The Fascists merely threaten a March on Rome, and the Facta government resigns. To be fair, they weren’t really that enthusiastic about resisting Mussolini (think Ted Cruz to the duce’s Trump) and the army and police might not have been willing to stop the Fascists. The resignation doesn’t necessarily mean that the next government will be Fascist; at this stage, no one knows what it means.
Greece arrests Prince Andrew at Corfu for his role in the military disaster against Turkey. Also arrested: a general, the former foreign minister, the former interior minister, and the former governor of Thrace.
Éamon de Valera summons a republican alt-Dáil, which meets secretly and calls on de Valera to resume the presidency.
Following a speech given by William Jennings Bryan Sunday in St Paul, a bunch of Twin Cities Christian pastors call for action to remove the teaching of evolution (“a program of infidelity masquerading under the name of science”) in tax-supported schools, including the state university.
Bonar Law is running on a truly exciting platform: abolishing the Cabinet Secretariat and transferring British League of Nations representation to the Foreign Office. Oh, and abolishing the Pensions Ministry.
The NYT thinks Harding will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice William R. Day, who was appointed by Roosevelt, with a Democrat, because it’s customary for the Court to have at least 3 members of the opposition party and the NYT thinks there’s only one D. justice, because they’ve forgotten about Brandeis. Also, Justice Mahlon Pitney has had a stroke and is expected to resign/die.
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