The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-12-27

or nationalist of Germany were ex
ceedingly active, those of Bavaria usu.
ally taking the lead. In September
the Bayarians actually revolted against
the Berlin government and made Gus
tave Won Kahr dictator of the state.
The reichstag t%hereupon gave Strese-
mann dictatorial powers. A little later
the socialist governments of Saxony
and Thuringia refused to obey the
chancellor, and he subdued them by
a show of military force. He yielded
to Bavaria's demand for greater au-
tonomy, but this was not enough. On
November s Hitler, leader of the Ba-
varian Fascist, and General Won Luz
dendorff attempted a royalist coup
d'etat in Munich and other cities and
threatened to march on Berlin. This
revolt was rather easily put down
by the national police and the workers
and Hitler and Ludendorff were ar
rested. On November 10 Frederick
William, the former crown prince, sud
denly returned to Germany from Hol-
land.
In October the separatists of the
Rhineland got into action and set up
a republic which was looked Upon with
favor by France. However, it was
not able to maintain itself very sue
cessfully, and there was almost con-
tinuous fighting with the national
forces. Another separatist movement
was started in the Bavarian palatinate,
but it 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, unpleasantly remembered
in America, and Adam Stegerwald both
failed to form acceptable ministries,
and so DR.. Wilhelm Marx, leader of
the Catholic party, was made chancel-
Tor on November 20 and got together
a cabinet that included Stresemann as
foreign minister and that was expect
ed to carry on his policies.
The revolution in Spain, which was
connected with the unsatisfactory war
with the Moors, took place in Septem-
Der. The revolt, led by General
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.
4 ,,il;for, Iirootoro+o .,o ortoh1iChnJ
and Rivera was made sole chief of
the administration. The new govern
ment made itself popular at once by
a campaign on profteering and gam
bling, by cutting expenses to the bone
and by other drastic measures of re-
form. Trial by jury was suspended
because of the corruption of the courts.
Altogether, it was a happy revolution
for Spain.
Bulgaria also had a revolution, al
most ~bloodless, when Stamboulisky's
peasant government was overthrow
June 8 and the premier himself was
captured and killed. Professor Zank-
off was made head Of the new govern
ment. In September the Communists
and peasants resorted to arms in an
attempt to regain power, but they
we're soon suppressed.
Andrew Bonar Law. prime minister
Of Great Britain, resigned on May 20
because of the illness that caused his
in October. He was succeeded
by Stanley Baldwin, who had been
chancellor of the exchequer. On Oc- :
.ober / an imperial conference and an
economic conference of the British en- |
opened in London. and various
measures were debated and I
designed to bind the compo- ;
tent parts of the empire by closer 1
commercial ties, at the same time leav- /
ng them their full measure of self d
.overnmfnt. These questions brought :
0 the fore the old question Of free L
rade or protection, and since the gov d
rnment had promised there should I
e no change in the tariff policy during "
ne life of the existing parliament, II
rhine Minister Baldwin dissolved par /
ament on November 16 and an cleo s.
was called for December 6. For 81
lei IIelHicI LlOyu OeOl sc, WIN hdu
cen on a speaking tour of the United II
tates, arrived home just In time to N
AXE up his old quarrel with the other 81
ing of the liberal party. and went q
ito the campaign with vigor. When 81
le votes were counted it was found g
lat while the Liberals and Laborites m
9TH had won many seats from the ii
conservatives, no one of the three a
irties had a majority. The Laborites. Rt
)wever, announced that their leader, nj
amsay Macdonald, would undertake 70
form a government as soon as called re
,on, whereupon Prime Minister Bald o.
in declared he and his cabinet would pa
tain office at least until the new fa
Lrliament had met In January. III
the early months of the year w
e Irish Republicans continued their 81