| Show t rou UNESS SLOW I 1 DURING THE THEYER YEAR A heavy taxes financial conditions and minor wars hamper Reco recovery veryn 1921 I 1 I 1 POPE hope COMES NEAR HEAR ITS END washington Confort nee on armament limitation 11 the mot important Ut evtif what president dont hard I 1 togs g administration and the a congress hav accomplished by EDWARD W PICKARD buck back to normalcy wa was the slogan cf of irl 1121 pot not only in america but in A all the civilized civili sed nations of 0 the world but minor ware arm jr Ir economic dis dl antem ch chaboit financial conditions I 1 in kurume widespread famine in allu min and other hindrance hindrances I 1 anale ma ae p agrem in the right direction i low slow excepting amps in the united I 1 states ahen the year opened the peoples were gro jinx ln tin in ur the burden of I 1 tain taxation tion and n nd depression eslon re resulting from the vorm ww As A it drew to a clone close tiny they were ere i fill groaning but had bad diore fully turned tamed their eyes toward wash ington where the representatives of 0 11 great powers were ere inter later national nat Jonal egret that would elial 4 india some of the causia of mar es ally in the far for inet I net and limit the arans of makina war in the tile icess of this conference and of othera rs that grow out of it lay my for or the time being the hope of humanity efforts to enforce the tenna terms of the treaty of if remitted resulted P li con fleets among some of the nem ne nations created by that lat end and emeral of the older 4 were involved in i warfare german v corking fait fast to recover her old position in the world of commerce wn une u ne ha ropel by the disastrous diM decline in the value of the tho mark oil and tier leaders protested con thi vally tui ate st c could not possibly pay ito e war peace ne ott n lors bet een tile british end and keln eln were brought to a sue sac cf raful conclusion by chich the irish I 1 ree sate state ala constituted international AFFAIRS I 1 0 the league of nations tb eboli oli functioning ut the ru rc of the beatts accomplished enuch ming the through ita its coucill couii ll mft a nit itt in III pull on february 21 and re ferrel proposed pru posed to the covenant coNen tint to a comin committee littee president wilson who during had hail the amer ai froni front the tro unell ot ant the repa on february kebr uary 23 2 bent fent to aillie alie leacue league council a strong stron 00 the of jr it lie 0 r it glennd Is ani in out J to the th in Bdate ot japan and anti also for america a a volca in tn UR disposal of the former fortner dball canles the tile coul coulsell lell in reply K ald said ata not concerned tile tin ot of yap to bainn and invited the tile tates to lale isle purt part tn in discussions concerning tile turkish end and african A after i the 1 1 in tooh 11 S office of utne thag hugha if 1 1 reft relt mr lasone ll sone stand concerning rap and ritan dates lu lit general cener nl and later prince france ant and italy indorsed atner ainer icax lon tn lit the knierm over er I 1 e tile wand japan fortu funtall alij te cifu filled ed to ste ghe als hi lur hir r tuan date dhere llie re 6 efter after that dispute was max the subject ct of ong drawn dran out ut tha states and japan which led lei to a treaty by the united states WBK 11 45 assured equal rights in yap rap and other islands mandated to japan I 1 0 lt S jle council ot of 1 in janu in nu ary sty gae germany more time to dl f aria arm appointed a to b on oil Aili emi onil status di deeded led jt il at la latta at il annu nit Ts esthonia thonia should be ile 1 f as sovereign ante state t and 4 ir arten ten roxe mao german at it sold gold marks payable in anaba annual installments and 12 per cent taa tax on exports during the period of jl jamal pal ment this reparation 1 i decision healed consternation co lare mation la in gergeny and anti berlin nt it ance see bainn efforts to per ev ade tal alie un united liet 1 maters io 0 o intervene U labor hur beli bei alf the A aviton iron con made jno no response but in n april 2 sec secretor nr fiss 4 informed 41 oer jt IWI afif ru 0 abi f 4 tt I 1 i im lull state lates va wol 1 u not riot counte countenance nanc tier lei pair pla pt ir full apon tor for SS ar or irett ir out of jading 1 to the limit of ol hep her a A few deye days arll fr berlin having haing falleta tn fit majc the trot pity ments french troops occupied dul duls I 1 burg turg and Huh rort the british ob acted strongly to abla thi In independent depend ent action and france withdrew it vold mood be tedious to detail the negotiations oer oser the reparation reparations bill suffice it to to my that demany with doctor wirth 1 1 ax chancellor max wa 1111 to tn at ac e cepl khe of ak 1 OM jo gold 1 4 decided ed on oil by the su pu I S aci reme en jincie made the payments due during the year lut on december Rc cember 34 4 that tie tle in majr part of 0 the fiume due dae tn in the early part of KW could not be tie raised AM since many econ econe nilet misto agreed that to drive her tier into absolute bankruptcy would be to the reet rest of tie tle world the tile clone of the yar y ar here there ans talk ot of arranging 1 a aira of two to three years sears for A her herf ance wa was the blet objector lector ob 0 tn to pich delay ftc as she ae relied oi 01 