Vienna: Fresh off his parliamentary victory to disarm
Austria’s paramilitaries, Chancellor Johann Schober orders the arrest of
Waldemar Pabst, a German national who has been in Austria for several years
helping lead the fascist Heimwehr paramilitary.
Pabst is charged with involvement in revolutionary activities; the
government will begin expulsion proceedings against him immediately. In an ironic twist, should Pabst be ordered
expelled from Austria (which is likely), his only recourse of appeal would be
to Karl Seitz, Mayor of Vienna – a socialist.
Waldemar Pabst
Berlin: Prince August Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, son of
the former Kaiser, announces he has abandoned his membership in the Stahlhelm
nationalist paramilitary organization in favor of the nazis. His reasons reportedly include the
Stahlhelm’s lack of sufficient support for his fiery nationalist
speeches, and his belief that Adolf Hitler and the nazis can provide the
necessary zeal for the German nationalist movement. He appeals to his own supporters to do the make the switch too.
Prince August Wilhelm of Hohenzollern
Helsinki: The government suspends five communist
newspapers and removes the governor of the Vaza district in an attempt to curb
communist agitation. President Lauri
Kristian Relander cuts short his vacation to return home and deal with the
crisis.
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