Poet-Aviator Gabriele D’Annunzio is irate that Italy is blocking entry to children being sent from starving Fiume. He threatens to use a warship to land them at Venice. He compares this to Italy’s sheltering starving children from Vienna. “I will not tolerate this infamy. I am preparing the roughest-edged tool to brand it. ... Yes, now commences war.”
The Ulster Unionists decide to accept Lloyd George’s Home Rule Bill. They still don’t like Ireland having any form of self-government, but will accept separate treatment for “Ulster,” even if it’s just 6 rather than 9 counties.
Norway and Denmark agree to join the League of Nations after getting assurances that they won’t be required to maintain a standing army ready to join in possible League military actions. Switzerland, Sweden and the Netherlands will also join.
West Virginia State Senator Bloch arrives at Charleston from his winter home in Pasadena (no word on whether he accepted the plane booked to get him part of the way) in time to vote for the federal women’s suffrage Amendment. Also, an Anti senator who no longer lives in the state is unseated, so ratification passes. 34 down, 2 to go.
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