Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-07
WORLD. HAS HAD A
FORTUNATE YEAR r
No Terrible Catastrophe Has
Marked the TWeIvemonth. 1.

Marked the TWeIvemonth. I.
DEATH TAKES NOTABLE MEN E !.
General Success Of the Democrats and !:
Startling Developments South OF
the Rio Grande Chief Events 4
Ia Western Hemisphere. Y
5t5 New York. Taken all in all, the
year 1913 has been happy and rather
fortunate one for the world in gen:
Feral. 1t was not marked by any great
catastrophe, such as the San Francisco
earthquake or the Titanic disaster; 1t
saw the end Of the wars in the Bal
kans, it witnessed the inauguration OF
Democratic president in the United
States, followed by genuine tariff re-
duction without financial panic.
t5@ The death roll for the past year mas
hit the financial world rather hard, in
Guiding such notable figures as =. :.
Morgan, Henry M. I gler and & James JiI % I
Keene. The Roman Catholic
church also lost two Of its most ven m;
cradle cardinals, Oreglia, dean Of the
sacred college, and Rampolla. once
secretary at the Vatican y and who
Z would have been pope instead Of Plus
x had not the emperor Of Austria vot-5
ed against him. Il H 81: IN ..s
B Il In the United States politics de-
yelopments have been extremely In n,
teresting, but not startling. Every
thing seems to have gone the way Of
the Democrats. Democratic victories
{ were won last November in New York
city, the state Of, New Jersey and
state Of Massachusetts. Congress has
passed the currency bill, and the bank
ing interests Of the country are ad-$
5usting themselves to i. x.
AS alarmed as high finance may
have been when It was learned that
Presid dent Wilson believed in Sherman
law should be clarifie ed I" business and
financial interests have apparently be-
come convinced & that u the presidents
attitude Is not one Of opp sition, but
rather an attitude in which he would
consult and confer with business and
finance to remedy evils generally ad-,
mitted To- exist. 4,
Doinos In Mexico. s.til 4
South of the Rio Grande develop
$ments have been ling and rapid.
The year 1913 saw In Mexico the as
Esassinat ton Of President Francisco Ma
adero, Vice President Pine Suarez and
& Gustavo SMadero, brother OF the presi-
dent, the usurpation Of the presidency
by Gen. oriano Huerta, boosted
into that position by General Felix
4 Diaz. Then came the rupture between
Z Ddaz and 8Huerta, with the practical
Punishment Of Diaz. Later In 1918
i came the rise OF Venustiano Carranza,
leader OF the cons itutionalists in the
/ north OF Mexico, with the result that
the powerful northern states OF Mex
leo are now under his control Scarce
~ had Carranza become famous than
/, Ffancisco ..Pancho' lila, former ban
4 dit. with a price on his head, leaped
into the $limelig ht as a rebel leader
serving Carranza, and is now ques.
4 toned whe her Carranza or villa is
the stronger in the leadership OF the
y constitute nalist forces. 81: Z v
3 Ss In its relations with Mexico the
4 United States has stood frm. Early
& in his administrati lon Preside nt Wilson
L announced his determina tion to with
q hold re ognition from the Huerta@ ad
ministrat ion, "a and although much
4 pressure has been brought to bear
the presto dent has refused to change
6 his attitude. Efforts have been made
TO induce Huerta to retire and allow q
fair and honest election, without re
n suit. Today the United States has g
4 heavy armed force at the border and
! an impressive array OF battleships of
Il the coast. II. y !
There have been several marriages
4 of Importance In the past year, and
4 number Of engagements Of prom1
5Snent persons announced. Foremostiin
A the minds OF Americans, OF course, is
n the wed ding Of Miss Jessie w oodrow
3 Wilson. daught Of the president.
Assassin atoms Of the ear. IL, .S@ ss3
Barring Mexico's barbarous achieve
58 ments, there have been few assassina
tons In countries generally recognized
- being civilized. George I, king so1
II Greece, was ssinated I BY "a; mad
\ In Salonika, March j s. III II
\ Turkey the commander-in.chief Of the
Ottoman forces In the Balkan wars
gEnYerFBe was slain on February II
This was Flowed soon after by the
Y assassinat lion OF Nazim Pas a, Turkish
1 premier. Turkey and Mexico appear
!. 10 have been scontending with each
other for 8honors in the line Of assas
Y sination, with. N exico slightly in the
4 lead. 5s h
European affairs have gone along
rather as usual, barring a few extra
startling outbursts' by suffragists in
England, such as the sensational sui.
! eide OF the young suffragette who
threw herself before the kings horse
in the derby and was killed. Politi.
cally England has been in a Juror;
{ which, however, is nothing out of the
D ordinary. The year has seen the very
I remarkable rebellion" OF Ulster, un.
i der the direction of Sir Edward Car.
4 son. and the organization Of an army
/. OF Ulstermen to resist enforcement OF
4 the home rule bill should it pass par.
4 lament. 81 5585 Il 4; TN
England has also had it's share OF
labor troubles. There have been large
/ strikes at home and in Ireland, not.
ably the Dublin riots, led by Jim Lar.
I kin. All of the European powers have
u gone on as heretofore in the construc.
ton Of battleships, and the armed
camp" policies Of Germany, England,
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