Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS


tually to civil war, In ireland, With
spasmodic revolutionary outbreaks In
Germany, with counter-revolutionary
movements developing at intervals 10
Russia, with civil war in China and
with political upheavals In France.
Italy, Greece and other countries,
the unrest and changing conditions
growing out Of the World war were
reflected in the disturbed internal COP
ditions Of many countries Of the old
world In 1920.
One Of the, unexpected political de-
velopments Of the early days Of the
year was the failure Of Premier Gle
menceau to obtain election as preSi-
dent Of France upon the expiration OF
the term Of President Poincare. Paul
Deschanel was elected on January II
and the following day Clemenceans
cabinet resigned. Alexandra Miller
and formed . new cabinet at the re-
quest of President Poincare.
The All-Russian government In 81
IBERIA, headed by Admiral Alexander
b. Kolchak, was finally destroyed with
the killing Of Admiral Kolchak by So
cial Revolutionists at Irkutsk on Feb
ruary Z. ..-s~@ 1.s40'+
In Great Britain the government
took its first definite >step toward
settlement of the Irish question on
February Is by presenting to the
house Of commons It's Irish home
rule bill, providing for autonomous
rule under 4 dual parliament, repre-
sentinx both the north and the south.
On March 10 Ulster voted to accept
the bill. '-'1"a''--'.. 81
A new counter-revolution, directed
by militarists. broke out In Rerlin
March 13. The revolutionlsts gained
control of Berlin and DIR. Wolfknng
Knapp proclaimed himself chancellor:
The revolution was shOrt-lived. how
ever, ending In failure OF the 18Th
when DR.. Kapp resigned.
The Irish situation continued to at
tract the attention Of the world. On
March 10 the mayor of Cork was kill
ed by assassins. In the House OF
Commons the Irish Home Rule bill
passed its second reading on March
81, 348 to 81. On April 4 Irish tax
ofices and records were burned at
many points and wire communication
from Belfast was cut. - 49,.
In Mexico the presidential campaign
developed a revolution which resulted
eventually in the overthrow Of the
Carranza government. On April 10 the
state. of Sonora withdrew from the
republic and fighting between the
Sonora troops and federal forces be-
gan. BY April Fl nine Mexican states
had Joined the secession movement.
The revolutionary movement gained
rapidly and on May Z President Car
rama fed from Mexico City toward
the eastern coast. On May % Car
rama, the fugitive president, was shot
and killed BY troops In his escort
while asleep. 80 g-,,
A cabinet crisis in Italy on June Q
resulted In the resignation Of Premier
Nitti and his cabinet. Signor Orlando
also resigned as president Of the cham
Der. A new cabinet was formed June
II under former Premier Giovanni Gi-
olitti. On June % italian troops mu-
.tnied at Ancona and "Red" upris-
inSs broke out all over Italy in what
appeared to be a concerted anarchist
plot.
On August Is Mayor Terence Mac
Swiney of Cork was arrested by Brit
ish troops for sedition in holding q
Sim Fein court at the City Hall. He
was convicted by a court martial on
the 18th and taken to an English pris-