Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-01-01
Foreign Affairs.


Foreign Affairs.
: While the treaty was being negotl
| ated conditions remained very un
: 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
boishevist government under the direc
ton of Lenin and Trotzky maintained
Its control over a large part of the
former empire it was hemmed in on
all sides by opposing groups which
attacked it with varying success. The
newly constituted nation of Poland
was beset for a time on all sides. but
1t. too, succeeded in weathering the
storm and had established stable
government before many months had
passed.
Failure to reach settlement of the
Fiume 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-
airy 7 in serious street fighting. The
! government was seriously threatened,
but on January 9 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 national
assembly, the majority socialists led
by Chancellor Ebert retaining control.
The assembly met a Weimar on Janu-
airy 6 and on February II 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 Ignace
Jan Paderewski became premier, with
General Pilsudski as foreign minister
and M. DemOski as president
Opposition to Japanese control had
been developing rapidly in Korea and
on March u Korean nationalists is
sued declaration of independence.
declaring themselves ready to fight to
the last drop of blood" Serious disOr-
ders also were reported in Egypt in
support of the nationalist demand for
and on March % the Brit
ssh secretary for war Mr.. Churchill,
that the whole of Egypt was
in state of insurrection,
On March 10 n new Germano- Austrian
was established at Vienna
With Doctor Renner as chancellor
Count Karolyl had been made presl- ,
lent of the new Hungarian republic on
II, but on March 90 he was !
creed to resign and there was eonst- (
uted new government which pro- {
laimed dictatorship of the probe [
ariat and an alliance with the Rus !
ian soviet government. +
A ministerial crisis arose In Italy as r
result of the governments policy in Q
junction with the peace conference. r
IS n result the ministry of Premier v
rlando was unexpectedly over n
lrown on June 10 and two days later o
francesca Nitti, former minister of
nance. became premier of Italy. At s,
he same time the German cabinet re. n
gned because of the determination OF nj
haneellor Scheldemann not TO recog- n
lie the peace terms offered by the .,
lies. Gustav Adolph Bauer, former .,
mister of labor, was appointed chan. n,
flor by President Ebert and formed b,
new cabinet. A clash between the II,
wv German government and the allies in
rs threatened on June 81 when the
nrman fleet which had been informed be
British waters under the armlstice IN
rs scuttled by German crews, twenty @,
ttleships and cruisers being sunk. 70
ON August Della Kun, wao for four nj
five months had been dictator IN la
lngary, was compelled to retire when vi