steps are being taken to give effect to them. There is reason to hope that they will be loyally carried out by the two parties principally concerned, and that a peaceful and honourable settlement will result.

Peace has been definitely established between the Allied Powers and Hungary. The Treaty signed at Trianon on the 4th June, 1920,* having been ratified by the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Roumania, Siam and Hungary, the ratifications were deposited at the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs on the 26th July last.

The efforts, made by my Government at the Allied Conference in March and renewed in June, to establish peace in the Near East were in each case rendered fruitless by the renewed outbreak of hostilities between the Greek and Turkish forces in Anatolia. It is my earnest desire to see these hostilities followed by an early and just peace, and my Government are prepared, in conjunction with their Allies, to take the first opportunity of furthering this end.

I have followed with great satisfaction the steps taken by the President of the United States to promote the reduction of expenditure on armaments, an object which commands the fullest sympathy of my Government.

It was in this spirit that my Government gladly accepted the invitation extended by the United States Government to a Conference on Disarmament about to be held at Washington. It is my earnest hope that the labours of the Conference will be crowned with success.

Negotiations have for some time been in progress, but have not yet reached a conclusion, between my Government and a delegation nominated by His Highness the Sultan of Egypt with a view to determine the future relationship of that country with Great Britain.

Progress continues to be made in the reduction of expenditure in Iraq in accordance with the policy which has been explained in the House.

My son, the Prince of Wales, has embarked upon his Eastern voyage, and within a few days will land for the first time on Indian soil. I pray that his visit may still further strengthen the ties of affection which for so long have linked my house with the princes and peoples of India. Upon the conclusion of his Indian tour he will proceed on a visit to the great and friendly Empire of Japan.

Members of the House of Commons,

I thank you for the provision for the Public Service. Although trade and commerce have been undergoing a period

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of unexampled depression, I learn with satisfaction that it is nevertheless anticipated that, while the estimated surplus for redemption of debt will not be realised, the financial year will end without a deficit on the Budget.

Our debts, however, are great, our taxation heavy and burdensome to industry, and revenue cannot be maintained on the scale of the last three years. It is accordingly of vital importance to the financial stability of the country that expenditure should be still further restricted in every department of life, both public and private. The Government will continue to take advantage of every possible means to achieve this essential object in the field of public expenditure, and I confidently rely upon my people in their own practice to support the efforts of my Ministers.

My Lords and Members of the House of Commons,

The situation in Ireland still causes me great anxiety. I earnestly exhort the leaders of all parties in Ireland, and all those in whose hands lies the power to influence the negotiations and discussions now proceeding, to exercise patience and moderation with the object of establishing friendship and loyal co-operation between my people of that country. It is my firm belief, as it is my earnest prayer, that with forbearance and goodwill and with an honest resolve to tread the paths of oblivion and forgiveness, an enduring peace will finally be achieved.

The past summer has been notable for the occurence of the most serious industrial conflict which has ever menaced the prosperity of the Realm. I take pride in the calm and serene spirit with which the trials of the coal stoppage were met by my people, and the freedom from strife and violence which characterised its course.

This dispute unhappily aggravated the adverse effect of the sudden world-wide trade depression, which has inflicted upon the industries of this country the most grievous experience in their history.

My Ministers have viewed with grave concern the continuance of the widespread unemployment which has attended the cessation of trade. Accordingly you have within the past few weeks given close and detailed consideration to this problem. Measures have received my assent designed, first, to encourage the revival of industry by facilitating the provision of capital for public undertakings and by assisting export trade, and, secondly, directly to provide employment on an extended scale by aiding local authorities and others to carry out various forms of beneficial works. Finally, in addition to the provision made by the Acts which you have already passed relating to Unemployment Insurance, a measure has been framed to assist in mitigating the sufferings

of those who remain unemployed, by the provision, out of monies contributed by employers, employed and the State, of grants to wives and dependent children.

The peaceful settlement of many difficult disputes by mutual negotiation between employers and workpeople, together with some indications of a revival of trade, encourage my hope that the worst may be over and that the state of employment may show from now onwards a steady, if slow, improvement. But the position is still full of anxiety, and my Ministers will continue to devote to this problem their vigilant care.

It is not, however, so much to Acts of Parliament as to the proved good sense of employers and operatives, working together for the promotion of their common interests, that I look for the restoration of trade prosperity.

