Madison, Virginia, USA:
President
Herbert Hoover and British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, conferring at Hoover's private Rapidan Lodge, jointly announce
they will invite five world powers to a naval conference in London in January 1930. Purpose will be
resumption of talks on parity and caps in naval fleets of the U.S., Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
Negotiations had been going on for six months between the countries about such a gathering. A previous naval treaty was signed in 1922 among the five nations -- all victors in the World War (accordingly, neither Germany nor Russia are to be invited to the conference). That treaty was intended to limit the construction of new navy "capital ships" -- battleships, heavy cruisers and aircraft carriers -- in an attempt to prevent an arms buildup that might contribute to another war. This conference would revisit those terms.
Negotiations had been going on for six months between the countries about such a gathering. A previous naval treaty was signed in 1922 among the five nations -- all victors in the World War (accordingly, neither Germany nor Russia are to be invited to the conference). That treaty was intended to limit the construction of new navy "capital ships" -- battleships, heavy cruisers and aircraft carriers -- in an attempt to prevent an arms buildup that might contribute to another war. This conference would revisit those terms.
Bucharest:
Government officials say they suspect yesterday's assassination attempt on Alexandru Vayda-Voevod, Minister of the Interior, was intended to be the start of a broader campaign of communist unrest in Romania and throughout the Balkans. Authorities say soviets recently held a conference at Odessa, Soviet Union, to discuss agitation in the Balkans in the wake of the failure of "International Red Day," August 1, on which the West European Bureau of the Communist International (COMINTERN) had called on workers throughout the world to hold demonstrations in the streets. At this Odessa conference, Romanian authorities charge, the communists laid plans to join forces with autonomy movements in the Transylvania and Bessarabia regions of Romania, in an attempt to bring about revolution. The government orders extra police guards at public buildings.
Warsaw:
Socialist demonstrations on Socialist Youth
Day against the government of Josef Pilsudski turn into a riot. Police move in to restore order and arrest
the demonstration’s leaders.
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