Today -100: February 27, 1922: Of coalitions, alliances, and vowels

Luigi Facta forms a new government in Italy. It’s a wide-ranging coalition.

Britain and France agree to a 20-year alliance aimed against Germany, including if Germany causes any trouble in the east. Britain is now committed to protecting Poland.

Bulgaria is eliminating one of the 32 letters of its alphabet, and firing university professors who protest. We don’t know for sure which letter, but it’s probably a vowel.

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