The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-12-31

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mainly financial. Premier Herrio
held on until April 10. when the gov
ernment's finance bill was defeated
In parliament. Paul Painleve there
upon became premier and he gav'
the hnance portfolio to JOSEPH Gail
laux, who was convicted during til,
wal of treason. Aristide BRAND tool
the post of foreign minister. Caillau1
was no more successful than his pred
ecessors and the cabinet resigned
October q. Painleve formed a new
ministry, but this went on the rocks
in November. BRAND was made
premier again and Louis Loucheur
one of the wealthiest of Frenchmen
became minister of finance. His plan!
were rejected and he gave place t.
Paul Doumer.
The revolt of the Druses In Syria,
held by France under a mandate, be-
came serious in July and the tribes
mel defeated the French forces sew
eral times. They filtered into Damas-
Gus and started an uprising there in
the suppression of which the French
shelled the Moslem quarters of the
ancient city and battered it to pieces.
Reinforcements were poured into
Syria but the tribesmen kept up a
harassing guerrilla warfare which
was extended into Lebanon.
Germany's new reichstag convened
January 8 and DR.. Hans Luther be-
came chancellor, pledging himself to
maintain the republic and the Dawes
plan. The Monarchists and National
lists were strong in his cabinet. March
20 the first popular elections for Presi-
dent were held and resulted in no
candidate receiving a majority. The
Nationalist and several other groups
then made Field Marshal Won linden
burg their nominee, and at the sec
ond elections, held April &c, he was
elected. 1t was freely predicted that
this meant the early restoration of the
German empire, but the old soldier
took the pledge of loyalty to the re-
public and thereafter gave not h
slightest indication that he desired
a return to mOnarchism.
In December the cabinet resigned
so that a new ministry fully in favor
of the Locarno treaties might be
formed.
Benito Mussolini continued to rule
Italy with a firm hand, and the posi-
ton of the Fascist was strengthened
in the autumn by a split in the OPP
position, the Maximalist Socialists
.severing their Connection with the other
groups forming the Aventine bloc. The
dictator began the year by taking
to suppress the opposition or
CARNATIONS and newspapers, and be-
fore the twelfth month was ended
he parliament had at his behest
passed @ number of laws, electoral
and otherwise, that made Fascismo
and Mussolini's dictatorship
complete. In November the police
uncovered a plot to assassinate the
premier and overthrow the govern
nent, and one result of this was a
of measures to suppress the
Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain.
caused some surprise In December
y announcing that the time to end
military dictatorship had come.
lie formed a civilian cabinet, retain
ng the position of premier. On the
Whole the rule of the directory seemed
O have been beneficial to the
ry. In Portugal cabinet crises, small
revolts and Communist up
isings were rather frequent. Belgium
experienced several changes of min
stries. and so did Poland. Where
rallied. When congress met a large
lumber of bills with this In view were
Introduced.
General Pangalos led a successful
and naval coup d'etat
4 Greece In June and the govern
nent was upset without bloodshed.
'angalos %thereupon became premier.
n September he dissolved the nation
| assembly and ordered new cleo
ions.
Soviet Russia did not gain the on
dence of the other powers to any
reat extent. for the diplomatic eff
)rts of her rulers in that line were
ffset by the continuance of bolshe-
list propaganda abroad. Having failed
} entice the prOletariat of western
urope, they turned their attention
specially to Japan and China. At
ONE their chief concern was the
ate of mind Of the Russian peasant
', which was so dissatisfied that re-
Dit was in the air. AS usual, there
ere crop failures in various districts
Id famine conditions were predicted,
espite which the government ex-
1rted wheat for political purposes.
To foster industries and attract
reign capital the Soviet government
stems during the Vear which led .