1922 in Review: Turmoil and Rise of Fascism Across Worlds
Edward W. Pickard surveys 1922 highlights with upheavals in Europe and the Near East, turmoil in Britain over Lloyd George, Ireland’s Free State birth, Greece’s Asia Minor defeat, and Mussolini’s rise in Italy. American strikes, tariffs, Prohibition enforcement, and political shifts mirror a year of volatility and change.
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Europe
Lloyd George
Italy
Edward W. Pickard
America
Congress
Republican Party
Irish Free State
Asia Minor
Near East
Lausanne
United States
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Harding
Aftermath of 1921 World Conference and Reparations Talks
The article surveys the 1921 Washington arms and Pacific conference outcomes, noting adoption of the five power treaty, open door in China, and poison gas limits. It covers Britain’s move to restore Wei-Tal-Wei, the creation of a commission to revise warfare rules, and the push to ratify treaties including Yap rights. It discusses France’s delays over reparations, European rehabilitation, and German payment disputes with Wirth and Sinn.
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Pacific
China
Balfour
Great Britain
International Commission
Harding
Senate
Japan
Yap
United States
France
Near East
Europe
Allied Commission
International Bankers’ Committee
Germany
Daetor Wirth
Cormany
Bertin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Irish Free State established and civil war begins
With Michael Collings as its head the provisional government of the Irish Free State formed in January after Dail Eireann accepted the treaty with England and De Valera refused to accede. Rebels waged a yearlong conflict marked by assassinations as Free State forces gained ground and bushwhack fighting continued.
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Livya George
London
Bonar Law
Britain
Germany
Paris
Poincare
Washington
United States
Russia
Belgium
Lloyd George
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Anatolia
Smyrna
Athens
Asia Minor
Kemal
Great Britain
France
Italy
Serbia
Romania
Greece
Dardanelles
Near East
Adrianople
Thrace
Mudania
Turkey
Lausanne
Switzerland
Child
Grew
Bristol
America
Mosul
Europe
Mesopotamia
League of Nations
Chile
Peru
Hughes
Colombian
Venezuela
Esthonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Albania
Michael Collings
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
England
de Valera
Free State
Political Shift Hidden in The 1924 Primary Results
The article notes rising voter discontent amid high costs and taxes, with conservatives losing to progressives in state primaries. Beveridge defeats New in Indiana, Jrazier over McCumber in North Dakota, and La Follette and Johnson renominated. Democratic gains predicted and largely realized in November. Al Smith amasses a huge lead for New York governor.
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United States
Hareng
Albert J. Beveridge
Senator New
Indiana
Lynn J. Razier
McCumber
North Dakota
Johnson
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
House
Senate
DuPont
Kellogg
Townsend
Calder
Pomerone
Poindexter
al Smith
New York
Congress Passes Early 1920s Legislation Overview
A summary of early congressional actions including the foreign debt refunding bill with a 25 year payment term, the Dyer anti lynching bill, the cooperative marketing bill, the soldiers' bonus bill and its veto and override, army and navy appropriations, hospital funding, tariff revision signed September 21, and an extra session on ship subsidies. President Harding urged prohibition enforcement and broader economic plans.
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Daugherty
Hand
New York
Supreme Court
Indor
John A. Clarke
United States
League of Nations
George H. Sutherland
Utah
Day
Minn
Pitney
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Will Hays
Moving Picture
Hubert Work
Charles M. Dawes
General Lord
Illinois
Herrin
Williamson County
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Senate
Groesbeck
James Couzens
Detroit
Congress
House
Harding
Army
Labor Strikes Rock America Amid Coal and Railway Disputes
The nation faced major labor turmoil as coal miners and railway shopmen struck simultaneously. President Harding pressed for wage reworkings and federal protection during stoppages, while later actions led to government orders and eventual settlements restoring production and ending disruptions.
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America
Harding
Cincinnati
Conrad I. Spens
Federal Railway Labor Board
Brotherhood of
Daugherty
Wilkerson
Chicago
Disasters In 1922 Wiped Out Thousands Of Hyves
A year in review lists catastrophes from January to December 1922. Greek destroyer losses, Washington theater collapse, mine explosions, airship Roma, Chicago fire, submarine sinking, church blaze near Quebec, floods and earthquakes, Mono st he war munitions blast in Monastir, ship sinkings, massive storms, pilgrim wreck, typhoons, rail crashes, forest fires, Nitnka sinking, coal mine blasts, Falconara destruction, Spangler gas blast, Birmingham dust blast, and a large Astoria fire with multi million dollar damage.
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Washington
Gates
Roma
Italy
Chicago
St. Anne de Beaupre
Quebec
Mississippi River Valley
Texas
Japan
Monastir
Serbia
Egypt
New York City
Lourdes
France
Swatow
Sulphur Springs
Minnesota
Nitnka
Coquimbo
Jackson
Cal
Falconara Fort
Spangler
Birmingham
Ala
Notable deaths listed for January
A January necrology notes notable figures lost this month including Sir Ernest Shackleton the British Antarctic explorer and Marquis Okuma a Japanese statesman with the passing marked among monthly obituaries.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Antarctic
Marquis Okuma
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Nebraska
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Ottawa
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Arthur Nikisch
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Gen
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University of Minnesota
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Asia Magazine
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Outlook
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Police Gazette
Luke FE. Wright
Philippines
W. G. Sharp
Frank Bacon
George Bronson Howard
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Henry N. Cary
F. C. Nedringhaus
Missouri
G. H. Scidmore
Tokyo
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