Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-30

May 11-Berlin police broke up roy
alist plot to make Won Hindenburg die
tator.
Amundsen expedition in the Norge
Belgian cabinet resigned.
May 12-General strike In Great
Britain called off: negotiations with
miners to be resumed.
Marshal Pilsudski started revolt in
Poland against government Of Premier
Witos.
Chancellor Luther of Germany, CEN
sured by reichstag, resigned.
Airship Norge passed over North
May 1s-Norge alighted at Teller.
Alaska.
Pilsudski occupied Warsaw after
bloody fighting.
Poland and the cabinet resigned and
fed.
May 15-Pilsudski made Charles Bar
tel premier of Poland and Rataj act
May 16-Dr. wilhelm Marx became
chancellor of Germany
May 19-Premier Mussolini pro-
claimed Inauguration of the Fascist
ssyndicalist form of government for
| Italy.
May 29-Portuguese cabinet resigned
following a military revolt
May 30-Swedish commission, after
twelve years study, decided against
prohibition.
Commander Cabecadas in control of
June PROF. Ignatz Moscicki elect
ed president of Poland.
June 6-Syrian tribesmen rejected
French peace terms.
G. G. Ekman, prohibition leader
formed new cabinet for Sweden
June S-Dr. Kasmir Grinius elected
president of Lithuania.
June 15--Premier BRAND of France
and entire cabinet resigned.
June 17-Gen. Comes da Costa de-
clared himself head of Portuguese gov
ernment, ousting Commander Cabe-
cades
June 1S-Briand failed to form new
French ministry and Herriot undertook
Job.
again selected to form French cabinet.
German voters, by refraining from
voting, defeated referendum to con-
fscate property of former kaiser and
June 23-Briand formed French cab
met with Caillaux as finance minister.
June 28-Prime Minister Mackenzie
King of Canada, being refused disso1u-
tion of parliament, resigned with his
cabinet Arthur Meighen, Conservative
leader, named to form new ministry.
July Canada parliament dissolved
by Gov. Gen. Lord Byng.
July 9-French chamber gave BRAND
government vote of confidence.
Gen Carmonia succeeded Gen. Gomez
da Costa as dictator of Portugal.
July 17-Briand cabinet resigned be-
cause of adverse vote in chamber; Her
riot invited to form ministry.
July 19-Herriots French cabinet
formed with De Monzie as finance min
July 21-Herriot cabinet defeated in
French chamber and resigned.
July 23-Catholic church leaders ar
rested in Mexico for sedition.
Poincare formed French cabinet con-
tanning six ex-premiers.
July 31-French chamber Of deputies
passed Poincare's financial measure.
ant do 10
Dictator de Rivera of Spain.
Catholic episcopate of Mexico asked
truce with government and plebiscite
on religious controversy, New religious
doned by clergy and taken over by
civilian committees.
Aug. 2-President Gales rejected
truce proposal of Mexico Catholic
Aug. s-Poincare's fiscal legislation
passed by French senate.
Aug 10--French senator's and dep
uties, sitting as national assembly,
passed constitutional amendment en-
bodying Poincare's project for sinking
fund to redeem floating debt.
Aug 22--Greek Liberals, headed by
Gen. Condylis, overthrow dictatorship
OF Gen. Pangalos in bloodless coup
d'etat.
Aug. 29-Revolutionary movement in
Nicaragua growing serious.
Sept. 5-Revolutionary movement
started by Spanish artillery suppressed
and state of siege decreed
Sept. s-Cantonese army occupied
Sept. s--Milttary revolt in Athens
against Condylis government sup
pressed after bloody battle.
Sent 10--Nicaraguan government
asked U. S. to help end revolt.
Sept l1--Anarchist attempted vain
ly to assassinate Premier MusSolini of
Italy with bomb; Mussolini and Rome
press warned France to desist sfrom
sheltering plotters against the Fascist
Sent IA Meighen's Conservative
government in Canada defeated in cleo
lions by Liberals under Mackenzie
Sept. 26-Meighen government of Can
ada resigned and Mackenzie King be-
came premier.
sent 3O-Polish parliament cut down
the government budget and the cabinet
resigned.
Oct, 11-Cantonese troops captured
Wuchang after forty day siege.
oct. 15-Prussiau diet voted to settle
Hohenzollern claims by giving the fam
lily $3,600,000. castle and $4,000 acres
of land.
Austrian cabinet resigned.
Oct 1S--Norway voted wet in ma
tional plebiscite on law prohibiting use
of liquors with more than 2 II per cent
alcohol.
Oct. l9-British empire conference
Oct. 2O--Grand war council of Mex
leo decided on determination of the
Yaquis as tribe.
Seipel again became premier of
Oct. 31--Young man shot at Premier
Mussolini in Bologna and was slain by
crowd.
Nov. 1.-Gen. Chamorro, president de
facto of Nicaragua, resigned.
Nov. S-Italy refunded her entire in
ternal public debt
Nov. 1O--Vincent Massey appointed
first Canadian minister to Washingto
| Dutch authorities.
Nov. 1l-Adolfo Diaz elected presi-
dent of Nicaragua; Mexican hltbusters
landed troops and munitions for rebels
near Corinto.
Nov, 20-British imperial conference
announced the domtnions are hereafter
autonomous units of the empire. equal
Serious revolt reported in Albania.
| Nov. 21--Gen. Chang Kai-shek, lead
er of Cantonese armies, declared revo-
lutIon in China would not end until
! Internationally rights and c0nces-
! sions were abolished.
Nov. 27-Civil government of China
| at Peking resigned.
| Nov 29-Former Vice President Sac
! asa landed troops in Nicaragua for at
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British and French troops landed at
| Hankow, China.
| General Carmona, premier Of Portu-
! gal, assumed the presidency.
! Nov S0-King Ferdinand OF Rumania
/ issued a warning to former Crown
| Prince Carol and all others not to at
! tempt a coup detat to seize the throne.
Premier Condylis of Greece resigned
and Alexander Zaimis formed a new
! cabinet.
Dee. Elections In ontario won by
| the vets; prohibition to be- abandoned
! for government control of liquor sales,
| Dec. Socialist government of Den
| mark resigned after defeat in cleo
tions.
| Dec. 6-Yugo-Slav cabinet resigned.
Dec. l7-German cabinet resigned.
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