Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-12-29
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

With continual strife, amounting virz
tually to civil war, in Ireland, with
spasmodfc revolutionary outbreaks in
Germany, with ounter-revo}utionary
movements developing at intervals in
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 con-
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
Descbanel was elected on January. II
and the following day Clemenceau's
cabinet resigned. Alexandra Miller
and formed a new cabinet at the re-.
| quest of President Poincare. e.
The All-Russian government in ST.
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 7. .@<. s .-.*5.. -. y ].
In l.: Great Britain the government
took its first definite step toward a.
settlement Of the Irish question -.on:
February 25 by presenting to the
house of commons its Irish home
rule bill, providing for autonomous:
rule under dual parliament, repre-
senting both the north and the south.
On March 10 Ulster voted to accept
the bill. - j. IL -. ~
A new counter-revoluhon, directed
| by militarists, broke out lin Berlin
March 13. The revOlutionists gained
control of Berlin and DR.. Wolfgang
Kapp proclaimed himself chancellor.
The revolution was short-lived, how
ever, ending in failure on 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 it's second reading on March.
81, 348 to o. On April Irish tax.
offices and records were burned at
many points and wire communicat ton
from Belfast was cut. En-. Z +. :
In Mexico the presidential campaign
developed 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
tSonora troops and federal forces be-
gan. BY April q nine Mexican states
had joined the secession movement
The revolutionary movement gained
rapidly and on May President Car
1 rama fed. from Mexico City toward
the. eastern coast. On May q Car
rama, the fugitive president, was shot
and killed BY troops in his escort
while asleep. 4sf @
"A cabinet crisis in Italy on June 9
resulted In the resignation Of Premier
Nitti and his cabinet. Signor Orlando
also resi- gned as president Of the cham
.Iber. "A new cabinet was formed June
II under former Premier Giovanni Gil
.Olitti. On June ~ Italian troops mu-
/ tinted at Ancona and Red" upris-
Iings broke out all over Italy In what
appeared to be concerted anarchist
plot. 81 5-7, , :a5
On August Is Mayor Terence Mac.
i Swiney Of Cork was arrested By Brit
tsh troops for sedit ton IN holding q
Slim Feint court at the City. Hall He
was convicted BY a court martial on
/. the 18th and taken TO an English pris-