Show FOREIGN AFFAIRS politics in great britain were not especially eventful the liberal party i recovered somewhat fr from om its crus crushing in tire the elections of 1024 t and li herbert erbert asquith who was ads raised to the peerage as the earl of oxford was continued as its leader leade lloyd george pledged tolila to him ills his unqualified loyalty tito the labor party did all in its power to combat the baldwin government but was itself badly split between radicals and conservatives all these parties and elements except tho the radical Labori fes were kept busy fighting tho the schemes of the he communists ts the government refused to admit foreign communists to to tho the country to attend the conference of the british communist party in gins gow and inter canceled tile tho permits of many communists to live in great britain what was called one of the roost most important events in tile alio postwar post war history of the british empire occurred on april 28 when great britain returned to tho the gold cold standard aus and new zealand took this step nt at the same time and the union I 1 of south africa followed suit on july 1 canada was waa already back on a gold busts basis so that at the midyear mid year tha currency of the entire empire was virtually on a prewar pre war tooting footing rian I coFf troubles troi trot blea bles 1 aside from froia tha I 1 A 11 6 i warfare in ili morocco and syria were mainly flann etal Pre niler t held on until april 10 when tire governments 0 ern ments flounce bill ans defeated in parliament paul PaIn leve thereupon became premier pre niler anti lie rave gave tile the flu alico portfolio to joseph call laux who wits convicted during the var of treason brintie tools tool the hie post of foreign 1 minister ster CUIl caillaux laUx aris no more successful than ills hla predecessors arid the cabinet resigned lenel october 27 leve formed a new ministry but tills this wont went on the rocks in november briand was nindo pre premier niter again tind louis one of tile alie wealthiest of frenchmen Fren climen became minister of finance ills plans were rejected and lie he gave place to paul doenier Dou nier the revolt of the cruses in ili syria field beld by franco france under it mandate became serious in july and the tribes tribe 4 awil defeated tile french forces sov oral times they filtered into dumns cus anti started tin nn uprising there in the suppression of which tire french shelled tile lie moslem quarters of the ancient nii clent city unit nud battered it to pieces were poured into syria but the tribesmen kept up tip a harassing guerrilla warfare which was extended into lebanon germanys germanas Germ anys new convened january 5 and dr hans luther hc be cattle chancellor pledging himself 11 to maintain the fro republic public find and tire dawes plan thu the monarchists and nationalists wore were strong in lila ills cabinet march 20 29 the first popular elections for president were held air and resulted in no candidate receiving a majority tito nationalists arid several other groups cropps then made field marshal von alinden burg their nominee and nt at the second elections held april 20 lio lie was clec elected ted it was freely predicted that tills this meant tire early restoration of the german empire but tho old soldier so lillor tool the pledge of loyalty to the republic arid thereafter gave not tit the slightest indication that lie ho desired a return to monarchism in december the cabinet resigned so now new ministry fully I 1 in 11 favor of tile the locarno treaties might bo be formed I 1 benito mus mussolini continued to rule italy with a hand anti and the position of the tl was strengthened in the autumn by it split in tit the opposition tho the socialists severing their conecpion with tho the other groups forrill forming ng tile Avent lne bloc tito the dictator began tho the year by taking steps to suppress the opposition organizations and newspapers oil and before the twelfth month was ended tile tho parliament had tit nt ills behest passed a number of laws electoral find and otherwise that made Fasel stilo and AH 11 11 I 1 to dictatorship complete in IN november 11 il r the police uncovered a plot to assassinate assin nto the premier pre and overthrow the government and one result of tills this was a of measures res to suppress the freemasons Free masons palmo do arvera dictator of spain caused somo some surprised in december by announcing that the time to end the military dictators dictatorship hp had come IK formed a civilian cabinet retaining the position of premier on the whole the rule of the directory seemed to have been beneficial to the country in portugal cabinet crises small military revolts and communist uprisings were rather frequent belgium experienced several changes of ministries is tries and so did poland where when congress met a largo large number of bills with this in view waro were introduced I 1 general led a successful military ond and naval coup in greece in june and the government was upset without bloodshed thereupon became premier in ili Sell september lie he dissolved the nation lit ill assembly and ordered v now elections si soviet russia lid not gl the con floence of the other powers to tiny any great extent for tile the diplomatic efforts of tier rulers in that line were offset by the continuance of bolshevist propaganda abroad having failed to entice tire proletariat of western europe they turned their attention especially to japan and china at homo home their chief concern was ana tho the state of mind of the russian peasantry which was so dissatisfied that revolt volt was in the air As usual there were crap failures in districts arid and famine conditions were predicted despite which the government Rovern ment ex parted wheat for political purposes to foster industries and attract foreign capital the govern government M on took steps stepa during the year which h led it farther and farther fart lier away fro from in its ita communist ideals P pianta I 1 ants were returned to their former owners under lease and private capitalists were permitted bitted to enter trade graft to in government circles was sternly suppressed on one occasion 12 dais being sentenced to death for this time line egypt got into trouble with great britain when a group of radicals murdered sir lee stack the sirdar the british exacted the death penalty for the assassins and compelled the egyptian government to yield certain concessions that tightened the british grip on the disputed territory ahmad mirza the young shah of persia enjoyed life so much in paris that lie refused to return to ills his country try so eo on october 31 the parliament deposed him and put tin ond end to ills dynasty luza khair the premier who once was a common soldier as assumed tho the throne as kins king Palli Pahla tivi vl A C millspaugh Ame americal la Is still adain admin intrator general of the finances of persia having made mada an excellent record for the year I 1 conditions in arabia were unsettled during the year owing to tile the intermittent warfare between alt all icing of the and ibn sit baud u d king of 01 I 1 I 1 r i ajl and binl lender of the alio ihn ibn mecca but wits defeated hy 1 all tit t djeddah jeddah captain amundsen nindo it n ettic ular attempt to fly over tile north polo pole hopping ore off front Stiltz bergell with two to planes on amny abny 21 tito exposition succeeded succo edoil tit in getting lt liln of tile the polo pole but was na forced to dc tind and lost one olle of ohp blimes after great hardships the lie intrepid et t 4 returned tu to SpItz hergen on oil juno june I 1 18 s latin lind had it ly uneventful year which bilili il menus lealis there ivere cro fewer revolutions than usual on oil 23 la 13 tile navy junta govern allent of title was w overthrown 0 01 tin own I 1 by firmy 0 arid n few dis days later the lie enny and navy reached it peaceful agree krco ii mont arid recalled president alessan Alsi nr irl from ills voluntary exile in hu ropo rope in ili october re IP 91 glied find wn wits succeeded b by wn wag inaugurated ires of in january arid Bar aliona of honduras on oil august 3 tile lio marines avero oro withdrawn front nicaragua n after keeping tile peace there for 12 jc acius I 1 I 1 rg in Bolly laj joso L wits MIS of but N would v uld not t promise s lit aib ser perviance to the party of president so nt at the instance of tire alio antto r the congress coart oss declared file elec clue tion vold void on september 3 turned over the lie office of chief execl tl talio to tile president ident of tile senate I 1 and new elections were ordered dered oi I 1 |