River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-01-03

or nationalist of Germany were ex
ceedingly active, those of Bavaria usu
ally taking the lead. In September
the Bavarians actually revolted against
the Berlin government and made Gus
tave Won Kahr dictator OF the state
The reichstag thereupon gave Strese
mann dictatorial powers. A little later
the socialist governments Of Saxony
and ThuiIngla refused to obey the
. chancellor, and he subdued them by
show OF military force. He yielded
to Bavaria's demand for greater au
ton0my, but this was not enough. On
November Hitler, leader Of the Ba
varian Fascist. and General Won Lu
dendorff attempted 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 anu 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
republic which was looked upon with
favor by France. However, 1t 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 1t failed for the time being.
Late In November Chancellor Strese'
mann's coalition went to pieces and,
being denied 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 DIR. Wilhelm Marx, leader OF
the Catholic party, was made chancel-
lor on November 20 and got together
q 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 1t and
the cabinet resigned on September IA.
A military directorate was established
and Rivera was made sole chief OF
the administration. The new govern
ment made itself popular at once by
a campaign on profiteering 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. 1t was happy revolution
for Spain.
Bulgaria also had revolution, al
most bloodless, when Stamboulisky' S
peasant government was overthrow
on 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
were soon suppressed.
Andrew Bonar Law, prime minister
, of Great Britain, resigned on May 20
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 en-
pire 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 leav-
! ing them their full measure of self
government. These questions brought
to the fore the old question Of free
trade or protection, and since the gov.
eminent had promised there should
be no change In the tariff policy during
the life OF the existing parliament.
Prime Minister Baldwin dissolved par
! lament on November 16 and an cleo
: tion was called for December 9. For
mer Premier Lloyd George, who had
been on speaking tour Of the United
States, arrived home just In time to
make up his old quarrel with the other
wing of the liberal party, and went
into the campaign with vigor. When
the votes were counted II was found
that while the Liberals and Laborites
both had won many seats from the
Conservatives, no one Of the three
parties had majority. The Laborites.
however, announced that their leader,
Ramsay Macdonald, would undertake
to form government as soon as called
upon, whereupon Prime Minister Bald
win declared he and his cabinet would
retain office at least until the new
parliament had met in January.
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