Show FOREIGN AFFAIRS during tile first nix months ot of the year the guerrilla larfate between betwee ll the british forces la in ireland and the irish republicans continued unabated murders lur ders by the sinn fenners and reprisals by the british were of almost dally daily occurrence the irish were especially exasperated by the execution of 0 a number ot of prisoners convicted of complicity in the killing ot of soldiers the appointment of lord talbot lending leading brittoh roman itoman catholic as lord lieutenant of if ireland failed of its effect on uny may 25 tile the sinn felders burned the dublin custom house and on tune june SO 30 they reelected elected re Earion xi de valera president of the irish republic meanwhile the new government of northern ireland was organized with sir james craig as premier and on june 22 king george went across to open the ulster parliament de valera on july 9 0 accepted the invitation of premier lloyd deorge to a COli conference ferenCe in london and truce was announced then began the series ot of negotiations that lasted through the remainder of the lie year offers and counter offers N nere ere mg made de x and 1 tin ally brita britain in prof ireland full cotui as a a dominion within the emair to b be keown to tb the irish freo free state A treaty to hit effect was wag ratified by the british parliament and submitted to dan elre linn I 1 ulster was not consulted but was riven given the option of becoming a part of the irish free state or retaining tier status angrily she chose the latter charles ex er emperor of austria hun gary made two futile efforts extorts to regain the die hungarian throne on march 27 lie he appeared in hungary without forces nod claimed the crown but regent horthy refused to step aside cicche jugo and rumania mobilized to frustrate the coup and tile the allied council of ambassadors warned hungary that the restoration of the hapsburg regime would not ile be abed so Clin charles ries returned to his place of refuge in switzerland erland but lie he was not through for on october 21 he and his wife alta went by airplane to hungary and rallied a considerable number of supporters who proclaimed charles king again the little entente prepared for action but regent led his army out of budapest and defeated the carlista Carlls ts in a real battle the former emperor and empress AV were ere taken prisoner as were a number of prominent hung hungarian arlan nobles the allies decreed that charles must be exiled and in november lie and alta were taken to funchal funchar Fun chal madeira Rus hlas bias year was one of fighting famine and efforts to resume relations alth other nations the soviet government held its own against repented repeated levolis le ie volts which included risings of the workingmen of moscow of pens ants under antonov and an invasion of the ukraine by Pet lura which fur for a time to be failure of the crops brought a terrible famine in the alie volga region many lany thousands starved to death and even the american relief relict administration which took charge of the lie situation could only partially check the disaster in seeking to break through the ring of isolation surrounding it the moscow government gradually r receded from Us its it sought tile the aid of foreign capital and on august 9 it abandoned state ownership of all but a few of the largest industries treaties were mato with the baltic states and with turkey and tempting offers of concessions were held out to other nations in ft a notable pronouncement on october 21 premier lenin admitted the economic defeat of communism old king peter of serbia died in belgrade on august 17 and tour four days later his son alexander was proclaimed king of jugo he was reluctant to leave parts paris however and it was not until november 6 that lie he went to belgrade and assumed his crown portugal was upset by several revolutionary movements toward the close of the year on august 19 the ministry was overthrown by a millnet military coup and several cabinet cabi net members including premier granjo were ere assassinated A few days later a plot of the royalists was uncovered and in november carvalho mesquita led a revolt because of these disorders and of the spread of bolshevism the powers began consideration of a plan for intervention spain had rebels also the tribesmen of morocco against them she maintained a wearying and tin warfare for months and while on the subject of rebellion mention must be made of the revolt of the on the malabar coast of india which caused the british government ernnie nt much annoyance and not a few lives there were communist outbreaks in germany in march and on august 20 26 mathlaw matalas erzberger the german statesman mho signed tile the treaty of versailles was assassinated doctor wirth who became chancellor on may 10 resigned with his cabinet ou on october 22 but was per rn to remain in office avid and form a new ministry in november there were riots in many german cities due to the high prices of food the chain chauvinistic element in japan was active especially after the washington conference opened and on november 3 premier hara was assassinated viscount takahashi ashl 8 succeeded u CC eed e d him the emperor of japan suffered a complete mental and physical breakdown some time last year and crowni crown prince was made regent on 0 R november 25 ile he had lately returned from a tour of europe |