King Alexander of Yugoslavia orders his brother Prince George interned as insane. George is given to wild behaviour and in 1909 George was forced to renounce any claim to the throne after he kicked a servant to death. He’ll remain incarcerated until freed by the Germans during World War II. After the war, He’ll be the only member of the royal family not banished by Tito (or assassinated earlier, like King Alex) and will die in 1972 at the age of 85.
El Salvador’s Congress passes a motion banning entry by non-whites.
Another attack on a Klan rally. Protesters throw stones at the kluxxers as they leave a field outside Berlin, Massachusetts. And in Baldwin, Massachusetts, Arthur Baker is hit by a stone while leading a Klan parade. I strongly condemn this action because, and only because, they might have hit the horse he was riding. He & 2 others are arrested for holding a parade without a permit.
Britain’s Prince Edward wins over Boer nationalists in Cape Town by speaking to them in Afrikaans, having painstakingly memorized and haltingly recited, “Meneere, ek is baie bly julle vanaant te ontmoet, en ek bedank julle nogmals vir julle warme welkom!” (“Gentlemen, I am very pleased to meet you tonight, and I thank you again for your warm welcome!”). Eddie didn’t like the “Dutch” at all, as letters to his mother show, but hid it well.
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