The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-30

III parliament. Paul Painleve there
upon became premier and he gave
.he nnance portfolio to Joseph Call
AUX VINO was convicted during the
war OF treason. AristIde BRAND took
lhe post OF foreign minister. Caillaux
was no more successful than his pred
ecessors and the cabinet resigned
Octoper y. 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 plans
were rejected and he gave place to
Paul Doumer.
Inc revolt of the Druses In Syria.
heid by France under a mandate, be-
came serious in July and the tribes
men 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.
helnforcements were poured into
syria but the tribesmen kept up
harassing guerrilla warfare which
was extended into Lebanon.
Germany's new reichstag convened
January 5 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
~ the first popular elections for Presi-
dent were held and resulted in no
candidate receiving a majority. The
Nationalists 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 the
slightest indication that he desired
a return to monarchism.
In December the cabinet resigned
so that new ministry fully In favor
of the Locarno treaties might be
formed.
Benito AIussolini 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
steps to suppress the opposition or
CARNATIONS and newspapers, and be-
fore the twelfth month was ended
the parliament had at his behest
passed a number of laws, electoral
and otherwise, that made Fascismo
supreme and Mussolinis dictatorship
complete. In November the police
uncovered a plot to assassinate the
premier and overthrow the govern
ment. and one result Of this was
renewal of measures to suppress the
Freemasons.
Primo de Rivera, dictator Of Spain.
caused some surprise in December
by announcing that the time to end
the military dictatorship had come
He formed a civilian cabinet, retain
ing the position of premier. On the
whole the rule of the directory seemed
to have been beneficial to the coun-
try. In Portugal cabinet crises, small
military revolts and Communist up
risings we're rather frequent Belgium
experienced several changes OF min
istries and so did Poland, where
Skrynski came into power in Novem-
Der.
General Pangalos led a successful'
military and naval coup detat
in Greece in June and the govern
ment was upset without bloodshed.
Pangalos thereupon became premier.
In September he dissolved the nation
al assembly and ordered new cleo
lions.
Soviet Russia did not gain the con-
6dence of the other powers to any
creat extent. FOR the diplomatic ef-
forts of her rulers in that line were
Offset by the continuance OF bolshe-
visit propaganda abroad. Having faiieo
IN entice the proletariat OF western
Furope. they turned their attention
esnecially to Japan and China. Al
homo their chief concern was the
state of mind of the Russian peasant
-, which was so dissatisfied that re-
,.olt was in the air. AS usual, there
,,.o,o cron failures in various districts
and famine conditions were predicted
5osn;te which the government ex-
,orted wheat for political purposes.
IN foster industries and attract
foreign capital the Soviet government
took steps during the year which lea
n farther and farther away from its
Communist ideals. Industrial plants
wore returned to their former owners
,r,,er lease and private capitalists
20 narmitted to enter trade. Graft
N government circles was sternly
on one occasion II OH
o;aIs being sentenced to death for
this crime.
Egypt got into trouble with Great
pr,ta;n when a group of radicals MUIR
,a.ad sir Lee Stack. the sirdar. The
british exacted the death penally lor