Friday, 18 October 1929: More Soviet Action in Manchuria

Manchuria: 

NEW FIGHTING IS REPORTED BETWEEN SOVIET AND MANCHURIAN/CHINESE TROOPS, both today and yesterday.  Reports say Russian forces penetrated 100 miles up the Sungari River into Manchuria, using 7 gunboats and 12 warplanes, likely looking for and destroying arms or boats that might be used to harass Russian river traffic along the Amur River on the Russia/China border.  The soviets are largely unopposed, and withdraw after the incursion.  

Berlin: 

President Paul von Hindenburg blasts the Liberty Law plebiscite supported by Alfred Hugenberg’s nationalists, especially the provision that would impeach and imprison government officials who support the Young Plan.*  Votes in favor of the Liberty Law are reportedly light.

Meanwhile, a new report on unemployment among labor union members shows unemployment increased from 9% in August to 9.6% in September.  

Paul v. Hindenburg, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-C06886 / CC-BY-SA.  Used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Vienna:  

Chancellor Johann Schober submits a revised Austrian constitution to the Reichstrat (legislature) that reduces the autonomy of the largely socialist province of Vienna and places it more under the control of the national government, which contains powerful fascist elements.  Tension between socialist-leaning Vienna and the national government and rest of the country has been an ongoing feature of post-war Austrian politics.

Johann Schober

Elsewhere: 

New York: The stock market loses another 2.5%, rising early then falling hard.  A report today from the New York Stock Exchange says Wall Street lost nearly $2.6 billion in September.

  

China: Some 500 troops mutiny in the city of Wuhu, and capture the city for seven hours.  Foreigners seek safety from Japanese and British gunboats in the harbor, and forces of the nationalist government subdue the rebellion.  Meanwhile, communist rebels are attacking the city of Chengchow, in north-central Honan province.