Berlin: Chancellor Heinrich Bruening is reportedly
considering invoking Article 48 of the German constitution – the emergency
powers article -- to implement his tax proposals by emergency decree, and thus
bypass parliamentary approval. President
Paul von Hindenburg earlier threatened the same.
Meanwhile, the
federal high court overturns a decree issued by Wilhelm Frick, nazi Minister of the Interior and Education in
the state of Thuringia, which had suspended publication of a newspaper Frick
wished to silence. Frick has repeatedly
run afoul of federal authorities since taking office in Thuringia, and the
court rebukes him sharply for this latest overstep of his authority.
Paris: Irritated at the Rhineland violence after the
withdrawal of French forces, especially against separatists, France suspends negotiations
with Germany over the fate of the Saar region.
The negotiations had been intended to determine whether French claims on
the Saar might be ended early, as with the Rhineland. Now, unless things change again, France would
continue to hold preferential rights in the Saar until 1935.
Kovel, Poland: 40
Jews are injured in attacks by gangs of hoodlums in the Jewish quarter of this
city in eastern Poland. When the Jews
seek protection from city authorities, they are told there are not enough
police to protect them.
Helsinki: Anti-communist agitation continues. Ten men sweep into the Finnish Diet building,
kidnap two communist legislators, and spirit them away in two automobiles. It’s unknown whether these men are operatives
of the government, which yesterday ordered all communist members of parliament
arrested. All other communist
legislators have reportedly fled for the Russian border.
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