The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-12-29
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

During the first six months OF The
year the guerrilla warfare between the
British forces III Ireland and the Irish
Republicans" continued unabuted
Murders by the Sim Feiners and re-
!prisals by the British were Of almost
daily occurrence. The Irish were eSpe-
cially exaspernted by the execution of
number of prisoners convicted of
completely IN the killing OF soldiers
The appointment Of Lord Talbot, lead.
Ing British Roman Catholic. as lord
lieutenant of Ireland, failed of It's ef.
feet. On May 20 the Sim Feiners
burned the Dublin custom house, and
Oh June 30 they reelected Eamonn de
Valera president Of the Irish repub
ilic." Meanwhile the new government OF
northern Ireland was organized, with
Sir james Craig as premier. ,nd on
June 22 King George went across to
open the Ulster parliament. DE Valera
oil July 8 accepted the. Invitation OF
Premier Lloyd George to n conference
in London. and truce was announced
'Fheii he2an the series of negotiations
that lasted through the remainder OF
the year. Offers and countcr-oifers
wera l"c.de, and finally Britain prof
fered Ireland full status as 81 dom nioE
within the empire, to he krown az tbs
Irish Free State. A treaty to this
effect was ratified By the British par
IliamenG and submitted to dali eireann
ulster was not consulted. HMt WAS
given the option OF becoming Il part
or the Irish Free state or reruinng
her Stntus. Angrily she chose the
latter.
Chnr.cS. eN'emperor of AuStr,a-Hun-
gary, made two futile efforts Ia regain
the Hungarian throne. On March ~ he
appeared In Hungary without forces
ana claimed the crown, hut Regent
Hortlly refused to step aside. iZecho-
Slovakin, Jugo-Slnan uad Runnahia
mopiliZed I" fruStrnte the coup and the
allied council of ambassadors warned
hungary that the restoration nf the
linpsbury regime would not bn toer-
ated. SO Charles returned to his place
or refuge In Switzerland But he was
not through. for on October 2l he and
his wife, ZitH, went hy nirpInne to
Hungary and rallied Il considerable
number Of supporters who proclaimed
Charles king. Again the 'little en-
tente' prepared for action. hut Regent
H"rthy led his army out of Budapest
and defeated the Carlists IN a real hat
tie. The former emperor and empress
were taken prisoner, MS were II number
OF prominent Hungarian mobiles. The
allies decrted that Charles must be
exfled, and In November he and Zlta
were taken TO Funchal. Madeira
RuSsia'S year was one uf fighting,
famine and efforts to resume relations
with other nations. The soviet gov
eminent held It's own against repeated
revolts. which included riSlngS Of the
workingmen OF MOSCOW. OF peas
ants under Antunor. and an Invasion
Of the Ukraine by Petluru. which for
time threatened to be successful.
Failure Of the crops brought u terrible
famine In the VUlga region. Many
thousands starved to death and even
the American relief ndministrnti ion,
which took charge of the situation,
could only partially check the disaster.
In seeking TO break through the ring
Of isolation surrounding It. the Moscow
government gradually recedcd from It's
rommnistic principles. 1t sought the
aid of foreign capital. and OH August
3 IT abandoned state ownership Df all
but few of the largest industries.
Treaties were made with the Baltic
states aud with Turkey, and tempt
Ing offers Of concessions We're held
IN nth Iltlti I,, f.,I In
rronnuncement on October 2l Premier
Len!n admitted the economic defeat
of communism.
Old King Peter OF Serbia died in
Belgrade OH August II. and four days
later his son Alexander Was pro
claimed king Of Juso-Slavia. He Was
reluctant 20 leave Paris. however, and
1t was not until November 6 that he
went to Belgrade and assumed his
crown. Portugal Was upset by sew
erhl revolutionary movements toward
the close OF the year On August 10
the ministry was OverthrOwn by mill
tary coup and several cabinet mem
berS, including Premier Granjo, were
Assa sS!:laied. A few days later Il plot
Of the royalists was uncovered, and In
November Cnrvalho Mesqulta led re-
volt Because Of these disorders and
OF the spread Of bOlshevism the pow
ers began consideration OF a plan for
intervention. Spain had rebels, also
the tribeslnen Of Morocco. Against
them she maintained II wearying and
expensive warfare FOR months And
while OIL the subject Of rebellion, men
tiOn must be made Of the revolt OF
the Moplahs on the Malubur coast Of
India, which caused the British gov
ernment much annoyance and not a
few lives.