France reported the conclusions of a military committee led by Marshal Ferdinand Foch which found that Germany was gravely violating the disarmament provisions laid down in the Treaty of Versailles.[1]
Bavaria imposed a two-year ban on Adolf Hitler from public speaking, limiting him to addressing only private, closed meetings. The government was nervous at the large crowds Hitler was drawing.[9][10]
A young member of the Nazi Party, Otto Rothstock, entered the office of Austrian writer Hugo Bettauer and shot him five times at point blank range. Rothstock was angered by Bettauer's novel The City Without Jews which satirized antisemitism. Bettauer died of his wounds on March 25.
The League of Nations shelved all action on limiting the private manufacture of arms. The move was made ahead of the conference on limitation of arms trafficking to open on May 4, on the grounds that the United States would oppose such action on the grounds of such business being too lucrative.[11]
At 22:42 local time a 7.0 earthquake shakes the Chinese province of Yunnan killing 5,000 people.
A 5,000-mile high speed communications cable between the United States and Italy was officially activated by envoy to the United States Giacomo De Martino.[16]
Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister Edvard Beneš proposed a "United States of Europe", divided into two groups of roughly equal power, to secure peace. England, France, Belgium, Germany and Spain could make up the western bloc, while Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Austria and others could make up the eastern bloc.[17]
In Rome, Benito Mussolini made his first public appearance in over a month when he briefly spoke at a celebration commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Fasci Italiani da Combattimento. There had been much speculation as to the state of his health during his long absence.[25]
A fistfight broke out in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Upon Benito Mussolini's return to the Chamber after an absence of 40 days, Fascists cheered and sang "Giovinezza", while the Communists countered with "The Internationale". Fascists rushed the Communist benches and punches were exchanged until the Communists left the Chamber and order was restored.[26]
Germany announced that holders of German war bonds would receive a refund of 5 percent of their original investment. Winners of a lottery would receive a refund of up to 25 percent.[27]
The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi was launched.
Japan passed a suffrage bill expanding voting rights to 4 million citizens who were previously barred from voting on account of their dependence on public or private assistance for their livelihood.[29]
67 soldiers of the Reichswehr were reported drowned when a pontoon bridge over the Weser river near Minden collapsed.[31] Later reporting alleged that the casualties were over 200 and the German military was conducting experiments with a new river-crossing system.[32]
^"German Police Kill Six in Riot at Red Meeting". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 14, 1925. p. 7.
^"Germany Urged by Council Body to Join League". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 15, 1925. p. 18.
^"French Senate Body Votes for Vatican Envoy". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 15, 1925. p. 18.
^"Cal and Mussolini Open New 5,000 Mile High Speed Cable". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 17, 1925. p. 13.
^Wales, Henry (March 18, 1925). "U.S. of Europe Urged as Clear Road to Peace". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 11.
^Greenberg, Michael I. (2006). Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-made Disasters. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. p. 186. ISBN978-0-7637-3782-5.
^"Fire Destroys Part of Tokio; 20,000 Homeless". Chicago Daily Tribune. March 19, 1925. p. 3.
^Ristine, James D. (2009). Philadelphia's 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN978-0-7385-6544-6.