KING'S SPEECH
(British Offioi»l Wireless.)
British Parliament Prorogued SPAIN AND FAR EAST
(Received 23, 12.45 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 22. Parliament was prorogued to-day. In a speech read by the Lord Chancellor, the King referred with deep satisfaction the hope that the deliberations at the Imperial Conference would result in enhanced security and prosperity for the British Commonwealth. In passages devoted to foreign affairs, after regarding the ratification of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty and the success of the Montreux Conference, the King said that his Ministers persisted in endeavours to prevent the spread of the Spanish conflict. Hq trusted that the conference shortly to be called might contribute to bring the deplorable conflict between Japan and China to an end. Note was made of the fact that the London Naval Treaty of 1936 had now been ratified by all signatories aud that English-German and English-Soviet bil£(teral naval agreements had been v .icludcd. Regarding the rearmament programme, the .peech says: "The heavy burden of this is to some extc^B lightened by the continued growth of trade, eriiployment, saving and purchasing power among my people."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 26, 23 October 1937, Page 5
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