The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-02

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ceedinsly active, those of Bavaria usu-
ally taking the lead. In September
the Bavarians actually reyoIted against
the Berlin government and made Gus
tave Won Kahr dictator of the state
n ~reichstag thereupon gave Strese-
mann dictatorial powers. A little later
the socialist governments of Saxonv
n Thuringia refused to obey the
chancellor. and ne subdued them bv
a show Of military force. He Yielded
to Bavaria's demand for greater an |
fonOmy, but this was not enough. On
November s Hitler, leader of the Ra-
varian Fascist. and General Won In
dendorf attempted a royalist conn
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
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
Rhlneland got into action and set nm
a republic which was looked upOn with
favor By France. However, ii was
not able TO maintain itself very sue
c~essfully, 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 q vote of confidence in
the retchstag, he resigned. DR.. Helm
rich Albert, unpleasantly remembered
| America, and Adam Stegerwald both
failed 10 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.
A military directorate was established
n 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, 1t was a happy revolution
for Spain.
Bulgaria also had a revolution, al
most ~blOOdless, when St~ambOulisky's
peasant government was overthrow
on June 8 end 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 TIC arms in an
attempt to regain power, but they
were soon suppressed.
Andrew BOnar Law. prime minister
of Great Britain. resigned on May &c
because of the Illness that caused his
death in October. He was succeeded
by Stanley Baldwin, who had been
chancellor Of the exchequer. On DC
tober / an imperial conference and ar
economic conference of the British EN-
pire opened in London, and various
important measures were debated anC
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 brough.
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 IS and an cleo
mer Premier Lloyd George, who hat
been on a speaking tour of the United
States, arrived home just I'm time Il
make up his old quarrel with the othe
/. wing of the liberal party, and wen
! into the campaign with vigor. Wher
the votes were counted Ii was found
that while the Liberals and Laboritel
both had won many seats from the
Conservatives, no n of the three
/ parties had a majority. The Laborites
, however, announced that their leader
Ramsay Macdonald, would undertake
|. to form q government as soon as Gale,
/ upon, whereupon Prime Minister Bald
win declared he and his cabinet woul,
retain Office at least until the new
parliament had met In January.
During the early months of the yea
the Irish republicans continued thei
: guerrilla warfare on the Free State
: but on April 10, their chief of stan
liam Tyurh was tElloS I'm q a~h4 an,