51 Armenian refugees from Turkey are deported from the US despite a writ of habeas corpus issued on account of the likelihood of their being persecuted because of their religion. Immigration Commissioner for the port of New York Robert Tod and other immigration officials knew of the writ, but as it hadn’t been served before the ship sailed due to some hiccup, they didn’t bother doing anything. It’s unclear whether they’ll be returned to Turkey and probable death, or an overcrowded refugee camp in Greece, where they might starve. When served the writ, Tod said Armenians are dirty and he’d do nothing for them.
France and Belgium ban German politicians from the Ruhr, in response to the recent visit by Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno, which “has had the effect of producing dangerous excitement”. Dangerous excitement is the worst kind of excitement.
A Spanish helicopter ascends 25 meters.
Italy ratifies the Santa Margherita treaty, ceding territory in Dalmatia to Yugoslavia. The thing they’ve been bitching about since the end of the war. Mussolini tells the Chamber of Deputies the treaty is absurd and counter to Italian interests, but Italy isn’t in a position to renounce it. Yet, he adds ominously.
Wilhelm Röentgen (not von Röentgen, NYT), inventor of the X-ray, dies at 77.
The 4th Internationale’s order that Communists quit the Freemasons is causing difficulties in France. Trotsky calls Freemasonry counter-revolutionary, blah blah blah Jewish lawyers etc.
Harold Lloyd marries Mildred Davis, his leading lady in the forthcoming Safety Last! and other films, although she’ll stop acting after this. She’s 22, he’s 29. They will remain married until her death in 1969.
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