Connecticut western news., 1921-01-06
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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 21 hCrause of ill health and on the 23rd Premier AlrN- andre Millerand was elected to suctrct him. Georges Leygues, minister o' marine under Clemenceau. became pre- mier.
 Further disturbances were r"po"Cd in Italy during October. On the 1:ah 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 sla, 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- ical offenders opposing the allied pol icy toward Russia. The government began a drive on the 17th 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 3rIxton prison, Lon- don, October 25. Great pressure had been brought to bear to secure Mayor MacSwiDey's release, but the govern ment stood firm In its stand against the hunser-strikers
 King Alexander of Greece died on October 25 as a result of bite by pet monkey, and 1t 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 a new parliament.
 Fierce rioting between Unionists and Sim Feiners broke out in North Belfast, Ireland, November T. Seri- ous 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 Its third reading November II. At Dublin on November 21, 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 in Greece with the defeat in the general election on November 14 of the party headed by Premier Venizelos. Premier Veni- zelos resigned on November IT and George Rhallis, former premier and leader among the followers of ex-King Constantine. formed a new cabinet.
 On December 4 the Greek people, in a plebiscite voted for the return of King Constantine. On December 19 Constantine returned to Athens in triumph.
 The Irish situation nearcd 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 28 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 a large part of the business dis trict of Cork was burned in reprisal, 1t was claimed, for Sim Fein raids.