Inter-communal riots between Hindus and Muslims broke out in
Calcutta (British India).[2]
The White House stated that U.S. President
Calvin Coolidge was declining the invitation to send any American delegates to a
League of Nations conference in Geneva in September to discuss America's reservations about joining the
World Court, explaining that the League of Nations and World Court were two separate organizations.[3]
Across Italy, 3 were killed, staffers of anti-Fascist newspapers were beaten, and property was smashed in nighttime "reprisal" attacks following the attempt on Mussolini's life.[9]
Died:Giovanni Amendola, 43, Italian journalist and politician (died from wounds sustained in an attack by Fascists in July 1925)
Thursday, April 8, 1926
Following a colorful naval ceremony, Mussolini disembarked in a battleship for
Tripoli to make his first visit to the colony of
Italian Libya, sporting a large bandage across his nose from the previous day's assassination attempt but displaying no other ill effects.[10][11]
Residents of Guominjun-held Beijing entered a state of panic as the army of
Zhang Zuolin reached
Tongzhou, within striking distance of the city.
Canadian Finance MinisterJames Robb presented the new budget of
King's
Liberal government, reporting a $55 million budget surplus and offering $25 million worth of tax cuts as well as reduced tariffs for automobiles.[18]
1,500 railway workers went on strike in London, while nearly 20,000 members of the Women's Guild of the Empire marched through the city to protest against strikes and lockouts as a means of settling labour disputes.[22]
Lava from the
Mauna Loa eruption engulfed the village of Hoʻōpūloa.[14]
French and Spanish representatives failed to reach an agreement in talks with
Rif rebel delegates in Morocco on ending the ongoing rebellion led by
Abd el-Krim.[2]
The
Mellon–Berenger Agreement was negotiated. The pact agreed on the amount and rate of repayment of France's debt to the United States arising from loans and payments in kind made during World War I. The agreement pended ratification in French Parliament.
The
French franc hit a new historical low: 30 to the U.S. dollar.[25]
Iran and Turkey signed a "Treaty of Friendship" in Tehran. It pledged nonaggression towards one another and also included possible joint actions that could have been taken to deal with groups within their borders that threatened security, particularly Kurds.[27]
Germany reported a trade surplus for March of 240 million marks, in an encouraging sign for the country's financial stabilization and ability to make
Dawes Plan payments.[28]
Saturday, April 24, 1926
Germany and the Soviet Union signed the
Treaty of Berlin, in which each pledged neutrality in an event of attack on the other by a third party within the next five years.
Chancellor of the ExchequerWinston Churchill presented the new budget of
Stanley Baldwin's
Conservative government in the United Kingdom. It projected a deficit of £8 million, down from £14 million the previous year. The most controversial element was a proposed 5% betting tax to be added to each stake made at a race course or through a bookmaker.[29]
Riffian rebel envoys in Morocco rejected the latest Franco-Spanish peace proposal to end the
Rif War, refusing the condition that
Abd el-Krim go into exile.[32]
Final efforts to stave off a lockout of British coal miners failed when the miners rejected the owners' final offer of an average wage cut of 13 percent and a "temporary" workday increase from seven to eight hours.[2]