The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-01

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March 25 the assembly, ignoring tn
protests of Great Britain. voted to dc
pose the Glucksbourg dynasty and es
tablish a republic. subject to a plebis
cite. The people voted in favor of tn
republic on April 13 and the roya
family went into exile. Nicolai Lenin
the master mind Of soviet Russia, VIII
had been incapacitated for a lonl
time, died on January 81 and Alexis ]
Rykov was chosen TO succeed him a
premier. The funeral of Lenin was al
extraordinary demonstration and hi
tomb has become the national shrine
The Turkish assembly voted OF
March 3 to depose the caliph and abol
ish the caliphate and next day thu
caliph left for Switzerland. Presiden
Mustapha RemaI worked hard for thu
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
ton of Premier Ismet Pasha, the Pres
ldent's right-hand man; he was sue
ceeded by Fethi Bey.
Arabla's radical r~eligionists, the
Wahabis, under Ibn Saud revolted
against the rule Of King Hussein of
the Hedja2 and that monarch abdi-
Gated on October 8 at the demand of
the citizens Of Mecca and Jeddah.
Emir All, his son, was put on the
throne, but had no better success than
his father. for in the middle of Octo-
Der Wahabis occupied Mecca.
Germany's reichstag was dissolved
March 10 and a hot campaign ensued,
the Natlonalists planning to restore
the monarchy. In the elections the
Social Democrats easily The
cabinet of Chancellor Marx resigned
May 81, but he was retained In office.
Again In October the ~reichstag was
dissolved, Marx having failed to re-
organize the ministry satisfactorily.
Thereupon he cut loose entirely from
the Nationalists. New elections were
held December 7. On November Z the
German budget was balanced for the
first time since the war. The reichs-
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 it so difficult to form q new cabi-
net that he and his ministers resigned
on December 10, carrying on until
their successors could be chosen.
The Fascist won the italian cleo
tions on April 9, but the tide against
Fascism rose steadily. Sig. Matteotti,
a Socialist deputy, was kidnapped and
murdered by Fascist In June and Pre-
mier Mussolini faced a crisis which he
survived only by the most energetic
He dissolved the national mi
and ~reorganiZed his government,
and some of his prominent supporter
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 excuses and to
eurb their ~utterances, beginning with
himself.
China's civil war for 1924 broke out
September 3 in the Shanghai region
between the armies of Chekiang and
ziangsu provinces, the former being
packed by Gen. WI Pei-fu, military
.hieftain of the Picking government
md the latter having the moral sup
,ort of Marshal Chang TsO-lin of Man
The Chekiang troops were
-ictorious after a long campaign, but
meanwhile Chang had moved on
'eking and defeated his old enemy
Va, partly through the treachery of
he latter's chief general, Feng Yu-
slang. President Tsao Kun resigned,
eng took possession of Picking, but
vas practically eliminated by Chang,
nd the Manchurian made Tuan Chi
nj head of a provisional government.
On this side of the Atlantic there
,as the long drawn-out rebellion in
he state of Rio do Sui, Brazil, the
hief effect Of which elsewhere was
ne increase In the price of coffee;
nd, early in the year, an attempted
evolution in Mexico which caused the
ederal government a lot of trouble.
en-. Plutarco Gales was elected Pres
lent of Mexico and was inaugurated
4 December 1. Gonzales Cordova
as elected President of Ecuador,
.oracio Vasquez of Santo Domingo,
arlos SolorzanO of Nicaragua and
Machado of Cuba. There was
rebellion in Honduras in the spring
was ended through the interven-
of the United States, and a treaty
peace by the Central American ma
Ons was signed. In Chile a military
cup came to the fore and caused
resident Alessandri to resign. How
,er, the senate refused his resigna-
IN and gave him six months leave in