versailles. the
settlement of the trouble in Upper
Silesia andhthe league councils Sile-
sian award. bpon the latter SUB
jeet the king said: -
There is reason to hope that the
recommendation Of the award will
be loyalty carried out by the two
parties principally concerned, anC
that peaceful and honorable set.
tlement will result" -r~
The tablishment of peace be.
tween the allied powers and Hungary
by the treaty signed at Trianon and
ratified In July was referred to, ano
the king continued:
THE efforts by my government at the
allied conference in March and renewed
in June to establish peace In the neal
east were in each case rendered fruit.
less by a renewed outbreak Of hostili.
ties between the Greek and Turkish
forces in Anatolia- 1t is my earnest
desire to see these hostilities followed
by an early and just peace, and my
governments are prepared. in conjunc.
tton with their allies, to take the frs
opportunity Of furthering this.
In Farley Sympathy.
"I have followed with great interest
the steps taken by the President. of ths
United States to promote the reduction
Of expenditure on armament-al OBJ
ject which commands the fullest sym.
pathy OF my government. 1t was "
this spirit that my government gladly