1897-98. xc.] d Washington, 4th April, 1898 . 400 respecting the Clearance of Vessels during the Washington, 27th April, 1898.. 1036 relative to adoption of Additional Articles to the Geneva Convention as a Modus Vivendi during Washington, 27th June, 1898. 1039 suspending Tonnage Dues on Vessels from Washington, 19th July, 1898.. 1254 declaring a Suspension of Hostilities in the Washington, 12th August, 1898.. 1255 REGULATIONS governing the Entry and Transportation of Mer- chandize destined for the Klondyke Region and North-west Territory of British Columbia. Washington, 2nd February, 1898.. 434 respecting the Navigation of the Yukon and Washington, 2nd February, 1898 . 438 RESOLUTION of Congress, to provide for the Annexation of the RESOLUTION respecting the communication of Course of Legal BRITISH AND FOREIGN State Papers. SPEECH of the Queen, on the Opening of the British Parliament.— Westminster, February 8, 1898. My Lords and Gentlemen, My relations with other Powers continue to be friendly. The negotiations between the Sultan of Turkey and the King of Greece have been brought to a conclusion by the signature of a Treaty of Peace between them, under which the territorial relation of the two Powers is practically unchanged. The question of an autonomous Government for the Island of Crete has occupied the attention of the Powers. The diffealty of arriving at an unanimous agreement upon some points has unduly protracted their deliberations, but I hope that these obstacles w before long be surmounted. Intelligence, which is apparently trustworthy, has been received of the intention of the Khalifa to advance against the Egyptian army in the Soudan, and I have therefore given directions that a Contingent of British troops should be dispatched to Berber to the assistance of His Highness the Khedive. I have concluded a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with His Majesty the Emperor of Abyssinia. The Report of the Commission which I appointed in December 1996 to inquire into the condition of certain of my West Indian Colonies has conclusively established the existence of seve depression in those Colonies caused by a heavy fall in the price of sugar, which is mainly attributable to the reductia in the mos of production and the great increase in its extent during resens years. But this fall has been artificially stimulated by the age of bounties to the producers and manufacturers of beetemos algar maintained in many European States. There are signa di a proving opinion in those States that this system is injurious to the panem [1897-98. xc.] B |