The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

44hDOut bAAtN hlllGu NSW
York city storm. ~
#
ing on Dec. 6, with Timothy Healy
as governor-general.
| Lloyd George Ousted.
Prime Minister Lloyd George held
power through all the vicissitudes
! OF the year until Oct. 10. On that
| Cay the conservatives in parliament
A., decided to abandon the coalition and
| act in future as separate party
! The premier was thus deprived OF
his majority and promptly resign
J cd, with his cabinet. A. Bonar Law,
! chosen leader Of the conservatives,
succeeded him, formed a new min
istry and called an election for Nov.
is. At the polls he won control OF
parliament. The labofites made
great gains and became the 'oppo-
sitiUn party.
Under the Leadership OF Benito
Mussolini. the. Fascist of Italy, or
ganized primarily to protect the
| country against the communists,
foughta long and successful bat
tie. Gaining steadily in. strength,
notably by the accession of many
, thousands OF working men, they
saved the industries Of Italy from
the reds, and finally, dissatisfied
with the weak policies of Premier
/! Facta, compelled his resignation On
t Oct. 20. Mussolini was made pre-
mier and at once set to work to re-
store the prosperity Of the country.
The king and chamber of deputies
gave him full power TO put intb ef-
| feet his contemplated reforms and
! economic measures. and as he had
the support Of most Of the people,
the prospects for Italy were bright.
Greece In Chaos.
/ Greeces disaster In Asia Minor
hrtsulted in the second abdicatien
OF King Constantine on Sept. 70. in
the face Of u revolt by the return
Ing troops. Next day the crown
prince, George, was swsrn In as
; king and a new govefnment In
stalled. The revOlutionists in con-
! troll caused the arrest Of various
former cabinet officers and generals
on the charge OF high treason in
connection with the debacle in
AnatOlia. and six OF them, ii1elud-
ing three former premiers, were
, condemned to death. Great Britain
tried vainfy to prevent the execu-
ton, and then broke of relations
with Greece. probably glad to get
RID OF an embarrassing alliance.
Prince Andrew, uncle Of the king.
also was tried and condemned. but
escaped with exile.
BRAND STEPS Out.
NJ, BRAND resigned rs premier of
france on Jan. II because his poll
cies at the Cannes conference were
opposed. He was succeeded by M.
Poincare. whose policies included
strict enforcement OF the treaty Of
Versailles.
Pope Benedict XIV died on Ian.
~. and on Feb. 2 the sacred col.
lege met in Rome to choose his
successor. Four days later Cardi-
nal Achille ,Ratti, archbishop OF
Milan was elected. and on Feb. u
he was crowned pope Is Plus X
To the account Of affairs in Tur-
key related above Is to be addea
the downfall Of the sultan. Con-
sidered by the Angofa government
to be tool Of the British, and ron
sequently traitor. he was deposed
on Nov. l. The sovereignty Of the
nation was declared to be in the
hands OF the people and the name
changed from Ottoman empire to
State Of Turkey. The dethroned
ruler took refuge on Malta. On
Nov. IL hin nephew. Abdul Med3;d
Ehendi. was elected caliph Of the
Mcslem church.
Repsration Issue Looms,
Germany devoted he-sclf through
the year largely to efforts to svade
the payment OF reparations, TO de-
termihed work to regain her for
eign trade. And to the prfntius Of
innum4fAble Billions Of n1per
marks. The value Of the mafk
fiuctpafed widely. reaching 4 low
level Of more than 5000 for Z dol
lar. On June - DIR. Walter Hath-
enau, foreign minister, was assas-
sinated In Berlin by reactionaries.
Chancellor Wirth and his cabinet
were forced out Of ONCE Nov. ia
and Wilhelm Cuno became chancel-