The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-01-08

fandarts In February, anu he was fol-
lowed by Papanastasion In March. On
March % the assembly, ignoring the
protests OF Great Britain voted to de-
pose the Glucksbourg dynasty and es-
tablish republic. subject TO plebis-
cite The people voted in favor Of the
republic on April 10 and the royal
family went into exile Nicolai Leain.
the master mind of soviet Russia. who
had been incapacitated for a long
time, died on January p and Alexis !.
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 8 to depose the caliph and abol-
ish the caliphate and next day the
caliph left for Switzerland President
Mustapha Renal worked hard for the
prosperity of his country, but his die
tatorial methods brought about a pow
erful combination of his opponents
that gave. him much trouble. In No
vember this group forced the resigna
tion of Premier Ismet Pasha, the Pres
| ident's right-hand man; he was sue
ceeded by Fethi Bey.
Arabla's radical religionists, the
Wahubis, under Ibn Saud revolted
against the rule of King Hussein of
the Hedjaz and that monarch abdi-
Gated on October 3 at the demand of
the citizens of Mecca and Jeddah
Emir All, his son, was put on the
throne, hut had no better success than
his father, for in the middle of Octo-
| Der Wahabis occupied Mecca.
Germany's reichstag was dissolved
March 13 and hot campaign ensued
the Nationalist planning to restore
the monarchy. In the elections the
Social Democrats easily won. The
cabinet of Chancellor Marx resigned
May q, but he was retained in office
Again in October the reichstag was
dissolved, Marx having failed to re-
organize the ministry satisfactorily
Thereupon ne cut loose entirely from
| the Nationalists. New elections were
held December Z. On November Z the
German budget was balanced for the
first time since the war. The refchs-
tag elections came on December Z and
the three parties supporting the repub-
lie and the Dawes plan won the most
seats. However, Chancellor Marx
found II so difficult to form new cabi-
net that he and his ministers resigned
on December Is, carrying on until
their successors could be chosen.
The Fascist won the italian cleo.
lions on April 6. but the tide against
Fasclsm rose steadily. Sig. Matteotti
Socialist deputy, was kidnapped and
murdered by Fascist In June and Pre-
mier Mussolini faced crisis which he
survived only by the most energetic
| action. He dissolved the national mi
! lltia and reorganized his government
and some of his prominent supporters
were ousted. His opponents we're KEPT
| fairly quiet until November when
confronted by another attack In par
lament, Mussolini frankly admitted
the faults Of the Fascists and prom
ised to punish their excesses and to
curb their utterances, beginning with
himself.
China's civil war for 1924 broke out
September in the Shanghai region
between the armies OF Chekiang and
Kiangsu provinces, the former being
backed by Gen. WI Pei-fu, military
chieftain of the Picking government
and the latter having the. moral sup
port of Marshal Chang Is lin Of Man
churia The Chekiang troops were
victorious after a long campaign, but
meanwhile Chang had moved on
Picking and defeated his old enemy
Wa, partly through the treachefy of
| the latter's chief general, Feng Yu-
hsiang. President Tsao Kun resigned
Feng took possession of Picking, but
was practically eliminated by Chang
and the Manchurian made Tuan Chi
| Jul head of a provisional government
On this side of the Atlantic there
was the long drawn-out rebellion In
the state of Rio do Sui, Brazil, the
chief effect Of which elsewhere was
| the increase In the price of coffee
| and, early in the year, an attempted
revolution in Mexico which caused the
federal government a lot of trouble
Gen. Plutarco Gales was elected Pres
ident Of Mexico and was inaugurated
on December /. Gonzales Cerdova
was elected President Of Ecuador,
Horacio vasQuez Of Santo Domingo,
Carlos Solorzano of Nicaragua and
Gerardo Machado Of Cuba. There was
a rebellion In Honduras In the spring
that was ended through the interven.
ton Of the United States. and treaty
of peace BY the Central American ma
lions was signed In Chile military
group came to the fore and caused
President AIessandri to resign. How
ever, the senate refused his resigna
ton and gave him six months leave In
Europe.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Politics consumed a vast amount Of