Shoshone journal., 1924-01-04

or nationalists 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
taye Won Kahr dictator of the state.
The relchstag thereupon 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 Hitler, leader Of the Ba- |
varian Fascist, and General Won Lu-
| dendorff attempted 4 royalist coup |
| detat 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, ii 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 Bayarian palatinate,
|
Late In November Chancellor Strese-
mann's coalition went to -lsces and,
being denied a vote of confidence In
the reichstag, he resigned. DR.. Helm
rich Albert, unpieasanty remembered
in America, and Adam Stegerwaid Dotn
failed to form acceptable ministries
and so DR.. wilhelm Marx, leader OF
the Catholic party, was made chancel-
lor on November 20 and got together
cabinet that included Stresemann as
. foreign minister and that was expect
ed to carry Oh 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
;. ciaIisn and syndicalism among the
4 workers. The king supported 1t and
: the cabinet resigned on September IA
q 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 profteering and gam
S bling. by cutting expenses to the bone
O and by other drastic measures OF re
K form. Trial by jury was suspended
o because Of the corruption of the courts
:. Altogether, il was a happy revolution
o for Spain
= Bulgaria also had a revolution, al
n most bloodless, when Stamboulisky'
>. peasant government was overthrow
n on June and the premier himself wa
f. captured and killed. Professor Zank
a of was made head of the new govern
% ment. In September the Communist
# and peasants resorted to arms in a.
n attempt to regain power, but the.
were soon suppressed.
p Andrew Bonar Law. prime ministe
,t of Great Britain, resigned ON May 2
N because of the illness that caused hi
NJ death in October. He was succeeds
# by Stanley Baldwin, who had beel
d chancellor of the exchequer. On Oe
n tober / an imperial conference and a
n economic conference of the British en-
n pire opened IN London, and variou
If important measures were debated an
% adopted designed to bind the compo
as nent parts of the empire by close
IN commercial ties, at the same time leay
If ing them their full measure Of sell
y government. These questions brough
10 TO the fore the old question of fre
n trade or protection, ard since the GOV
4 ernment had promised there shout
al he no change in the tariff policy durin
az the life of the existing parliament
n Prime Minister Baldwin dissolved PAL
n liament ON November 16 and an eleC
10 ton was called for December 6. Fol
Y mer Premier Lloyd George, who ha
no been or a speaking tour Of the Unite
States, arrived home just in time I
f. make up his old quarrel with the othe
r. wing of the liberal party, and wen
g into the campaign with vigor. Whe
A. the votes we're counted II was foun
"A that while the Liberals and Laborite
both had wen many seats from IN
a. Conservatives, ne one Of the thre
;, parties had a majority. The Laborite'
70 however. announced that their leader
n Ramsay Macdonald. would undertak
co to form a government as soon as calle
s+ upon, whereupon Prime Minister Bale
win declared he and his cabinet woul
retain Office at. least until the ne'
parliament had met In January.
During the early months Of the yea
the Irish republicans continued the
H. Guerrilla warfare OF the Free Stat
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