The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-30
RETURN OF TURKS TO EUROPE
 OUTSTANDING EVENT OF LAST YEAR
International Situation Still Somewhat Tense Al though Less Iroublous- Many Problems Yet Remain to Be Solved.

sion here in January, 1923, to fund the principal of the debt Sultan BaniShed
 Tradition of centuries collapsed in November when the Turkish Nation alist Assembly abolished the Sultanate at ConstantinOple and the Sultan fled to Malta upon British warship Mo hammed VI, the Sultan not only was Shorn of his temporal powers, but was deprived of his high and holy office of Ca1iph-head of the Mohammedan church. At the end of November Abdul Medjid Effendi was elected Caliph by the National Assembly at Angora. The beginning of 1923 finds Mohammed VI. still in exile at Malta his future status undetermined.
 Harding in Congress.
 President Harding has addressed Congress four times during the year on February 10, a special message in which he successfully urged ratifi- cation of the Washington conference 28 another special message urging enactment of a ship subsidy bill; an other special message on NoYemb CT 21 on the same subject. and finally the regular session of the SiXty-Sev- enth Congress lon the state of the nation"
 Tn year was signalied by a steady Administration drive to cut down ex- penses of Government all along the line. The bee of economy has ap- piled the sting to every great gov ernmental agency, and far-reaching economies have been ffecteded.
 The annual budget of appropriations for 1924, submitted to Congress this month by President Harding, showed a saving of nearly 00,00O,000 over the preceding year.
 The total estimated appropriations needed for the conduct of the Gov ernment in the next fiscal year was shown to ba 9,1O65 52319, but of this sum, it was pointed out by the President approximately half repre- which cannot be reduced by any amount of governmental economy interest on Liberty Bonds, pension payments, etc. that only time can scale down.
 Few Assassinated
 Despite the unrest throughout Flu rope and the activity of extremists there were few assassinations. The most noted case of murder was the killing of Dr. Walter Ratthenau, for mer German Foreign Secretary who was shot down in the streets of Ser lin by three youths- who afterward committed suicide to avoid capture.
 A notable feature of the year was the growing strength of the counter movement against Bolshevism. This movement made it's greatest strides in Italy, where the Fascist successfully fought the Socialists and Communists and gained control of the government. The Fascist is an extreme nationalist organization that was created to com bat the Red movement in Italy. Pre- mder MussOlini is one of its founders and he has been granted dictatorial powers at Rome until the end of 1928
 Notable Weddings
 There were three marriages of in ternational interest
 Princess Mary, only daughter of King George and Queen Mary of Eng land was married at London to Wis count DaasceIles.
 Wilhelm von Hohenzollern former Kaiser and war lord of Germany, was married to Princess Hermine of Reuss at Doorn.
 King Alexander of Jugo-SIavia was married to Princess Marie of Rumania at Belgrade.
 Conditions in Austria grew from pad to worse throughout the year. and toward the end of 1922 it was ad- mltted by tthe Viennese governun ent that the country was so near utter collapse that it probably could not be saved. The League of Nations then authorized loan. The loan question IS at present hanging fire in the Brit lSh House of Commons. It is estimated that $50. 100000 will be needed to re- store the Austrian government to any Semblance of solvency.