Tuesday, July 22, 1930

Germany:

Berlin:  Three people are shot in the southern part of the city when nazis start tearing down communist campaign posters.  One communist and two bystanders are wounded.

Coblenz: Tragedy strikes during the nighttime festivities celebrating the liberation of the Rhineland -- a pontoon bridge on which 80 people are standing to watch fireworks gives way, drowning perhaps 70 or more.

 

Tokyo:  The naval representatives on the Supreme Military Council, who have been debating the London Naval Treaty in informal meetings for several days, approve a report which calls the treaty “defective” and inadequate for the defense of Japan.  The council does accept an appeal from Naval Minister Takarabe Takeshi that the treaty’s defects may be remediable by new defense bills, a small government victory.  And the treaty’s ratification by the Privy Council is still expected.  Still, this vote is an embarrassment for the government of Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi.  The full Supreme Military Council, meeting in formal session tomorrow, is expected to agree with the naval members’ view.  The United States approved the treaty today, however, and this is reportedly received as good news in Japan.

Madrid:  The Spanish government increases tariffs on luxury items, including automobiles, in retaliation for the U.S. Smoot-Hawley tariff.

 

Canberra:  More bad economic news -- John Latham, opposition leader in parliament, claims unemployment in Australia has hit 18.5%.

New York:  Still more bad economic news -- steamship lines report that the number of ocean traveler is down 18% from last year, with no foreseeable prospects for improvement.