The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-01-03
FOREIGN Affairs.

ated conditions remained very nm
settled not only in the territory which
had been included in the four defeated
nations but throughout Europe. Rus
STA continued in state Of turmoil
throughout the year. Although the
bolshevist government under the direc-
ton Of Lenin and TrotZky maintained
Its control over large part OF the
former empire 1t was hemmed In on
all sides by opposing groups which
attacked 1t with varying success. The
newly constituted nation Of Poland
was beset for time on ali sides. but
1t. too. succeeded in weathering the
storm and had established stable
government before many months had
passed.
Failure to reach q settlement Of the
Fiume question continually threatened
and the new Jugo-Slav state. Serious
conditions existed in Hungary both be-
cause Of internal disorders and be-
cause of clashes with ROumania and
with the new Czech government.
In Germany a split among the Ger
man socialist leaders resulted on Janu-
airy in serious street fighting. The
government was seriously threatened,
but on January its troops in Berlin
were REINFORCED and regained control
Of the situation On January 16 DR..
Carl Liebknecht, leader Of the Spar
tacans. or antigovernment faction. was
killed while attempting to escape after
arrest in Berlin. His companion. Rosa
Luxembourg. long known as radical
leader both In Germany and Russia.
was killed by a mob. Disorders IN
Germany were suppressed and on jan
uary 10 the people elected a national
assembly. the majority socialists led
BY Chancellor Ebert retaining control.
The assembly met Weimar on Janu-
ary 6 and on February IL elected
Chancellor Ebert as first president of
the German republic. after adopting
provisional constitution. In Poland
opposing factions reached an agree
ment on January II whereby lgnace
Jan Paderewski became premier. with
General Pilsudski as foreign minister
and NJ Demoski as president.
In England the ever-present irish
question had again come to the front.
On January q the Sim Fem members
elected to the British parliament met
| in Dublin and after reading decia-
ration Of independence proclaimed an
Irish republic.
On February q Kurt Eisner, indie
pendent socialist premier of Bavaria
who shortly before had placed the
| blame for the war on Germany and
| Austria, was assassinated by an army
| officer i'm Munich.
Opposition to Japanese control mad
been developing rapidly in Korea and
| on March IL Korean nationalist Is
| sued declaration of independence
| declaring themselves ready to flight to
the last drop Of blood" Serious disor
| ders also were reported in Egypt In
| support of the nationalist demand fol
autonomy and on March 25 the Brit
ish secretary for war, Mr.. Churchill
| admitted that the whole of Egypt was
virtually in state of insurrection.
On March 16 new GermanO-Austriar
government was established at Vienna
with Doctor Renner as chancellor
Count Karolyi had been made presi
dent of the new Hungarian republic or
January IL, hut on March % he was
forced to resign and there was consti
tuted a new government which pro
claimed a dictatorship of the prole
tariat and an alliance with the Rus
sian soviet government.
A ministerial crisis arose in Italy a!
result of the governments policy IL
connection with the peace conference
AS a result the ministry of Premiel
Orlando was unexpectedly over
thrown on June 10 and two days late
francesca Nitti, former minister o
finance. became premier of Italy. A
the same time the German cabinet re
signed because of the determination o
Chancellor Scheidemann not to recOg
nize the peace terms offered by tn
allies. Gustav AdOiph Bauer, forme
minister of labor was appointed chan
cellor bv President Ebert and forme
a new cabinet A clash between tn
| new German government and the allie
WAS threatened on June q when tn
German fleet which had been interne
i'm British waters under the armistie
was scuttled by German crews, twent
battleships and cruisers being sunk.
Serious disorders arose i'm Peru as
result OF the contested election TO
president held on May Is. On July
Peruvian troops and police took pres
dent Jose Pardo prisoner and PR
claimed Augusta r. Leguia presden
Later Pardo was permitted to leave tn
country in exile.
On August ] Bella Kun, who for fou
or five months had been dictator |
Hungary. was compelled to retire whe
socialists seized control of the govern
ment.,
The situation in Ireland where tn
Sim Fein continued its efforts to e.
tablish q republic grew more seriou
as the year advanced. Repeated di
orders occurred and on September |
viscount French. lieutenant governc
OF Ireland, prohibited further meeting
OF the so-called Irish parliament. Man
arrests were made by the military.
An unusual incident of Septembe
was the plebiscite which was held
Luxembourg to determine whether tn
people wished the Grand Duches
| hot Ia