Manchuria:
Warlord
Zhang Xueliang, effective ruler of Manchuria, offers his services as mediator
between Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek and rebellious Governor Yen Hsishan
of Shansi. The threat of renewed civil
war in China has been looming for weeks.
London:
The French
delegation appears to withdraw from the naval conference, having left for Paris
for the weekend and announcing that they won’t be back. Observers think it’s a ploy to try to wrest
an 11th hour concession out of either Italy (to give up its demand
for naval parity with France) or England (for a naval deal that includes continental
security). But Great Britain, the U.S.
and Japan evidently saw this coming, and reportedly have a three-way “fallback”
pact they will go to work on. It is
expected that if France is out, Italy will be too, as Italy presumably would
not agree to any limitations on naval power with France under no such
obligation.
Chisinau, Romania:
Russian and Romanian border guards get into a firefight on the Dniester
River near here. According to reports,
the Russian guards board a boat on their side of the river, then cross over and
attack the Romanian border post with hand grenades. The Romanians respond with rifle fire. One Romanian is killed and several Russians
wounded. No one knows a reason for the
attack, but tensions relative to Russia are high in Romania, as the government
says it has uncovered communist plots to attempt a coup in the country.
Elsewhere:
Moscow: Crowds of
Young Communists and Young Pioneers (a communist version of the boy scouts)
converge on the Italian Embassy and hold protests against the Pope.
Bogota: Thousands of
unemployed conduct a demonstration that devolves into a riot when police fire
on the crowd. Two are killed and at
least 20 injured.
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