Foreign Events - November 1921
November 16.—Nearly 700 Moplah rebels are killed, and one British officer and three men are killed and 34 are wounded, in an attack by the rebels on the Pandikkag Post in India.
Belfast Unionists in three meetings emphatically protest against the British Cabinet's treatment of Ulster.
November 17.—By an overwhelming vote the Unionist Party, in session, at Liverpool, endorses the British Government's policy in its effort to bring about peace in Ireland.
Four policemen are killed and 30 seriously injured in an uprising by the followers of Mahatma Gandhi, the Hindu non-cooperationist leader, when the Prince of Wales arrives in Bombay to begin his tour of India. The rest of the population accords the Prince a tumultuous welcome.
Jugo-Slavia denies before the Council of the League of Nations that Jugo-Slav troops have invaded Albanian territory contrary to the terms of the Covenant of the League of Nations.
November 18.—The British Government issues orders suspending all construction work on the four new super-Hood battle cruisers, as the first step towards naval armament reduction.
Thirteen Mexican revolutionists are killed in battle and four more executed after summary court-martial near Algagones, in Lower California.
A new state bank is opened in Moscow by the Soviet government. It is announced that 3 per cent. interest will be paid on current accounts, and 5 per cent. on time deposits.
November 19.—The British Labor Party issues a manifesto promising support of any steps necessary to make the American proposals for naval armament reduction effective, and calls for the extension of the proposals to all forms of armament. The manifesto also asks for the non-renewal of the alliance between Great Britain and Japan.
November 20.—Renewal of the outbreaks in Bombay by the non-cooperationists is reported in advices to London, and Mahatma Gandhi, their leader, is said to be trying to quell the rioters.
November 21.—A hunger riot breaks out in Berlin, large crowds of men and women raiding provision shops and demanding relief from the high cost of living.
November 22.—Twenty-one persons are killed and scores wounded in an outburst of rioting in Belfast coincident with the assumption by the North Ireland Parliament of control of Ulster's local affairs in accordance with the Home Rule Act under the recently signed order-in-council.
The bethrothal of Princess Mary of England, only daughter of King George and Queen Mary, to Viscount Lascelles is announced by the King.
The German Government officially denies the charges of Premier Briand, of France, in his address before the Washington Conference that the German police forces and the Reichswehr constitute a nucleus for a future German army.