Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-02-02
WORLD GOVERNMENT
CHANGES IN 1892
Spain and Iraq Most I'm.
portant Nations Affected.

restrictions from iraq and its erection
Snte an Independent state, was one Of
the outstanding changes affecting the
worlds family of nations during the
past year, according to bulletin from
the National Geographic society's head.
quarters In Washington. Among the
other important changes listed in the
summary are the creation of Man
chOukuo. the setting up Of Catalonia
as an autonomous unit within the
Spanish republic. and the granting OF
"A constitution by the king Of Siam.
"Iraq is the first of the group Of
inundated territories established fol-
lowing the World war to graduate into
the group of independent nations"
says the bulletin. Great Britain gave
up all Of its special privileges as hold
er Of the mandate and the new state
became a full 1edged member of the
League of Nations.
Following Japanese occupation OF
Manchuria that territory. together
with the Province Of JehOl to the
west, was made into the state of Man
the Chinese empire. as ruler. West
~ern powers have not officially recOg-
Fnized the new state.
Catalonia Given Autonomy.
1.-THE granting of autonomy to Gaia
aonia, made up of the four provinces
of northeastern Spain. fulfilled the as
pirations which the Catalonians have
held for centuries The newly en-
powered state has unique status
among the major divisions of the
Spanish republic. 1t has its own pres
sdent, parliament cabinet. and courts.
and will collect its own taxes. Foreign
affairs, however. will remain under
control of the central government at
Madrid.
after an almost bloOdless revOlu-
ton during the past summer. King
PrajadhipOk of Siam promised con-
stitution This new charter FOR the
Siamese was made public on Novem-
Der 10.
I'm Arabia no major changes In
boundaries or SOvereignties took place
during the year. hut the principal
state Of the peninsula received q new
name. The country embracing all Of
central Arabia and extending from
the Red sea to the Persian gulf. for
merly known as the Kingdoms of the
Hejaz and Nejd. was. early in OctO-
Der, given the title. Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
"Ararat. one of the most famous
mountains in the world. changed hands
during 1892 The mountain was traded
to Turkey by Persia in exchange for
strip of territory along the Turkish
Persian border to the south.
Next to the fighting in Manchuria,
during 1892 over boundaries or SOW
ereignties has been that in the Gran
Chaco of South America between
Bolivia and Paraguay. Each contest
ant demands that its title to this
large region south of the center of
the continent shall he recognized In
late weeks spirited fighting has con-
tinued along the string of forts which
extends through the center of the
Chaco.
Merry Go-Round in Chile.
"Since June I. Chile has had five
changes in presidents. and for a time
was ruled by a sOcialistic regime. The
changes have all been effected other
than by elections. but little fighting
has occurred.
1.-The latest armed contest over ter
ritOry in South America began in Au-
gust on the Putumayo River. one of
the headwater streams of the Amazon
system. The dispute was initiated
when Peruvian citizens seized the
town of Leticia from Colombia. The
community is still in the hands Of
Peruvians.
in the Near East dispute between
Syria and Traq over their common
boundary line between the Euphrates
and Tigris rivers was advanced toward
solution by a report of the SyrO-Iraqi
frontier commission to the League of
Nations, recommending a line which
day between those claimed by the
two contestants
COutcSt WHICH, lHFOlNcu
the operation of customs between
France and Switzerland was settled
amicably by decision of the Court
of International Justice at The Hague
Is Gravenhage) during June The de-
cision was in favor of Switzerland and
operated to permit free customs zone
near Geneva, but in French territory
France formally accepted the decision
in September and ordered the with
Sirawal of her customs officials from
the zone.
Work toward solution Of the bound
AIRY dispute between Guatemala and
Honduras in Central America. was
carried toward decision by an arbi-
tration commission headed by Chief
Justice Hughes The United States
War department played an important
part in this work by assigning army
air corps flyers last summer to pre-
pare an aerial map of the disputed
line.
"The controversy between Norway
and Denmark over portions of the east
coast of Greenland is still under con-
Si0pratiOn nv tha Court IF Tntorna-