Middletown transcript., 1921-01-01
THE 1nDDLETowN TRANSCRIPT, MIpDI EToVN DEE.

Cork. The following day Sim, Feiners
and troops fought, in the streets OF
Cork, killing and wounding more than
100. Rioting at Belfast on July % re-
wounding of hundreds, with a proper
ty loss of S1,O0OG0O.
On August 13 Mayor Terence Mac
Swiney of Cork was arrested by Brit
ish troops for sedition in holding a
Sim Fein court at the City Hall. He
was convicted by court martial on
the 18th and taken to an English pris-
on, where he Immediately entered up
on a hunger strike. Riots and in
cendiarism continued to assume more
serious proportions at many points.
In the constitutional election held
in Mexico September General Al
vara Obregon was elected president.
President Deschanel of France re-
signed September q because of Ill
health and on the 23rd Premier Alex
andre Millerand was elected to succeed
him. Georges Leygues, 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 protest against the arrest Of polit-
ical 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 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 25. 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 25 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 Chipa and calling for the
election of a 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 81. following the murder
of IA British officers, force of troops
raided a football game and fired upon
the crowd, killing and wounding a
large number Of persons.
A political upheaval came ir Greece
with the defeat in the general election
on November II of the party headed
by Premier Venizelos. Premier Veni-
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 a 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,
it was claimed, for Sim Fein raids.