Connecticut western news., 1920-01-01
Foreign Affairs.

While the treaty was being negOti- ated conditions remained very un- settled not only in the territory which had been included in the four defeated nations but throughout Europe Rus Sla continued in a state of turmoil throughout the year. Although tn" bolshevist government under the difoc- tion of Lenin and Trotzky maintained it's control over a large part of the former empire it/was hemmed in on all sides by opposing groups which attacked 1t with varying success. The newly constituted nation of Poland was beset for a time on all sides, but it, too, succeeded in weathering the storm and had established a stable government before many months had passed.
 Failure to reach settlement of the Plume question continually threatened an armed conflict between the Italians 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- arY ' in serious street fighting. The government was seriously threatened but. on January it's troops in Berlin were re-enfOrced 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 ! LuXemburg. long known as a radical | leader both in Germany and Russia ! was killed by a mob. Disorders in i Germany were suppressed and on Jan uary 19 the people elected a national | assembly. the majority socialists leC ! by Chancellor Ebert retaining control l The assembly met a Weimar on Janu 1 ary 6 and on February II elected 1 Chancellor Ebert as first president Ot | the German republic. after adopting 2 provisional constitution. In Poland opposing factions reached an agree i ment on January IT whereby Ignact 1 Jan PcdcrrWSI1i became nremier, witt General Pilsudslli as foreign minister and RI. Demoski as president.
 i Opposition to Japanese control ha( i been developing r2;i1Iy in KOrG2 anC i on March 12 Korean natiOnalist@ is sued a declaration of independence 1 declaring themselves ready to flight tt
 the last drop of blood" Serious disOr ders also were reported in Egypt il support of the nationalist demand fO autonomy and on March 2 the Brit ish secretary for war. Mr. Churchill
 admitted that the whole of Egypt wa
 virtually in a state of instruction.
 On March 16 new Germano-Austria1 ! government was established at Vienna ] with Doctor Renner as chancPllOJ ] Count Karolyi had been made presi dent of the new Hungarian republic Ol
 January II. but on March 22 he wa
 forced to resign and there was consti
 tuted new government which pro
 claimed a dictatOr~h hip 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 f
 connection with the peace conference
 AS a result the ninistry of Premi2
 Orlando was unexpectedly over
 thrown on June 19 and two days late
 Francesca Nitti, former mir Fer 0
 finance. became premier of Italy A
 the same time the German cabinet It
 signed because of the determination O
 Chancellor Scheidemann not to reco2
 nize the peace terms offered by tl'
 allies. Gustav AdOlph Bauer. fOrme
 minister of labor was appointed char
 celIor by President Ebert and forme
 a new cabinet. A clash between n