The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-01-03


siye measures against the Com
munists were continued with vigor,
and their meetings of protest were
broken up by the police. Through
the summer unemployment was al
most nonexistent, and in August a
French commission reached an
agreement with the government OF
Rumania by which 10000 laborers
were to be transported from that
country to France.
In October Brands support in
the chamber of deputies dwindled,
and on the 22nd of that month he
and his cabinet resigned. Eduard
Daladier tried in vain to form a
new government, and the job was
then done successfully by Andre
Tardieu. BRAND remained in the
cabinet as foreign minister and it
seemed that his policies would be
carried forward by the Tardieu gov
eminent.
Fascism Grows Stronger.
Premier MussOlini of Italy, corn
full of his many detractors, further
strengthened the power Of Fascism,
If that were possible. The new
legislature was set up early in the
year, and in April the Duce assumed
full control of the regulation of cap
ital and labor. Not having much
confidence in disarmament confer
ences, the premier took steps to
make Italy's armed forces more eff
cient and declared that while the
nation desired peace with all the
world, it was spiritually prepared
to face any crisis. The settlement
of the old quarrel with the Vati-
can was a feather in his cap, but
later developments showed that
much bitterness remained. In De
cember the king and queen paid
their first visit to Pope Plus XI in
the Vatican. Their progress through
the streets Of Rome was a grand
pageant, but the conversation with
the pope was in private.
Afghanistan achieved the front
page at various times during the
year. King Amunallah found the
western reforms he tried to intro
duce were causing such violent OPP
position that he rescinded them in
January and abdicated in favor of
his brother. The rebelliOus tribes
men we're still not satisfied, and
under the leadership of II Habi-
bullah Khan, they captured Kabul,
the capital, and drove out the new
king. Habibullah, who really was
Bacha Sakao, a bandit, assumed the
crown and lasted until october,
when Nadir Khan occupied Kabul
and proclaimed himself king. Bacha
was taken prisoner and executed
Race War in Palestine.
Palestine was the scene of a
bloody uprising OF the Arabs against
the Jews in August and many of
the latter race were m%assacred in
Jerusalem and other places. The i'm
mediate cause of the outbreak vas
a dispute over the Wailing Wall
which the Jews have used for cen
turtles as a place of prayer; but
it O e back to the deer. resentment
of the Arab against the British
mandate and the predominance of
Jewish influence in the government
of a country which they consider
belongs to them. The local author
tiles were unable to stop the fight
ing, so the British stepped in with
w~arships, troops and airplanes and
speedily forced the belligerents to
cease their killings and depreda-
lions. The situation in the Holy
Land was still considered 80 se-
rious that the British government
sent out a commission of inquiry.
China's Nationalist government,
besides the quarrel with Russia,
had to contend with the seemingly
unending civil warfare that keeps
the huge nation relatively power
less. This conflict died down and
revived several times during the
twelvemonth, and in December
reached it's most serious stage. The
rebels at that time consisted of the
Kwangsi province army and the in
dependent body known as the Iron
sides division" commanded by Gen.
Chang Fak-wei. These two forces
were advancing on Canton from the
west and the north, and the govern
ment was compelled to withdraw
numbers of troops from Man
churia to meet them.
Mexico's annual revolutionary
outbreak came in March and spread
in eight or ten states, be-
really formidable though
Delittled by President Portes Gil.
The rebels were under the general
leadership of Escobar, while Cen
eral Gales, minister of war, led the
government forces in person. For
there was bloody lighting in
Orizaba, Monterey, Juarez, ManZan-
lilo. Jiminez and Torreon, with for
tune favoring first Il side and
then the other. Gen. Jesus Aguirre,
rebel leader in Vera Cruz, was cap
-ured and executed, and on April 3
the federal forces won a great vic
tory at Reforma. BY the end of
April the rebellion was in collapse,
and generals by the dozen were flee
ing across the United States border.
this off it's hands, the govern
ment proceeded to squelch the "re-
.igious rebels" who had been active
especially along the west coast.
The Presidential election was
held on November II and resulted
In victory for Pascual Ortiz Rubio,
candidate of the Grand Revolution
airy or government party, over Vas
.concelos of the Anti-Re-election
party. The election itself was rea-
sonably quiet, but was preceded by
sanguinary riots in many cities.