London, Feb. 2
In spite of the leaden sky early his morning, the day brightened and there were periods of fitful. sunshine, Crowds lined the route from Buckingham Palace and cheered Their Majesties on the occasion of this morris opening of Parliament, There was the usual camp mong private members of the House of Commons to secure the pick of the seats in the Commons, two Conservative members creating record by arriving before. mi night with this object in view, The customary brilliance of the scene in the House of Lords was somewhat subdued owing to the Court being still in half mourn The peers wore their scarlet and mine robes, but carried " black, streamers. The peeresses. were niost entirely in black occasional splashes of white, purple and grey. The brightest aspect was the brilliant. uniforms of the diplo-meats and the scarlet robes of the Judges. The Queen was attired in Hack, wearing the ribbon of the Garter and a jewelled necklace containing the Cullinan diamond, the Whole surmounted with the customary crimson and ermine robes. Tha Prince of Wales was absent, but the Duke of York was present in his fenpacity as a peer.
4 The Anglo-traq Treaty The King's speech, referring to the visit of the Ambassador at Constantinople to Angora with a view to definitely settling the Turco-Traq Majesty's Government cordially ciprocates the desire of the Turkish Government for the promotion of very friendly Anglo-Turkish rela tions. The Anglo-fraq Treaty will be submitted for approval without} delay.
The King went on to say that a British Minister would attend the Preparatory Committee on Disarmament. He added that a substantial step forward in the reduction of armaments should now be possible a8 a result of the system of security created by the Treaty of Locarno.
The King rejoiced at the friendly! settlement reached over the difficult question of Italy's war debt. He} said that invitations were being issued to the Governments of Belgium, France, Germany and Ttaly to attend a conference in London to consider the possibility of securing effective international agreement regulating the hours of labour.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.