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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
7
The Toronto Globe editorial urges farmers to boost food production amid wartime shortages. It argues city folk owe farmers support to cut barriers between farm and town, improve marketing, and counter war-induced grain speculation. The piece frames farm effort as a key liberty action and duty.
A humorous exchange features a Lady Worker and a Lady Land Worker debating chores at home. A line from Charlie recalls a doctor’s warning about smoking and feeblemindedness, followed by Miss Keen asking why he didn’t quit.
Brand Whitlock then U S minister in Brussels refused to depart Belgium with only part of his staff. He insisted he and his delegation would leave together, prompting Germany to provide a special train for all on the same voyage.
The Baltimore Star notes that British Americans cherish the American Revolution as just and recall George Washington as a key Anglo-Saxon leader. It argues for a future Anglo American alliance to defend liberty, citing Viscount Bryce as a proponent and recalling a British officer organizing a regiment in the United States during the Revolution.
The Minister of Agriculture funds and expands study of grain rust after last year’s epidemic causing an estimated 100 million dollar loss. W P Fraser M A will lead investigations at Brandon Manitoba Indian Head Saskatchewan laboratories, leaving Macdonald College to join the Botanical Division of the Experimental Farms System.
In a brief exchange Robert chafes at an advancing allowance as his father comments on the need for funds to catch up. The son admits hopeful impatience while the father notes the pace of the raise.
Frank Dilnot notes Sweden's tensions during World War I as pro German factions face opposition from a pro Ally majority. He details German influence in courts, universities, and trade, amid a shift to a neutral, business government led by a king but backed by pro German ministers, excluding Wallenberg.
Prof. E A Howes of the University of Alberta speaks at the Western Canada Irrigation Association convention in Kamloops on keeping youth on the farm. He cites home conditions, outlook, and agricultural education in schools as keys to reversing urban drift, with Maple Creek, Saskatchewan hosting the next convention August 1–3.
The summary notes that General Joffre, once the idol of France, accepted stepping aside to make way for General Nivelle. He refused politics, continued his duties, and demonstrated a noble spirit in surrendering his renowned position for his successor.
A Swiss correspondent reports in Basle National Zeitung that Germany faces greater food shortages than at any wartime point. He cites bureaucratic delays, red tape, and mismanagement in Cologne and other cities as starving residents wait while officials process supplies. He notes urban suffering, criticizes government aid to large landowners, and warns that confiscations may resolve next summer’s food safety.
A New York dispatch notes the king of England donating a stallion to the Canadian breeding bureau to further remounting for the Allies. John F. Ryan, head of the Canadian bureau, aided by sourcing thoroughbred cross horses from Canada and New York, boosting speed and endurance for war horses. Australia seeks similar bureau setup, underscoring global remount efforts.
Russia outlines a new financial program to tax war profits. Finance Minister Tereschtenko says the country has capital from wartime industrial growth and urges an immediate system of taxes on profits to give the government a larger share and remedy deficiencies in administration.
The text argues Germany must pay indemnities for war devastation in France, not seek military justification. It urges cooling, just treatment and payment over years, with Hamburg and Bremen held as guarantees, and suggests an impartial Hague tribunal for indemnity estimates. It also discusses Saskatchewan fire laws and fire guardians as a separate note.
The Marquis of Queensbury told Winnipeg audiences that Canada holds vast mineral wealth capable of covering war debts. He cites British Columbia resources, Porcher Island staking, and plans to lure investors to establish smelters. He urges Canadians to pursue geology and mine both common and valuable ores.
The North China News reports the Chinese Premier faced a German claim of extracting glycerine from soldiers' corpses. He condemned the insinuation, stating a nation that disrespects the dead cannot be trusted with the living, and ordered a rupture with Germany and cancellation of all German official engagements in Pekin.
The Alberta Farmers' Co operative plans to construct about forty new elevators across the province before the 1917 crop ripens. Sixteen hundred thousand bushels of additional capacity will result from 40,000 bushel average per building, at an estimated cost near 350000 dollars. Work starts immediately, employing roughly 150 men.
The passage blames professors for Germany's failure to grasp others' psychology and to apply common sense in assessment. It argues professors spread unfounded generalizations about the Teuton race and nations such as France, England, and Russia, shaping public opinion and policy, with the New York Evening Post cited.
A quoted Edmondton Bulletin editorial declares food profiteers who charge high prices during war as traitors, equating them with munitions profiteers. The piece argues such actions weaken national strength and deserve strong punishment.
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