Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
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brought into safe places-moStly in
France-but with men capable OF
bearing arms those two governments
are doing nothing, for if they did
extend help to them, it might be
interpreted as an un-neutral act,
interfering with the progress of the
civil war.
Goodbye, England!
A few days ago, Eamonn de Valera,
president of the Irish Free State,
published the draft of new con-
stitution for his country; it has to
be voted on by parliament and by
the people as whole before it can
become effective. Most noteworthy
fact in the proposed constitution is
the declaration that the Free State
considers itself sovereign, independ-
ent and democratic" and never
word is being said about any alleg-
lance to the king of Great Britain.
That means, in effect, that the Free
State now at last feels strong enough
to dissolve the union with the mother
country, but whether success will
crown this attempt still remains to
be seen.
HayaShi Defeated.
There has been a parliamentary
election in Japan, and the result, as
far as it is apparent from still in
complete returns, is that the two
major parties, usually opposed to
one another, now united in their
government, scored the greatest po-
litical victory ever won in Japan.
The government supporters elected
to the parliament numbered only IL,
and as result of that, Hayashi in
dictated early this week that he and
his cabinet were ready to resign.
The trouble with Hayashi, from
the viewpoint of his opponents, was
that he appeared too militariStic, and
at the same time the military clique
that is, mostly, the generals of
the army, considered him too paci-
fiStically inclined. Even though the
anti-militariStS have won signifi-
cant victory, it may not, soberly
, speaking, mean so very much, for the
general staff still appears to have
. the best of it.; if parliament does not
aSquiesce in the ever increasing de-
mands for added military appropria-
. tons, the emperor still retains the
power to dissolve it as often as he
pleaseS, and call new elections until
. he finally succeeds in composing a
{ national assembly that will bow to
. the demands of his generals. To
{ what extent the Mikado personally
, is militarist is not quite clear, but
the presumption is that he favors the
generals to the more or less COM
| plete exclusion of the elected rep
| resentatives of the people.
"Great Doings."
During this month there will be
: some European events attracting
more than usual attention. One is
the coronation of King George vi
and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain
to take place on May Is; the other
| is the 25th anniversary of the Access
/ sion to the throne of King Christian
x of Denmark. Both of these events
, will be watched with a great deal
: of interest, and much royalty will
, foregather in London and Copen-
. although in London there
| will be no visiting kings, for the as
: sumption is that no one must out
: shine the central figure of the corona
: ton ceremony, so other kings will
be represented by their sons.
Then, too, there is the impending
marriage of the duke of Windsor,
who left his throne for the sake of a
woman, to Mrs. Wallis Simpson,
. American-born lady. Her divorce
F, from Ernest Simpson became abso-
lutte and official last Monday, and she
, is now free to marry the man who
: stepped down from the throne of the
earth's mightiest empire in order
to obey the dictates of his heart
The date of the wedding has not been
announced, but it is thought it will
not take place until some time after
the coronation of the dukes brother
in order not to embarass the Brit
ish royal family. AT that, as said,
no one knows anything about it
beyond the fact that Mrs. Simpson
: obtained her final decree, and that
: her huSband-to-be has left Austria
r for France, apparently to join her.
1t is said that the honeymoon will be
4 spent in Austria, and nothing more
is definitely known-for instance, no
one appears to have any information
as to the country where they will