England:
London: At the naval
conference, a scheduled meeting between British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
and French Prime Minister Andrae Tardieu is cancelled, signaling definitively
that France is out of the parley. After
two months of meetings, the conference is at a complete standstill – with
nothing to show for its effort -- as Great Britain and the U.S. await word from
Japan on whether a 3-way pact can still be signed. Many in the press are saying the conference
will have been a complete failure if Japan’s reply is negative.
Manchester:
More evidence of the Depression’s spread: an estimated 25% of cotton
operatives in Lancashire are out of work, some so destitute they can’t get food
to eat.
Elsewhere:
Paris: Finance
Minister Paul Reynaud, in a committee speech, says that barring unforeseen
circumstances, he expects France will remove all forces and end its occupation
of the Rhineland by June 30.
Moscow: Tens of
thousands of demonstrators march for three hours here and in other cities
around Russia in protest against religion.
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