Turmoil and Triumph in 1922 in a World Reshaped
In 1922 vast events marked both home and abroad. The year saw Irish Free State formation, Turkish nationalists defeating Greeks, Mussolini rising in Italy, and Lloyd George ousted in Britain. American strikes and tariffs shaped U.S. policy amid European upheaval and treaty realignments.
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Surepe
Lloyd George
Faeelate
Italy
Edward W. Pickard
America
Congress
Republican Party
Lloydorge
United States
Near East
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Tarding
Postwar Treaties Shape 1920 Naval Limitation Pact
The Washington conference on armaments and Pacific issues produced the five power naval limit treaty, pacific fortifications agreement, open door in China, and gas and submarine warfare restrictions. Britain pledged Wei Hai Wei to China, and treaties aimed to restore liberties in China were approved. By year end the Senate ratified most pacts, but France delayed, delaying full effect amid Europe’s rehabilitation and German reparations talks.
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United States
Russia
Belgium
Lloyd George
Ruasta
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Constantinople
Anatolia
Smyrna
Athens
Asia Minor
Kemal
Great Britain
Lrance
Italy
Serbia
Romania
Greece
Dardanelles
Trance
Britain
Near East
Adrianople
Thrace
Mudania
Turkey
Lausanne
Switzerland
Child
Grew
Bristol
America
Mosul
Europe
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League of Nations
Chile
Peru
Washington
Pacific
China
Balfour
International Commission
Harding
Senate
Japan
Yap
France
Allied Commission
International Bankers’ Committee
Germany
Doctor. Wirth
Berlin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Provisional Irish Free State Established Under Collins
The Irish Free State formed in January with Michael Collins as head after the treaty with England. De Valera refused to concede, leading to a year of rebellion marked by assassinations and outrages as Free State forces reclaimed rebel strongholds and bushwhack fighting continued.
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Michael Collins
Irish Free State
Dell Bireann
England
de Valera
Free State
US Election Upheaval Shifts Power Across States
The piece notes postwar discontent with taxes rents and prices fueling voter unrest. Progressive challengers toppled conservatives in primaries while Beveridge Frazier Johnson La Follette and others gained renomination. Democrats favored in November 7 election with a reduced Republican majority and large Smith victory for New York governor.
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Indiana
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North Dakota
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California
la Follette
Wisconsin
House
Senate
DuPont
Kellogg
Townsend
Calder
Pomerone
Poindexter
al Smith
New York
National Legislation Highlights From The Year
Congress passed the foreign debt refunding bill with a 25 year payment term. The Dyer anti lynching bill advanced but stalled in filibuster. The cooperative marketing bill became law in February. Soldiers bonus bill cleared the House March 28 and Senate August 31 amid veto fights. veto sustained. Army and Navy appropriations funded 133000 and 86000 enlisted, plus 17000000 for soldiers hospitals. Tariff revision signed September 21 with powers to adjust rates. Extra session opened November 20 and merged into December 4. Harding urged strict prohibition enforcement, agricultural credit, transport improvements, and draft war resources. Ship subsidy bill faced Senate opposition.
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United States
League of National
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Utah
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Minn
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Chicago
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Moving Picture
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Illinois
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Williamson County
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Michigan
Senate
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James Couzens
Detroit
United States Senate
Tom Watson
Georgia
Wardwick
W. H. Felton
W. F. George
Congress
House
Harding
Army
Navy
Tan
Howe
Naval appropriation includes pill carrying 825 million
A historical report notes Congress approved a naval appropriation totaling 825 million dollars with funding earmarked for pill carrying programs. The action reflects defense budgeting priorities and shipboard medical logistics amid ongoing military readiness efforts. The update highlights the scale of spending and the scope of medical support.
Great Labor Strikes Shape U S Coal and Rail History
The piece recalls the 1922 coal and railway strikes that strained national welfare. Miners halted work April 1 over wages. President Harding sought arbitration, later enforcing minimal operations with federal troops. The shopmen’s wage cut and rail blockades spurred violence before court orders helped end the standoff.
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Cincinnati
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Far
Brotherhood of
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Wilkerson
Chicago
Record of Disasters in 1922 Across the Globe
The summary lists major disasters from 1922 including theater collapses in Washington and snow damage, mine explosions in Gates Pennsylvania and Spangler Pennsylvania, the Roma airship loss, the Chicago fire, a British submarine sinking, a church fire near Quebec, floods and earthquakes in Asia and the Mississippi Valley, large munition explosions in Monastir, ship sinkings Egypt and the Paraguayan steamer, New York storm, Lourdes train wreck, a Typhoon in Swatow, Sulphur Springs wreck, Minnesota fires, Nitaka sinking in a typhoon, Chilean ship loss near Coquimbo, a Jackson gold mine shaft tragedy, Falconara fort explosion, gas and dust mine explosions in Spangler and Birmingham, and a fire in Astoria totaling 15 million dollars.
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Italy
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Mississippi River Valley
Texas
Japan
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Lourdes
France
Swatow
Sulphur Springs
Spangler
Birmingham
Ala
Notable deaths mark January list in necrology
The January necrology notes prominent figures who died, including British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and Japanese Marquis Okuma, among others listed for the month.
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Ernest Shackleton
Marquis Okuma
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