Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Slnce the
armistice ended fighting in the great
war there has not been q year so
filed with events of worldwide i'm
portance as marked the course Of
1921. International problems OF the
first magnitude have been settled.
and 1922 dawns with conditions
nearer to pre1war normal than ct
any other time since 1914.
The outstanding Development was the
drafting Of the -Four Power Pacific
Treaty a Washington by the United
States. the British Empire. the japanese
Empire and France. This treaty aims
10 prevent war in the Far East-the
Orient being the chief trouble zone at
present. According to the terms OF the
pact, the signatOry powers shall submit
any grievance 80 arbitration.
OF almost equal ranking importance
was the movement initiated by the
United states for the reduction OF navies
and limitation Of land armaments.
L. :. PUT IN NEW
POSITION IN WORLD.
These two events, both Of which grew
out Of the Washington conference, have
Put the United States in an important
new position in the world politics. Ames
lean isolation. which began 10 crumble
during the great war, is now Z thing
Of the past. The PAYERS must reckon
with the United States in any big move
ment Of international significance in
the future.
Another big peace Development which
came al the end Of the year was the
Irish settlement While Britain held
the Irish problem to be a domestic issue,
1t is now generally admitted that it had
Tamihcations outside Of the United King
dom which fostered trouble and unrest.
Credit for the settlement Of this seven
century old problem goes to Premier
Lloyd George the wizard Of British poll
tiles
After holding out aud threatening
trouble for the allies Germany finally
accepted cha allies indemnity demands.
Under the terms Of the ulumatum i'm
posed last spring. Germany is bound to
pay about SIS. 600 O0O,0 600. Here again tbs
United States figured. Germany ap-
pealed to this country. but Secretary Of
State Hughes advised Germany to settls
upon the allies conditions.
sILEsIAN ISSUE
SETTLED BY LEAGUE.
The Snesian issue, which caused an
armed uprising and for q time threaten
ed war between Germany and Poland.
was settled by the League Of Nations
without outside interference. Upper Sill
esia (Which had been a German province
before the war; WIS partitioned. pars
going TO Germany and part to Poland.
Germany resisted the decision, but was
bound to accept it.
There was considerable fighting in 1921.
war broke out in the Near East between
Greece and the Turkish Nationalsts.
King Constantine went TO Turkey and
put himself at the head of his army. The
Greeks advanced from the coast to tbs
very gates Of Angora-the Turkish Ma
tionalists capital-but were defeated and
thrown back The powers have decided
in intervene and restore peace.
The next biggest war was in Morocco,
where the Riff tribesmen rose in arms
against the Spanish Spain has sent a
big army to Morocco, but has not yet
succeeded in putting down the rising
There was some fghtin also in Hun
gary. when former Emperor Charles
attempted to regain the Hungarian
throne. The movement collapsed. and
Charles is now an exile upon the Island
Of Madeira.
PORTUGAL INDUCES
IN REVOLUTION.
revolution broke out in Portugal
which overturned the government. Con-
ditions are still unsettled in Portugal,
and the suggestion has been made that
France, Spain and Italy intervene.
A small war began in the Balkans
when the Albanians took up arms against
the Servians. Albania claimed that Jugo..
Slavia was encroaching upon her terri
tory.
Although the Moscow Soviet main
tanned its power intact, there were q
number of disturbances In Russia A
revolt began in Kronstadt, thu great
fortress defending Petrograd, on the sea
side, but was put down by Leon Trot-
ski, after several days of desperate
fighting. The latest uprising in Russia
broke out in Ukraine. 1t was led by
anti-Bolshevists, and there was violent
fighting in and around Kiev, the Ukrain-
ian capital.
There was q Red uprising in Middle
Germany, but it collapsed
Grave unrest broke out in India, where
the Moplah tribesmen went upon the
warpath against the British. Many have
been killed in fighting. Despite the tuE-
bulence in India the Prince of Wales
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