Vienna:
Emile Vandervelde, Chairman of Labor and
Socialist International, an international organization of socialist parties,
warns Austria that it supports its socialist comrades in Austria, and advises
the Austrian government to take seriously British Foreign Minister Arthur
Henderson’s warnings against a nationalist coup.
Helsinki:
Parliament approves the proposal by Prime
Minister Kyosti Kallio, made last week, to amend the country’s “association
law” to curtail the ability of communist groups to spread propaganda. The vote was 98-78. The national government is expected to use
the new law to disperse communist activities, and possibly even dissolve the
communist party in parliament.
London:
Great Britain officially resumes diplomatic relations
with the Soviet Union. But the
formalities have not gone smoothly.
Earlier in the month, Britain’s new envoy to Russia was received
“cooly,” prompting a torrent of rhetoric that relations could never be normal
with a country so bent on propaganda.
Today, King George refuses to receive the Soviet ambassador, owing to
the Soviet government’s assassination of Czar Nicholas, King George’s
cousin.
Berlin:
Finance Minister Rudolph Hilferding
resigns anyway. He has been under fire for
weeks – and at odds with Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht – over a series
of financial reforms approved by the Reichstag.
Paris:
The Saar negotiations between Germany and France, which started three weeks ago, adjourn for the Christmas holiday with no progress. It’s not clear the negotiations will even resume.
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