The Hague:
At the Second Reparations Conference,
agreement is reached on the timing of Germany’s restructured war debt payments,
along with other details regarding Germany’s rights to borrow money elsewhere
on the open market.
Istanbul:
Two large soviet warships move unannounced into
the Black Sea, disregarding international treaties on movement of warships
through the Dardanelles and Bosporus.
Observers report the 26,000-ton dreadnought Parischkaja Koman and the
cruiser Profintern (which had reportedly been in the Baltic) have appeared by
surprise, supposedly assigned to Russia’s Black Sea port at Sevastopol. If they remain, observers say they will
significantly tip the balance of power in the Black Sea, as no other country
has ships there anywhere near their size.
Political observers, however, speculate that the move is a protest to
signal Russia’s unhappiness with not being invited to the London Naval
Conference, which is scheduled to start in a few days.
China:
In the simmering civil war (in a winter lull), nationalist government forces, supported by gunboats in the harbor, drive communist rebel forces out of the city of Hoikow.
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