| Show r. r ego Q EDWARD 6 Y EDWARD W. W PI PIC PICKARD KARD ARD Herbe Herbert Hoover waS waS' fhe he 1 Ing g year Uie fl re year ear 1928 In th the Unused United ed States This by reason of ot his sweeping sleeping victory In the Presidential el election election at the close clos close of ot of the most In Interesting cresting campaign the country had f shad had In many years and his good will Swill tour of the Latin American re- re I. I publics Until the ver verdict lct of ot the polls was rendered Mr Hoovers Hoover's rival for the Presidency Gov AI Al Smith of at New York Tork was almost equally In the public eye an and the pub lie lic mind Economically an and J T OTly ly the the country enjoyed a prosperity that has seldom equalled led not notwithstanding notwithstanding withstanding th thy t that the pr problem ob lem of at relies relle g the troubles of the remained unsolved Inter Ina nally pally II y the outstanding eve the year was the putting forat forthe for for- of at the so-called so Kellogg multi mutI- eral treaty to outlaw war and Its signature In Paris by nearly all be the civilized nations of the tile world worl Efforts Efforts Ef Ef- forts torts to accomplish a n reduction of armaments made by the Lea League ue of Nations and by various statesmen had bad no definite results but the Kel Eel Kellogg Kellogg logg pact was looked looted on by most people pea peo- pie pic as a n real step toward world peace The tenth anniversary of the armis arris tIce found the questions of German reparations still t lI unsettled but the governments most concerned were about to open a a conference for the purpose of determining finally what and how bow the Germans must pay The close of the year also saw steps be- be I. tg tn g taken by President Coolidge's ad ud administration ministration for the reopening of the then n n cnn adherence to the world court In the hope that the European nations might accept the American reservations In the Far Fur East China provided d mud much I of the interest and to the relief of the world Its Internecine warfare was ended with the victory of the Nationalists 1 Japan furnished a spectacular spectacular spec spec- incident In the formal Coronation coronation coro coro- nation of at Emperor Latin America was rather more peaceful than usual with the exception exception exception tion of ot Nicaragua and In that republic republic republic re re- re- re public the American marines and diplomats diplomats dip dip- diplomats succeeded In bringing an end to the civil warfare a and d In giving ing the little republic a r real election of a President |
