Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-31

vodka Of 20 per cent went on sale.
Officially the reason for the change
was stated to be that the government
needed the revenue. wished TO dis,
courage the peasants from the use
Of wheat and rye for home-brew and
desired TO Kill the traffic in Illicit
liquors.
To foster industries and attract
foreign capital the Soviet government
took steps during the year which led
it farther and farther away from its
Communist ideals. Industrial plants
were returned 10 their former owners
under lease and private capitalists
were permitted 10 enter trade. Graft
in government circles was sternly sup
pressed, on one occasion l. officials
being sentenced TO death for this
crime.
undermining of Turkey.
President Renal put down all OPP
position to his rule IN Turkey and
held that country aloOf and ready to
fight. now Greece, now England. He
was confronted in midsummer by
serious revolt of the Kurds, but sup
pressed il and executed its leaders.
In August ne divorced his wife, the
wei known LATHE Hsnoun, and the
- me day issued decree removing
all restrictions on the dress of wom-
y
ernizing Turkey.
Egypt got into trouble with Great
Britain when a group of radicals muir
dered Sir Lee Stack, the Sirdar. The
British eXacted the death penalty for
the ASA SSinS and compelled the
Egyptian government to yield certain
concessions that frightened the British
grip on the disputed Sudan territory.
Ahmad Mira, the young Shah of
iyo Dor iE
that he refused TO return to his coun-
try, so on October 81 the Parliament
deposed him and put an end to his
dynasty. Ria Khan. the premier who
once was a common soldier, assumed
the throne "a King Pahlavi. A. G.
Nillspaugh, American. is still admin
istrator general Of the finances OF
Persia having made an excellent rec
ord for the year.
Conditions In Arabia were unsettled
during the year, owing TO the inter
mlttent warfare between Ali, King of
the Hedjaz, and Ibn Saud, King of
Neid and leader of the Wahabis. Ibn
captured Mecca. but was defeated by
All at Jeddah.
Amundsen's Flight.
capt. Amundsen made q spectacular
attempt TO fly over the North Pole.
hopping off from Spitzbergen with two
planes on May q. The expedition
succeeded in getting within $50 miles
of the pole, but was forced to descend
and lost one of the planes. After great
, bardships the intrepid explorers re-
turned to Spitzbergen on June IS.
Latin America had a comparative
ly uneventful year, which means there
were fewer revolutions than usual.
, On January % the navy junta govern
m nf Chile art hr I1Nr v
officers and a few days later the army
! and navy reached a peaceful agree
ment and recalled President AlesSan-
dri from his voluntary exile in Eu-
rope. In October Alessandri re-
! signed and was succeeded by EmiIiano
! F'igueroa. Solarzano was inaugurated
! President of Nicaragua in January,
and Barahona of Honduras. On Au-
! gust the American marines were
withdrawn from Nicaragua after
! keeping the peace there for II years.
! In Bolivia Jose Villaneuva was elected
| President, but would not promise sub
! Servience to the party of President
! Saavedra, so at. the instance of the
latter the Congress declared the cleo
ton void. On September 3 Saavedra
! turned over the office of chief execu-
tive to the president of the Senate
and new elections were ordered.
Conditions in Brazil. Argentina and
| the other South American states were
reasonably good throughout the year,
| though Brazil did have serious labor
troubles and a small revolutionary
movement in the state of Rio Grande
| do Sui.
Mexico Prosperous.
/ Despite labor disputes and agrarian
excuses in some of the Mexican states
! our neighbor to the South enjoyed IL
months Of remarkable prosperity un-
der the administration Of President