REOPENING OF THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.

SOCIALISTS WALK OUT.

From A. Beaumont. Rome, Monday.

As was known yesterday, the Socialist deputies had, as a concession to public opinion, which was shocked at their proposal to offer a deliberate insult to the sovereign, decided to mitigate still further their antimonarchical demonstration, and instead of waiting till the sovereign had taken his place in the assembly, that they would leave the chamber in a body before his majesty entered. This decision was suggested by those deputies who are not new, and who have a certain respect for parliamentary decorum.

Despite the talk about the Socialists, the first sitting will be accomplished with all the pomp and formality possible. The Queen will also be at the chamber, a place having been duly prepared and adorned for her in the royal tribune. On each side, the diplomatic tribune will be filled. The King will further enter the vestibule, accompanied by the royal princes and the members of the ministry. The speech from the throne will be read, as is customary, by the prime minister, as soon as the sovereign is seated. Before he begins, it is expected that the Socialists will have left the chamber. To make up for it, however, members of all the other parties have decided to give the sovereign an enthusiastic ovation and will rise to their feet as soon as he appears. Later.

Everything passed off at the chamber as was anticipated, with the exception that King Victor Emmanuel read his speech in person, in a clear firm voice, and the Socialists remained in the hall after the King had entered.

On coming out from the chamber just now, I could not help being impressed with the scenes in the streets, which were quite different from certain alarmist expectations. A band was playing the royal hymn, soldiers stood at attention, and a big crowd was moving about, looking cheerful. The Socialists had indulged in their antimonarchical demonstration inside the chamber, and there is where it began and ended. Rome has not been convulsed by it, and in return the King and Queen, and members of the royal family, as they returned to the Quirinal, were given a triumphal ovation along the route.

The first deputy to arrive this morning at the chamber was the Socialist member, Bellegarda, from Turin, who wore a big red tie and a red carnation. The Socialists were evidently anxious to be first, and by 10 o’clock all 156 had taken their seats at the extreme left of the Assembly Hall. All of them sported red neckties and ostentatiously bore red carnations.

The Catholic members took up a large space in the semi-circle next to the Socialists. At the centre and right, Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives and Nationalists took their seats. The ex-prime ministers present were Signori Salandra, Giolitti, Boselli, Orlando, and Luzzatti. At 10.25 Gen Diaz came in and took his seat with the senators at the extreme right.

A GREAT OVATION.

At that instant the King and Queen arrived, the band struck up the royal hymn in the piazza, and the sovereigns were received at the entrance by Signor Nitti and the vice-president of the chamber. They were accompanied by the crown prince and their other children, and by the princes of the house of Savoy, the Duke D’aosta, and the Count of Turin. As the King entered the chamber, dressed in field uniform, the entire assembly, excepting the Socialists, rose to its feet and cheered long and repeatedly. The Socialists during this demonstration remained obstinately seated and silent. When the ovation ceased, the King took his seat on the throne, and Signor Nitti, turning to the members, invited them to be seated. At that instant the Socialists rose in a body and started leaving the hall. This became the signal for a new outburst of cheering by all the other members, and the King, in acknowledgement, also stood up and faced the assembly calmly. The members on the right continued cheering, “Viva il Re!” to which some Socialists replied by furiously shaking their fists at them. Half the Socialists had already left the hall when the remainder broke out in a shout of “Viva il Socialismo!”, which was instantly drowned by renewed cheers for the King from the entire chamber.

The door being closed on the last Socialist, the chamber became quiet, and the King, seating himself again, began to read the royal message. One half of the speech was a declaration that Italy hereafter should have no other thought but that of peace, and in this he had the evident assent of the entire chamber. Members applauded at nearly every sentence, and at the conclusion there was a loud and prolonged cheer, thrice repeated. The object of this enthusiastic reception of the speech, which expressed the sentiment of the majority of the assembly and of the nation, was to add further emphasis to the protest against the Socialist demonstration. By 12 o’clock, the sitting was over, and the King and Queen had returned, amid loud acclamations, to the Quirinal, and they received another enthusiastic ovation.