The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-05
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

With continual strife, amounting vir-
tually to civil war, in Ireland, with
spasmodic revolutionary outbreaks in
Germany, with counter-revolutionary
movements developing ut 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-
dltions 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 ms presi-
dent OF France upon the expiration Of
the term Of President POincare. Paul
Deschanel was elected on January II
and the following day Clemenceaus
cabinet resigned. Alexandra Miller.
and formed new cabinet at the re-
quest Of President Poincare.
The All-Russian government In ST.
IBERIA, headed by Admiral Alexander
Ii. Kolchak. was. finally DESTROYED with
the killing Of A dmiral KOlchak by So.
cial RevOlutionists at Irkutsk on Feb
rrary z.
In Great Britain the government
took Its first definite step toward a
settlement Of the Irish question on
February % by presenting to the
house Of commons It's Irish home
rule bin. providing for autonomous
rule under dual parliament, repre-
s,nting both the north and the south.
On March 10 Ulster voted to accept
the bill.
A new cOunter-revolutlon, directed
by militarists, broke out in Berlin
March 13. The revolutionlsts gained
control Of Berlin and DR.. WOlfgang
Kapp proclaimed himself chancellor.
The revolution was shOrt-lived, how
ever, ending in failure on the 10Th
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 its second reading on March
81. S4S to 94. On April 4 Irish tax
offices and records were burned at
many points and wire communication
| from Belfast was cut.
| In Mexico the presidential campaign
developed a revolution which resulted
Il .tttn In In, hn <xc &lr
Carranza government. On April 10 the
state of Sonora withdrew from the
republic and fighting between the
Sonora troops and federal forces be-
gan. by April u nine Mexican states
had joined the secession movement
The revolutionary movement gained
rapidly and on May z President Car
rama fled from Mexico City toward
the eastern coast. On May 22 Car
rama, the fugitive president, was shot
and killed by troops i'm his escort
while asleep.
A cabinet crisis I'm Italy on June 9
/ resulted I'm the resignation Of Premier
Nittl and his cabinet. SigNOr Orlando
also resigned as president of the cham
her. A new cabinet was formed June
II under former Premier Giovanni Gil
olitti. On June % Italian troops mu
tinted ut AncOna and "Red" upris
ings broke out all over Italy in what
appeared to be a concerted anarchis,
plot.
On August IL Mayor Terence Mae
Swiney of Cork was arrested by Brit
ish troops for seditipn i'm holding 8
Slim Fe:n court ut the City Hall. liz
was convicted by court martial Oi
i tbs 17th and taken to al English pris