Evening star., 1923-12-31

finances by the issue of anew cur
rency. the rentenmark, backed by
the country's resources. This was
far from successful.
German Royalists Active.
Throughout the year the royalists
ceedingly active, those of Bavaria
usually taking the lead. In Septem-
ber the Eavarians actually revolted
against the Berlin government and
made Gustave Won kahr dictator OF
the state. The reichstag thereupon
gave Stresemann dictatorial powers.
A little later the socialist govern
ments of Saxony and Thuringia re-
fused to obey the chancellor. and he
subdued them by show of military
force. He yielded to Bavaria's de-
mand for greater autonomy, but this
was not enough. On November Hit
Ter. leader of the Bavarian fas-
cisti. and Gen. Won Ludendorff at
mich. and other cities and threatened
to march on Berlin. This revolt was
rather easily put down by the ma
tional police and the workers and
Hitler and Ludendorff were arrested.
On November 10 Frederick William.
the former crown prince. suddenly
returned to Germany from Holland.
There was tremendous excitement in
the capitals of Europe and various
protests were sent to Berlin. But
rights of any German citizen and
would not be expelled. and Frederick
William went quietly to his estate in
Silesia.
Uprising Of Sepnratists.
In October the separatists of the
Rhineland got into action and set up
republic which was looked upon
with favor by France. However. it
was not able to maintain itself very
f.rI1
continuous lighting with the national
forces. Another separatist movement
was started in the Bavarian palatin-
ate, but 1T failed for the time being.
Late in November Chancellor Strese-
mann's coalition went to pieces and,
being denied a vote of confidence in
the reichstag, he resigned. DR.. Helm
rich Albert, unpleasantfy remembered
In America, and Adam Stegerwald
both failed to form acceptable min
leader of the Catholic party. was
| made chancellor on November 90 and
got together cabinet that included
Stresemann as foreign minister and
that was expected to carry on his
policies. A few days later it was re-
ported that Germany had completed
negotiations for a foreign loan to
| support her new currency.
The revolution in Spain. which was
connected with the unsatisfactory W ar
|
| Der. The revolt, led by Gen. Primo
| Rivera, Marquis de Estella, was
against the cabinet and corrupt poll
! ticians and also was an expression
! of reaction against the growth of So
| cialism and syndicalism among the
workers. The king supported it and
| the cabinet resigned on September IA.
A military directorate was established
and Rivera was made sole chief of
1 the administration. The new govern
4 yy1ns ,f--yY1 10 ,Iot. no
! a campaign on profiteering and gam
bling. by cutting expenses to the
| bone and by other drastic measures
OF reform. Trial by jury was sus-
pended PEI because Of the corruption of
\ happy revolution for Spain.
RevoIution I'm Bulgaria.
| Bulgaria also had a revolution, al
/ most bloodless, when Stamboulisky's
| peasant government was overthrown
| on June 3, and the premier himself
1 was captured and killed. Prof. Zank-
| off was head of the new government
/ In September the communists and
peasants resorted to arms in an at
tempt to regain power, but they were
1 soon suppressed.
4 Andrew Bonar Law, prime minister
| of Great Britain, resigned on May 90
because Of the illness that caused his
death in october. He was succeeded
| by Stanley Baldwin, who had been
chancellor Of the exchequer. On Oc-
/ tober /. an imperial conference and
an economic conference of the British
empire opened in London and various
important measures were debated and
adopted designed to bind the compo-
nent parts Of the empire by closer
commercial ties, at the same time
leaving them their full measure of
| self-government. These questions
brought to the fore the old question
of free trade or protection, and since
the government had promised there
/ should be mo change in the existing
should be no change in the tariff pol
Icy during the life Of the existing
/ parliament, Prime Minister Baldwin
dissolved parliament on November 16
and an election was called for >Decem-
ber g.. Former n Premier Lloyd
George, who had been on speaking
(, tour of the United States, arrived
4 home just in time to make. up his old
quarrel with the other wing of the
liberal party, and went into the cam
paign with the prospect OF becoming
prime minister again II the conserva-
1 tives should be defeated.
! During the early months Of the year
the irish repuhlicanA continued JheiE