OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 59, 11 March 1913, Page 5

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

THE KING IN STATE

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.' (United Press Association.) (Received 9.35 a.in.) London, March 10. The King opened Parliament in State. A BRILLIANT SPECTACLE. THE EMPIRE’S SOLIDARITY. (Received 10.0 a.m.) London, March 10. The day was rainy, but a large crowd assembled in the streets.

Five suffragettes were arrested in Whitehall for attempting to force a passage to present a petition to the King. Beef eaters carefully searched the vaults and Houses of Parliament and extra precautions were taken with the tickets for admission. The Royal Gallery in the House of Lords presented a brilliant spectacle. The King’s speech expressed the hope that the recent exchange of views between the colonies and the Imperial Government on naval defence would promote the Empire’s solidarity, and the growth of discussion in the Canadian Parliament on battleships testified t(* the Empire’s desire to maintain the common safety. The Speech welcomes the Hon. MiAlien’s visit, and alludes to New Zealand’s ready consent to tho retention of her battleship in tho North Sen and tho steady progress towards the establishment of an Australian navy.

The principal legislation foreshowed was Home Rule and Disestablishment, Bills to secure completion of land purchase in Ireland, national system of education, and abolition of plural voting.

INCIDENTS ON THE WAY. CROWNED MONARCHS. OBSTRUCTIONISTS BUSY. (Received 11.15 a.m.) London, March 10. The King entered the House of Lords wearing his Crown for the first time since his accession to the throne. The Queen wore a small diamond crown. Five people were charged with obstruction. They darted through the cordon of police and guardsmen in Pall Mall, opposite St. James’s Palace.

Hearing the crowd’s sliouts of indignation, the King looked from the window, flushed deeply at the insult, and turned quickly to speak to the Queen. Meanwhile, the five were within a few yards and threw papers into the coach. ' Beefeaters with halberds threatened two of them, who were undaunted and replied with volleys of manifestoes. The irolice twice protected the intruders from the fury of the mob, amidst shouts of “Duck them in the lake 1” A man was arrested in Pall Mall for endeavouring to lodge a petition relating to the unemployed and des 7 titute. Prince Lichtnowsky’s horses became restive when in Pail Mall, and the pole snapped. Policemen pulled the carriage to the entrance of the House of Lords.