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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
5
In Ottawa the throne speech outlines key measures for the new session of parliament. Canada plans constitutional changes to succession, a proposed UK Canada trade agreement, and ongoing imperial conferences.
Berlin issued a government communique confirming negotiations for a German French trade treaty. The move marks a formal step toward improved relations after tension over the Spanish Civil War. Dr Hjalmar Schacht canceled his Paris trip as duties in Berlin remained heavy. Negotiations to be handled by departmental experts.
London reports a British destroyer Sussex forced a Spanish insurgent trawler to release the steamship Bramhill in the Straits of Gibraltar after the trawler seized her. The Bramhill, not carrying arms, was allowed to proceed to Bilbao. Officials cited firm action to prevent interference with lawful British commerce.
Premier Mussolini, aged 53, earned his military pilot license after flying to about 15,000 feet in his own trimotor plane. He then looped the loop, receiving the insignia from General Giuseppe Valle, air ministry under secretary, in Rome.
The Union of South Africa begins a road building program valued at $25,000,000. The project aims to improve main routes and boost regional transport while creating jobs and supporting economic growth.
Air Minister Hermann Goering travels to Rome amid reports that Mussolini will gauge how far Italy will back Germany on armaments and colonial aims. Observers say economic talks with France could tie to pledges on armaments and regional peace, with potential moves to recover possessions from the Great War.
Legal experts debate the reach of the Foreign Enlistment Act across British dominions. Without repealing legislation, the act may apply to all British subjects abroad, making dominion volunteers for Spain liable to the same two year penalty as UK subjects. The Statute of Westminster clause IV requires explicit dominion consent for UK acts to extend there, as shown by Canada’s abdication bill.
Sir Miles Lampson presented credentials to the regency council at Abdin palace signaling a shift from British high commissioner to ambassador under recent Anglo Egyptian treaty ratifications. Pageantry marked the change as Lampson rode in a state coach and was greeted by a guard of honor and the British anthem.
The department of labor stated employment conditions in South Africa are healthy and that 2,000 men could be easily placed if available. The official report underscores strong labor demand in Cape Town.
In the pending House of Commons session a resolution on automatic conscription of all wealth for the duration of wartime is tabled by T. C. Douglas of Weyburn Saskatchewan. The proposal calls for immediate legislation and penalties for violations.
The body of Baron Jacques de Borchgrave, a Belgian at tache at the Madrid embassy, arrived in Toulon aboard the French destroyer Kersaint. Belgium had given Valencia’s Socialist administration short notice to send the body out of Spain, charging the baron was killed during an uprising among foreign volunteer troops. The body will be taken to Brussels by special train.
Winnipeg. E K Williams counsel for Manitoba Pool Elevators told the Turgeon royal grain commission that fears of cheap wheat shaping the economy, not high prices, spurred tariffs and quotas in importing countries. Williams cited reports of producers in exporting nations using artificial price hikes, while Darby noted a market for Canadian grain but reluctance by buyers to pay more. He discussed a 1933 international wheat agreement and urged policies to curb acreage, with exchange officials highlighting a return to open marketing as soon as possible and noting discussions of a wheat board to move government holdings.
London reports a possible settlement of the Anglo Irish trade dispute after a lengthy talk between President Eamon de Valera and Dominions Secretary Malcolm Macdonald. A second conference was expected with an official statement to follow. The talks include John Dumaty Dennis Devlin and Sean Brennan, with progress seen but a full settlement deemed unlikely.
Canada faces a new parliamentary session with the wheat surplus largely cleared. Jan 8 stockpiles were 146,353,672 bushels lower than a year earlier and the end of July carryover stood at 108,747,059 bushels. If sales match last year's average the surplus would be eliminated by next July amid Europe and United Kingdom interest in building wheat reserves. The high carryover peaked at 211,740,188 bushels in 1933 and remained above 2023 figures in 1935.
Brig. Gen. Alex Ross of Yorkton on behalf of the Canadian Legion gave Hon. Raymond Brugere the pilgrimage souvenir book and a pilgrim’s badge in gratitude for his efforts during last year’s Vimy pilgrimage. Ross thanked Brugere for facilitating the pilgrims’ progress in France.
The government accepted the resignation of Dr. Raoul Poulin Union Nationale member for Beauce county in the Quebec legislature. Poulin gave no reason for stepping down on November 15 and a date for the by election to fill the vacancy had not been set. The house composition stood Union Nationale 75 Liberal 14 and 1 vacancy.
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