My assent has also been given to measures for the reorganisation of the railways and for the safeguarding of industry, and an Act for the Reform of the Licensing Laws has been passed with a universal and gratifying measure of agreement. But the legislation of the Session has been dominated by the difficult financial condition of the time. The imperative need for the avoidance of all fresh burdens and for the further curtailment of expenditure has required the modification of some measures already passed and the postponement to happier times of the completion of other reforms.

I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your labours.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the conclusion of an Agreement between Great Britain and Belgium by an Exchange of Notes, with effect from August 8, 1921, relative to the mutual settlement of questions arising out of the Sequestration of Property in the two Countries.-London, November 15, 1921.*

Foreign Office, November 15, 1921. THE following Agreement regarding the mutual settlement of questions arising out of the sequestration of property in Great Britain and Belgium has been concluded by the Governments of the two countries by means of an exchange of notes, and came into force on the 8th August last. The French text of the Agreement was published in the "Moniteur Belge' of the 16th September:

Agreement.

The sequestration authorities of each of the two countries will remit to the nationals of the other country, as to their

"London Gazette," November 15, 1921.

own nationals, the shares of which the latter are owners, and which are included in the sequestrated property under their control, on condition that the said owners establish in every legal way their ownership of these shares, and that they have no debts payable to the sequestrated establishment. In case of need the British Government would be satisfied with an attestation emanating from the German directorate of the sequestrated establishment that no sum is due on the shares since the 1st August, 1914.

In the case of securities deposited with London branches of enemy banks, the certificate furnished by the claimant will be required (a) to be signed or counter-signed by a responsible official of the head office of the enemy bank, and (b) to state that the securities had not at any time during the period of the war been subject to a lien or charge in favour of a German or other former enemy subject.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the provisions of Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," as amended by The Patents and Designs Acts, 1914 and 1919," to the Free City of Danzig.-London, November 21, 1921.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of
November, 1921.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

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WHEREAS by Section 91 of The Patents and Designs Act, 1907" (7 Edw. VII, c. 29), as amended by "The Patents and Designs Act, 1914 "‡ (4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 18), and "The Patents and Designs Act, 1919 "§ (9 & 10 Geo. V, c. 80), it is enacted as follows:

“91.—(1.) If His Majesty is pleased to make any arrange ment with the Government of any foreign State for mutual protection of inventions, or designs, or trade marks, then any person who has applied for protection for any invention, design, or trade mark in that State, or his legal representative or assignee, shall be entitled to a patent for his invention or to registration of his design or trade mark under this Act or 'The Trade Marks Act, 1905,'|| in priority to other applicants; and the patent or registration shall have the same date as the date of the application in the foreign State:

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Provided that—

(a.) The application is made in the case of a patent within twelve months, and in the case of a design or trade mark within four months, from the application for protection in the foreign State; and

"(b.) Nothing in this section shall entitle the patentee or proprietor of the design or trade mark to recover damages for infringements happening prior to the actual date on which his complete specification is accepted, or his design or trade mark is registered, in this country.

(2.) The patent granted for the invention or the registration of a design or trade mark shall not be invalidated— (a.) In the case of a patent, by reason only of the publication of a description of, or use of, the invention; or

(b.) In the case of a design, by reason only of the exhibition or use of, or the publication of a description or representation of, the design; or

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(c.) In the case of a trade mark, by reason only of the use of the trade mark;

in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man during the period specified in this section as that within which the application may be made.

(3.) The application for the grant of a patent, or the registration of a design, or the registration of a trade mark under this section, must be made in the same manner as an ordinary application under this Act or The Trade Marks Act, 1905':

Provided that

(a.) In the case of patents, the application shall be accompanied by a complete specification, which, if it is not accepted within the twelve months from the application for protection in the foreign State, shall with the drawings (if any) be open to public inspection at the expiration of that period; and

(b.) In the case of trade marks, any trade mark the registration of which has been duly applied for in the country of origin may be registered under The Trade Marks Act, 1905.'

"(4.) The provisions of this section shall apply only in the case of those foreign States with respect to which His Majesty by Order in Council declares them to be applicable, and so long only in the case of each State as the Order in Council continues in force with respect to that State.

"(5.) Where it is made to appear to His Majesty that the Legislature of any British Possession has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs, or trade marks, patented or registered in this country, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to apply the