BRITISH PARMAMENT IN SESSION

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 5

BRITISH PARMAMENT IN SESSION

THE KING'S SPEECH ■ ■"i , THE WHOLE EMPIRE IS DETERMINED » '. « | London* November 111 ] Many of the usual features were absent at the opening of Parliament'.-Khaki-olad troops, including Territorials from the colonies and the Indians, ' lined ; the route. , The State coach was not used. , , i ' The King's Speech was devoted exclusively to the war, and particularly; : to.Tukey's participation in it. It stated that Britain had striven to preserve' friendly neutrality, despjte. Turkey's repeated provocations, but bad counsels i and alien influences had driven Turkey into a policy of wanton aggression. , The Speech paid a tribute to the Army and. Navy, also to the loyalty of the '; Mussulman subjects, and concluded: "The whole Empire is determined to se« ! cure, at whatever sacrifice, the triumph of our arms and the vindication of otaT" cause." . , " ■' ■'.■'„■ : QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS \.'\ . Mβ. OHUROHILL AND THE ANTWERP EXPEDITION,") J . London, November 11. } Mr. Bonar Law, epeaking in the House of Commons, said: "We have i overy reason to be proud of our financial poeition.* The economio pressure haa \ already affected Germany, and it is inconceivable what pressure may be ex- : i perienced when tho Germans have realised that they must. be.beaten." Some i explanation, ho said, was necessary why Mr. Churchill and not Lord Kitchener i went to Antwerp in connection with what was a military operation; also how i the Germans were able to concentrate a superior forw in the Pacific. He i thought the Press had been muzzled more than was necessary. He suggested ; that a small committeo should consider the new scheme of soldiers' pensions. ; The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. H. Asquith), speaking later, eaid that ! the responsibility of the Antwerp expedition lay ivith the Government as a \ whole. They nad witneesed tho solidarity of all parties in'the Kingdom, and, j had received sympathy and support unparalleled in history from all quarters i of the globe. Our troops, in conjunction with our gallant allie3, had frus- ! trated and defeated Germany's first design. ' . ■'. . ; The Government intended to ask for a considerable vote, also a vote foi 1 i more men. Tho war, might last a long time, but he doubted whether it would' | last as long as the people originally predicted. . ! The longer the war lasted the more would the Empire's great reserves of strength show themselves, and it would maintain that position until complete i victory had been achieved. In regard to the censorship, they must act in j conjunction with their allies, the subject being one of military,consideration. : TWO HUNDRED MILLION WAR LOAN. 1 _ ~ . London, November 11. ; The five hundred million war credit voted early in August last is almooti ! Bpent. There are indications that the Government will resort to a two hun- = dred million loan to cover the opexationa to the end of the financial year. j