the signur az Sin nur due hw her fruta that I 1 t ip A I 1 I 1 i 1 t I 1 I 1 J stae bar howrd sigta 81 of to the general view of at apper silesia lle between tween germany anti an poland a lot of trouble A was ons held there in march but both aldem asset led it was unfair and end parly early in mill the region wax invaded b irregular thinly veiled aae all given them by the gov goi and also by lie the b trench reach and there succeeded eucce eded a long ij ica lt of between them and german getman volunteer fm C aces the entente aa of the allies wai as tiong to rupture but in june british troops eater tit the territory and begun ch elt oring aring out the poles Iole 4 the was wn referred to tho the leage council aich in october octol er announced the boundary line lines nedier germany nor 11 1 polard was va pallor ed but both the decision all through the year the greeks oti gilt the nationalist la in anatolia Anat wath 1 forthie for tuie e while tile allied powers po held beld aloof though offering ott ering mediation rueI lation which orme re in november im trance nee made a printy with the Ke mallot liblen arouse 1 prot protects ets from crent orent britain and led to diplomatic negolia till lions the tile knitel states formally made peace pence with ith the central power powers tin tho treaty witti with austria austrin being signed au all auxt 24 thai that with germany august 25 and th the pact m fill hungary augut 29 in chefe trtat treaties ies america reserved all that waa vine given her tier by the treaty of ersal lle which the enate senate had re cued to ratify I 1 resident harding ors 01 july 10 Is 18 nueal informal Info mial invitation invitations to it grem grent britain france italy and mind japan tu to sent een I 1 representatives to washington for a conference on an limitation of armament nt and far bast questions froin from all waa already aa as nurel surel by a process ot of feeling out anil and on august it 11 the formal invitations went out china belgium not 1101 I 1 land alad OIK portugal being asked to par per in discussion involving the kar I ar latt the foremost forcino et statesmen ata of 0 tha nine power powers were named aa as deletta do legates tej and on november 12 the mo inen luen tima tous conference opened with ira p ping ing ceremony almost immediately secretary hughes put forgard americas plan for reduction and limitation of naval anna artna mert imlah ing a nani boll hallda daf for ten years the tile sei tiPpIng of all shipbuilding programs destruction of assels to it R euln 1 foint and the of jhc of america great britain and japan on tt a 5 5 3 basis the plan wan was accepted by the delegates of if ahme nylons t on december cember Ie 15 arid nd to the agreen tent asere ere added ela ayes aes for tile I 1 reservation of tile quo mt of navid 11 and fortification in the western Ilu of almost aiu importance Ini max as the pact accepted bv by the conference aa oil DLe OL Cember ember 13 thia this aa 0 ent in the format forin tit a treaty by tho the united states great reat britain knina and japan agreed to I 1 penco in the lie pacific the anglo japanese arst being abrogated ittin onie very difficult problem problems to the conference and all the demands n of her delegates were not the confer conf ereta eia however limi ever did chr into an tin nar to benime lanny of the tile fori u n re 1 on china pr and I 1 in 0 o h w arct F t the territorial ar T orfa and ond integrity of the thil deput lie ile and nud rie the open door fir for rattle and of nil all na us 18 street direct between the inid und japanese Jit Jn del delaga esaM es re stilted in burnna agreeing nare cing to lestor v to china upon to 0 edgag i i i aini for tle ral it t ins olden evident t fron from the first that alit lie inference cn ference could not do to much in the inetter of limitation of land arma rients mo it ling ng AS the lie situation in cui ct n aral surope remained eo so bremler was wa jo 0 o give voice to trances manees fneels of protection awl feon of lon by germany und aind poLI bly by Itu sila ills ilia eloquent eto quent speech so far for convinced c wivI bred tha the confer ence enee eliat the other gave gae assurance that bronco ia ranee would never be left in id the fiorni isol Is atoo v filch she ft a red president harding Hiir dInK has clung to hia his in tn association of nation nations can con be fortuen would do ahat the I 1 tigue ti gue of ct loua cannot do and on no november 23 25 he ile put forward the eug sug destinn of 0 a continuing series of con ferencis ts like that in washington which might result in ili the formation of the as the lilen idea was as recel itil with faor favor eory except that the fanch demurred at tile proposed inclusion of ler maii FOREIGN AFFAIRS during the first all months ot of the liar ear ilie tile go cirilla warfare bauo bt the british forces in ireland Iret find and the irish inked unabated Mur deril by the tile hilin belvera and re te 1 ri atals by the british were ero of almost tall occurrence the irish were especially exasperated exas by the execution of a number 0 of pris mers convicted ot of complicity in tn the killing kill log ot of soldiers eold lers the appointment of L lord ord talbot leading british roman catholic as lord ord lieutenant of ireland failed of et feet on may stay 25 23 the