Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-01-18
WlLlMAR TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY I, JANUARY is, 1927

Irish Free State a 6 treaty to this
effect was ratif fed b the British par
lament and submitted tosGail cream.
Ulster was not consulted, but was
given the option Of becoming part
Of the Irish Free state or retaining
her status. Angrily she chose the
latter.
Charles, ex-emperOr Of Austria Hun
gary, made two futile efforts to regain
the Hungarian throne. On March % he
appeared in Hungary without forces
and claimed the crown, but Regent
Horthy refused to step aside Czecho-
slovakia, Jugo-Slav4n and Rumania
modified to Illustrate the coup and the
allied council Of ambassadors warned
Hungary that the restoration of the
iHapsburg regime would not be tOler-
4ated. So Charles returned to his place
of refuge in Switzerland. But he was
not through, for on October 81 he and
his wife, Zita, went by. airplane to
Hungary and rallied considerable
number Of supporters who proclaimed
Charles king. Again the little en-
i tente'' prepared for action, but Regent
Horthy led his army out Of Budapest
and defeated the Carlists in a real bat
tie. The former emperor and empress
were taken prisoner, as were "a number
Of prominent Hungarian nobles The
allies decreed that Charles must be
nx-il0 OIL IN, !,
were taken to Funchal, Madeira :,
+ Russia's year was one of fighting,
famine and efforts to resume relations
/: with other nations: The soviet gov
eminent held its own against repeated
;revolts, Which included risings of the
iworkinsmen of Moscow, of peas
ants under Antonov, and an invasion
of the Ukraine by Petlura, which for
a time threatened to be successful.
Failure of the crops brought terrible
famine in the Volga region. Many
thousands starved to death and even
(which took charge of the situation,
;could only partially check the disaster.
In seeking to break through the ring
of isolation surrounding it, the Moscow
government gradually receded from it's
communistic principles. It sought the
aid of foreign capital, and on August
it abandoned state ownership of all
but a few of the largest Industries.
Treaties were made with the Baltic
states and with Turkey, and tempt
ing offers OF concessions were held
out to other nations, In a notable
announcement on October q Premier
Lenin admitted the economic defeat
of communism.
Old King Peter of Serbia died in
Belgrade on August II, and four days
later his son Alexander was pro-
claimed king Of Jugo-Slavia. He was
reluctant to leave Paris, however, and
it was not until November that he
went to Belgrade and assumed his
crown. Portugal was upset by sew
eral revolutionary movements toward
the close of the year. On August 10
the ministry was overthrown by mill
tary coup and several cabinet mem
bers, including Premier Granjo, we're
assassinated. A few days later plot
Of the royalists was uncovered, and in
November Carvalho Mesquite led re-
volt. Because of these disorders and
Of the spread of bolshevism the pow
ers began consideration Of a plan for
Intervention. Spain had rebels, also
the tribesmen of Morocco Against
them she maintained wearying and
expensive warfare for months. And
while on the subject of rebellion, men
ton must be made Of the revolt Of
the Moplahs on the Malabar coast of
India, which caused the British gov
;ernment :uuch annoyance and not
few lives.
There were communist outbreaks in
Germany in Marcia. and on August 26
Matthias ErzbergeI. the German states
man who signed the treaty Of Yer
-sailles, was aSsasSi1..ied, Doctor Wirth.
who became chancellor on May 10, re-
signed with his cabinet on October %,
but was persuaded to remain in Office
land form new ministry. In Noyem.
Der there were riots in many German
icities due to the high prices of food.
The chauvinistic element in Japan
was active, especially after the Wash
ington conference opened, and on No
;vember 8 Premier Hara was assassi-
mated. Viscount Takahashi succeeded
him. The emperor of Japan suffered
"a complete mental and physical break
down some time last year, and Crown
Prince Hirohito, was made regent on
INovember IS. He had lately returned
from a tour Of Europe.
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