13 MAY 1925
Mr Baldwin, replying to a deputation from the Amalgamated Engineering Union who approached him on the question of trade depression, gave an assurance that the Government would lose no opportunity of forwarding any practicable plan that seemed likely to lead to its alleviation.
Mr Baldwin has promised the aid of Government Departments in giving all possible information to the Joint Committee, composed of representatives of the masters and men in the shipbuilding industry, which is investigating the question of foreign competition and other causes of the present depression.
Amidst pomp approaching almost that of pre-war Imperial days, Field-Marshal von Hindenburg took the oath of the Republican Constitution in the Reichstag. The proceedings were interrupted by the Communist Deputies, who, after shouting “Down with the Monarchist President,” left the hall.
A Paris telegram announces the death of General Mangin, the famous French soldier.
At the close of the “Little Entente” Conference at Bukharest, statements were made to the Press by the chief delegates, in which reference was made to the situation in Central and Eastern Europe.
Lord Milner’s condition gives rise to grave anxiety.
The King has awarded the Albert Medal to Veladi Sammai, an Indian, who showed great gallantry in saving the life of a British official when the latter was attacked by a tiger.