stan Fe burned the dublin custom house and n june 30 they elected reelected re famous de valera president of the irish republic meanwhile the new government of I 1 northern ireland ae As organized with bir jame james craig as a premier pre ioler and on in june 22 king geoage went across to open men the ulster parliament devales de vale 4 on july U 0 accepted the invitation ot of premier lloyd george to a conference in london and truce was announced then began the serle series of negotiations that lasted through the rem remainder ot of the year offer offers and a nit counteroffers counter offers ere made and finally britain proffered p to f L ireland full status as a at dominion n bithia the empire to be known to the t a 4 10 im h A 1 f V a 1 irish amo state A tri twity aty to thin aft it na A matfej 1211 Ld b 1 e arit A h p r and submitted to dall all eirmann neter was not consulted but vas ghen the option of al part of the free ot atlate tte pr retaining her tier status angrily sho lid chose those the latter charles emperor ex of austria hungary made two futile efforts to regain the hungarian throne on march 27 21 he appeared in hungary without forces and claimed the crown but refined refused to aside oxide cecho C echo tilo yakin jugo sin sia al and Burr onta d to frustrate the rup r up and the allied council of warned hungary that the restoration of the haishun Hap shun r ilene would not be tolerated r L so charles returned to his place of refuge in tal switzerland but he was not through for on october 21 he and his wife zita went by airplane to hungary and rallied a considerable number of supporters who charles king again the little entente prepared art altion but keene keent horthy led hie his array army out of budapest and defeated the Car carlista lists in a real bat tie ie the tte former emperor and empress were token taken prisoner sorter as were a number nt prominent hungarian nobles the allies decreed dec fed that charles nut be exiled and in fit november he and zita were aken to funchar funchal Fun chal cital madeira I 1 1 year was one of fighting iid kid efforts to resume relations with mith other nation nations the dovlet gov guy fiji amment ment held its own against repeated repeat eI r which included risings of the workingmen of moscow ow of peasants under antonov nto Into nov and an invasion of the ukraine by pellum ret lurn which for A time little threatened to be P 1 allure of the crops brought si terrible famine in the volga region many thousands starred starved to death and even the american relief administration which took charge of the situation could only partially check the disaster in seeking to break through the ring fit nt isolation Irol nUon surrounding it the moscow gradually receded from its communistic principles it sought the aid of foreign capital and on august ID 9 it abandoned state ownership of all but a few ot of the th largest industries Trient les bere ere rinde mith ith the baltic states and with turkey and tempt ing offers otters of were neld held ont to other nations in a notable liono on october 21 premier lenin admitted tile lie economic defeat of in old king hing ieter peter of serbia tiled died in grude 01 n august IT 17 and brur cur daya later his son sort alexander was wai proclaimed king kin of juso jugo alaila lie was K to leae paris hoever aai it nas not until Noie 0 o ember zuber 0 that he fie vent to and assumed his cron cron h portugal was upset by sev fral revolutionary toward the cle of the year on august 19 the was uns by a military chip anti several cabinet mem mein berr bers 11 iri mier granjo bere ere assassinated A f fen days later a plot ft f the was mas uncover A and in november nove niber Curi alho Ms mesquita quita led a re olt because of these disorders and of the spread of thu the pg pow ers began consideration of a plan for spain had bail rebel rebe lq alei also I 1 tho the tri tribesmen bemen of moro morocco Aga inist thern ehe she a wearying aih warfare tor for months ani anti white on the subject of rebellion nen men alon enlist be made indue of the lie revolt of the on the coast of india ilitch caused the go goi much ann annoyance oance and anti not a few I 1 here were communist outbreaks in germany in march and on august 20 26 SI erzberger Erz herger tile german states man f r ignec the treaty of net er dottor M irth who became chancellor on may 10 resigned alth w ith ills its cabinet on october 22 I 1 but was mas persuaded to remain in office offles and anti form a new neu ministry in oem ber there mere riots la in jnnny german cities due to tile hoh prim a of food fool the el in japan wu tid accle ILla liy after the faeh ct inference and on no 1 vember I 1 itaru was I 1 I count him the em emmor por of capart a rind physical PhYsIc till break down anne time ithol 1 year end crown prince mw made argent on Noie Nin ember niber 13 5 lie had batet rit rt turned nied from a tear tour of europe DOMESTIC AFF FAIRS during ahw early vs oe the year the countr a une prefacing pre pacing 1 tor for the change ot administration an a larch 4 president elect hartling arding ll resigned as senator from into on jannary 06 fr adl the next day y be iw asked tbt that lions tor for an elaborate inauguration be canceled feeling t that hat tt it 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