Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-06


on, where he Immediately entered up
on a hunger strike. Riots and in
cendiarlsm continued to assume more
serious proportions at many points.
In the constitutional election held
in Mexico September 5 General AL
vara Obregon was elected president.
President Deschanel of France re-
signed September q because of i'll
health and on the 23rd Premier Alex
andre MilleraRd was elected to succeed
him. Georges Leagues, minister of
marine under Clemenceau, became pre-
mier.
Further disturbances were reported
in Italy during October. On the 18th
leaders of the Socialist party and the
General Confederation OF Labor or
dered demonstrations in every town in
Italy in an effort to force the italian
government to recognize soviet Rus
Sia, and on the following day many
persons were killed and wounded in
the course of a two-hour strike called
as a protest against the arrest of pOlit-
lcal Offenders opposing the allied pol
icy toward Russia. The government
began drive on the 18th to round up
all advocates of violence in the cOun-
try.
After a hunger strike of "A days,
which had drawn the attention of the
world, Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor
Of Cork, died in BrixtOn prison, Lon
don, October %. Great pressure had
been brought to bear to secure Mayor
MacSwiney's release, but the govern
ment stood firm in its stand against
the hunger strikers.
King Alexander of Greece died on
October % as a result of bite by
pet monkey, and it was announced
that the throne would be offered to
Prince Paul, third son of former King
Constantine.
Peace in China seemed to be finally
assured by a proclamation issued by
the government November 1, declaring
that there had been a reunion of North
and South China and calling for the
election of new parliament
Fierce riOting between Unionists
and Sim Feiners broke out in North
Belfast, Ireland, November Z. Seri-
Gus disorders were reported also at
Londonderry, where five policemen
were shot and many ships burned or
wrecked. The Irish home rule bill
passed the house of commons on it's
third reading November II. At Dublin
on November q, following the murder
of IA British officers, force of troops
raided football game and fired upon
the crowd, killing and wounding a
large number of persons.
A political upheaval came in Greece
with the defeat in the general election
on November IA of the party headed
by Premier VenizelOs. Premier Vent
zelOS resigned on November II and
George Rhallis, former premier and
leader among the followers of ex-King
Constantine formed a new cabinet.
On December the Greek people, In
a plebiscite voted for the return of
King Constantine. On December 10
Constantine returned to Athens in
triumph.
The Irish situation neared crisis
during the closing weeks of the year.
Wholesale arrests were made by the
British authorities during the last
weeks of November, among those
taken being Arthur Griffith, acting
president of the Irish republic" and
many other Irish leaders. On No
vember % Irish plotters set fire to
several large warehouses on the Liver
pool water front and killed two men.
Martial law was proclaimed in south
Ireland on December 10 and two days
later large part of the business dis
trict of Cork was burned in reprisal,
1t was claimed, for Sim Fein raids.