People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — QUEEN WANTS PEACE. [ARTICLE]

QUEEN WANTS PEACE.

address at the opening of PARLIAMENT. Belief Expressed Tbst a Satisfactory Settlement of the Venezuelan Question Will Be Made wltn the United States —Increase of the Navy.

London. Feb. 12.—The queen’s speech, which was read previous to the opening of parliament Tuesday and in the customary manner, was as follows: “My Lords and Gentlemen: I continue to receive from other powers assurances of their friendly sentiments. The commissioners for the delimitation of the frontier which separates my Indian empire and the territory of Afghanistan from the dominions of the emperor of Russia have agreed upon a line which has been accepted by myself and the emperor. “The government of the United States has expressed a wish to co-oper-ate in terminating the differences which have existed for many years between my. government and the republic of Venezuela upon th boundary of that country and my colony of British Guiana. I have expressed my sympathy, with the desire to come to an equitable arrangement, and I trust that further negotiations will lead to a satisfactory settlement.

“The sultan of Turkey has sanctioned the principal reforms in the government of the Armenian provinces of which, in conjunction with the emperor of Russia and the president of the French republic, I felt it my duty to press. I deeply regret that a fanatical outbreak upon the part of a section of the Turkish population has resulted in a series of massacres in those provinces which has caused the deepest indignation in this country. “A sudden incursion into the South African republic by an armed force from territories under the control of the British South Africa company resulted in a deplorable collision with the burgher forces. My ministers, at the earliest possible moment, intervened to prohibit, through the high commissioner, this hostile action and to warn all my subjects throughout South Africa in taking part in aid of it. The president of the South African republic, acting in this matter with moderation and wisdom, agreed to place the prisoners in the hands of my high commissioner and I have undertaken to bring to trial the leaders of the expedition.” In the second message, or portion of the queen's speech, addressed to the house of commons, her majesty 'says,: “The estimates have been prepared with the utmost regard for economy but the exigencies of the times require an increased expenditure.” In the third message the queen remarks: “The extension and improvement of the naval defenses of the empire is the most important subject to which your efforts can be directed and will doubtless occupy your most earnest attention.” The speech announces the approaching introduction of bills for the assistance of voluntary schools, providing compensation for injuries to workmen, to amend defects in the various Irish land acts, for the avoidance and settlement of trade disputes, to facilitate building light railways in the united kingdom, for checking the import of destitute aliens, to institute a board of husbandry in Ireland and for other minor purposes. The Parnellite’members of the Irish parliamentary party decided to introduce three amendments to the address in reply to the queen’s speech, including home rule, political amnesty and local government reform. At a meeting of the radical party of the hoitse of commons it was decided to support the general principle of arbitration in any differences arising between Great Britain and the United States. Speaking in the house of lords, exPrime Minister Rosebery said the Venezuelan difficulty *vas no new one, and they had all tried their hands at it. But now the intervention of the United Spates offered a guaranty of the permanence of any settlement that might be effected. He welcomed the movement on both sides of the Atlantic in favor of permanent arbitration.

Salisbury Gives Consent. London, Feb. 12.—The Times publishes Ambassador Bayard’s request of the British government for information on Venezuelan affairs, which was referred to by Mr. Balfour in his speech to the house of commons. The Times says editorially: “The speeches in both houses of parliament are a substantial proof of the earnest desire of the English people to maintain cordial relations with America.’ An editorial in the Standard expresses a similar view.