The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-01-05
Irish Free State A treaty 10 this

Irish Free State. A treaty 70 this
effect Was ratified by the British par
lament and submitted 40 DAFT eireaun.
Ulster was not consulted. but was
given the option Of becoming part
or the Irish Free state or retaining
her status. Augrily she chose the
latter.
Charles, ex-emperOr OF Austria-Hun-
gary. made two futile efforts to regain
The Hungarian throne. On March u he
appeared In Hungary without forces
ana claimed the crown. hut Regent
H"rthy refused 70 step aside. Czecho-
SloYakia, JugO- Sla ~ and Rumania
foohiiized 20 illustrate the coup and the
allied council Of amba ssadors warned
Hungary that the restoration OF he
harsburg regime would not he 10 er-
stef. So Charles returned 20 his place
II refuge IN Switzerland But lie was
not through. FOR Oh October y he and
hiz rife. Zita. weut by airplaue to
hungary and raiied n considerable
number ~ supporters who proclaimed
Charles king again the little en-
t"Hte prepared FOR action. but Regent
HORNY led HE army our ~ Budapest
and defeated The Carl!sfs ID real bat
tie. The former emperor end empress
were taken prisoner. - were number
of prominent Hungarian mobiles The
allie- decrepd ilaf Charles must be-
eziIed. and lH November he and Zits
*er" taken - EuucLai Madeira
hussla's yeaF was one u lighting
famine and efforts 20 resume relations
Hith other nations The soviet gov
eminent held rs Owu against repeated
revolt. which included f5slugs - the
workiu2.eu ~ I0scon. ~ peas
ants under aurDIov. aud ~ invasion
81 thC Ukraine by pelura which for
t'1e Threatened 20 be -Irce-sful.
Failure Of the crops brought q terrible
famine ~ The Nrlga region Many
thousands starved 70 death and even
the American relief administration
Uhich took charge ~ the situation.
could only partially check the disaster.
IN seeking 20 break through the ring
81 isolation surrounding e. the Moscow
government gradually receded from IT'S
coIHmuuistic principles. II sought the
all Of foreign capital, and on August
8 IL abandoned state ownership Of all
but few OF the largest Industries
Treaties were made with the Baltic
states aud with Turkey. and tempt
Ing offers Of concessions were held
out 10 other nations. In notable
announcement Oh October u Premier
Lenin admitted the economic defeat
Of communism
Old King Peter of Serbia died in
Belgrade OF August II, and four days
later his son Alexander was pro
claimed king 0f JuEO-Slavia. He was
reluctant 10 leave Paris, however and
II was not until November that he
went to Belgrade and assumed his
crown. Portugal was upset by sew
eral revolutionary movements toward
the close If the year ON August 10
he ministry Was overthrown by mill
tary coup and several cabinet mem
hers, including Premier Granjo. were
assa ssinated A few days later q plot
Of the royaiists was uncovered, and In
November CarvalhO Mesquite led a 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 a wearying and
expensive warfare for months. And
while on the subject OF rebellion, men
tion must he made Of the revolt Of
the Moplahs on the Nalabar coast Of
India. which caused the British gov
eminent much annoyance and not .
few lives
There were communist outbreaks In
Germany IN March, and on August %
Matthias Erzberger. the German states
man who signed the treaty of Yer
sailles. was sssasslnated. Doctor With,
who became chancellor on May 10, re-
signed with his cabinet on October y,
but was persuaded TO remain In Office
and form a new ministry. In Novem-
Der there were riots In many German
cities 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. viscoupt Takahashi succeeded
him. The emperor OF Japan suffered
a complete mental and physical break
down some time last year, and Grown
Prince Hirohito was made regent on
November 25. He had lately returned
from q tour Of Europe.