Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

With the aid of the Liberals in par
Lament, the Labor government of
Great Britain functioned through most
of the year 1t took Office on January
% with Ramsay Macdonald as prime
minister. It's policies were fairly mod
crate, but several Of its bills were
beaten, notably those for the aid of
the poor and for the naturalization of
mines. It did not resign because no
party then had a majority In parlia-
ment. However, the people rebelled
against the treaties with soviet Rus
STA which Macdonald negotiated, and
on October 5 the house of commons
refused him vote of confidence. Par
lament was at once prorogued and
the general election set for October
20. At the polls the Conservatives
won an overwhelming victory, getting
413 Of the 615 seats in the house. The
Liberal party seemed almost wiped
out and the Laborites suffered heavy
losses. Stanley Baldwin was selected
to be prime minister again and on No
vember his government took Office.
To the great relief of France, Austen
Chamberlain was made foreign secre-
tary instead of Lord CurZon. Winston
Churchill, free trader and deter
mined foe of socialism, was named
chancellor of the exchequer.
England's most serious trouble in
ternally continued to be unemploy-
ment. This increased through the
year, and so, unfortunately, did the
cost of living. In February there was
great lockers strike which threat
ened to cut off most of the cOuntry's
food supplies. But through the efforts
of Macdonald and his colleagues 1t
was soon settled.
France changed her government
twice. Premier Poincare was not in
sympathy with the movement to re-
store friendly relations with Germany,
and on June 1 he resigned. Francois
Marsal formed a ministry which lasted
only few days, and then President
Millerand also gave up his office. The
radical Socialists-who are not SO
radical there as in some Countries
took charge and made Edouard Her
riot premier after Gaston Domergue
had been elected President. On Sep
TENDER 80 France turned out bal
anced budget for the first time In ten
years.
Austria in November lost the inval-
liable services of her chancellor, Mgr.
Seipel, who resigned because Of gen.
eral railway strike for higher wages
and other unsatisfactory conditions
due largely to the greedy protiteers of
Vienna He was succeeded by Ru-
dolph Ramek AT one time or another
during the year the governments of
japan, Belgium, Albania, South Africa.
Yugo-Slavia, Finland and Portugal also
changed hands. Greece went further
than that. Venizelos formed minis
try in January, was succeeded ny kar-
fandaris in February, and he was rol-
lowed by Papanastasion in March. On
March 25 the assembly, ignoring the
protests of Great Britain, voted to de-
pose the Gucksbourg dynasty and es-
tablish a republic, subject to plebis-
cite. Inc people NOteu III law VI NAN
republic on April Is and the royal
family went into exile. Nicolai Lenin.
the master mind of soviet Russia, who
had been incapacitated for a long
time, died on January 81 and Alexis l..
Rykov was chosen to succeed him as
premier. The funeral of Lenin was an
extraordinary demonstration and his
tomb has become the national shrine.
The Turkish assembly voted on
March to depose the caliph and abol-
ish the caliphate and next day the
caliph left for Switzerland. President
Mustapha Kemal worked hard for the
prosperity of his country, but his die
tatorial methods brought about pow
erful combination of his opponents
that gave him much trouble. In No
vember this group forced the resigna-
ton of Premier Ismet Pasha, the Pres
ident's right-hand man; he was sue
eeeded by Fethi .Bey.
Arabias radical religionists, the
Wahabis. under Ibn Saud revolted
against. the ruiz - King Hussein OF