Locarno Pact Signaled a New European Peace Era
Edward W. Pickard surveys 1925 events with Locarno treaties as the year’s high point. Germany’s return to world affairs, renewed hope for Russia ties, and rising Islam unrest shape a complex balance of power, while the United States enjoys prosperity and pursues tax cuts amid Prohibition enforcement and naval aviation debates.
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Edward W. Pickard
Western Europe
League of Nations
Germany
Family of Nations
Sho
Locarno
Austen Chamberlain
Aristide Briand
Hans Luther
Herr Stresemann
France
Spain
Abd-el-Krim
Jin
Syria
Turkey
Uhe
Great Britain
Egypt
China
Peking
United States
Enmry
Navy
William Mitchell
Court-Syarnat
Department of Aviation
Fnquiry
Toonstop
Mehr
Hawaii
Treaties Forge Postwar Security Pact Across Europe
The text recounts months of covert discussions and public talks leading to a December accord among Britain Germany Belgium Italy Poland and others. The main treaty fixed borders and alliance guarantees, with arbitration mechanisms and a court of justice. Allies planned rapid Cologne evacuation as part of the settlement.
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Great Britain
Vrhams
Luther
Vees
Italy
Permanent Court of International Justice
Council of the League
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
France
Cologne
Foreign Affairs Note on Britain Prewar Tensions and Parties
Article reviews Liberal and Labour struggles in Britain during a prewar period, noting leadership shifts, parliamentary tensions, and Communist involvement. It mentions the Conservative bloc and cross-party dynamics, with references to imperial policy and financial stability across the empire. The text also hints at France's ongoing difficulties.
January 12 Electors Vote for Coolidge in Formal Ceremony
Presidential electors met and cast votes for Coolidge and Gates. Dawes were elected and inaugurated March 4. Congress passed bills raising postal pay, salaries for officials, and adjusted cabinet pay. McKenna resigned, Stone and Warren named as attorney generals. Hughes retired as secretary of state. Kellogg and Weeks listed among new cabinet changes. Holiday notices of summer trips and speeches marked Coolidge’s administration as it prepared for a new Congress.
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United States
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Gates
Dawes
Congress
McKenna
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Senate
Coolidge
John G. Sargent
White House
C. Bascom Slemp
Everett, Sanders
Indiana
Swampscott
Mass
St. Paul
Minn
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
House
Rapgers
Massachusetts
Kain
California
Norton
New Jersey
Nena Ure
Paarage
Adide
Prerest
Robert M. LaFougue, Jr
Wisconsin
Political upsets and trials shape era's politics
Senators bitterly contested Nye seating over governor power. Indiana and Missouri battles mark shifting Senate seats. New York mayoral fight lands Walker against Waterman amid Tammany and Hearst influence. Mitchell's aviation reform stance sparks court martial focus while prohibition enforcement undergoes reshaping under General Andrews. Scopes trial echoes debate as Bryan leads prosecution and Darwin theory enters public view before Bryan's death.
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Nye
Raleton
Indiana
A. R. Robinson
Spencer
Missouri
George 5. Williams
New York
al Smith
Tammany
Jimmy” Walker
Hearst
Hylan Tammany
Walker
F. D. Waterman
Willam Mitchell
Army
Navy
Army Air Service
War Department
Air Service
Mitchel
Aft
United States
Andrews
the Treasury
Haynes
Bia
Readere
Scopes Trina
Dayton
Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Charles Darwin
Afr
Lepper
Bryan
Industrial and Labor Strikes Mark Year in United States
A major coal strike on September 1 disrupted mining towns as miners demanded higher wages and a union check-off, while President Coolidge declined direct intervention but urged Congress to empower the executive and labor commerce secretaries. The AFL met in Atlantic City in October rejecting co operation with Soviet unions and re-elected officials. The Supreme Court ruled the Kansas industrial court act unconstitutional regarding compulsory arbitration, and struck down Arizona’s minimum wage for women. A federal court cleared International Harvester of trust charges as Jardine ended merger charges. Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade surged and Jardine pushed for rules to curb price manipulation in October.
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Washington
Europe
France
League of Nations
League
United States
Soviet Russia
Geneva
Raat Dandu- Tand
Canada
Great Britain
Turkey
World Court
Jeagme
Conneil
Vilayet
Irak
Britain
Council of
Barve
Greece
Antcaria
Meretoniza
Butfarian
League Council
Greeve
Laut
Bulgaria
Absel-Krim
Morocco
Athucemas Bay
Krim
Shanghai
China
Peking
American Debt Commission
Kirland
Beranger
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Italyr
Rumabin
Guathoce
Peru
Chile
Taena
Aries
Pershing
Tere
Antil
Congress
Commerce and Labor
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Green
Supreme Court of the
Arizona
Year of Disasters Hurled Toll Across Seas and Lands
A grim tally of catastrophes marks the year with earthquakes, floods, and shipwrecks. Notable losses include the destruction of a great navy vessel and the sinking of another off Rhode Island with crew fatalities. Other disasters cover mine explosions in Dortmund, a major fire at a Kansas City stock pavilion, and a deadly March earthquake in central China.
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Xpec
Great Navy
Shenandoah
Atrahip
Zuelury Linadoewne
Bia
Navy
Rhode Island
Dortmund
Germany
Kansas City
Losa
Sullivan
China
Notable deaths mark the year in global list
An annual necrology catalogs prominent figures claimed by death across months from January to December. Names span church, politics, arts, industry, science, and royalty, including Henry Moeller John Lane Sun Yat Sen William Jennings Bryan Christy Mathewson James B. Duke John Temple Graves George Gray and Alexandra queen dowager among many others.
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Henry Moeller
Clochnnati
Guernsey Moore
George Bellows
Norman Bridge
Chicago
Harry Furman
D. G. Reid
John ©. Eastman
Chicago Journal
Cincinnati
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Clio Bracken
Fred W. Upham
M. H. DeYoung
San Francisco Chronicle
Marion Burton
University of Michigan
James Lane Alien
Hijalmar Branting
Sweden
Medill McCormick
U. S
Libola
Friedrich Kert
Henry Rider Haggard
Nelson A. Miles
P. Spencer
Missouri
Marshal French
Ypres
Ernest D. W. Burton
University of Chicago
Louis Falk
Thomas R. Marshall
Camille Flammarion
Pierre Louys
Vance Thompson
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Julius Kruttschnitt
Edmund J. James
R. M. LaFollette
United States
Wisconsin
E. F P. Ladd
North Dakota
D. W. Tryon
G. W. Willaims
Cardinal Begin
Quebec
A J. Ochsner
William Jennings Bryan
Helen Hi. Gardner
Edger A. Bancroft
Japan
George Gray
Delaware
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Victor #. Lawson
Chicago News
George Goldie
Nigeria
Stertinion
New York
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Rena Viviani
Paul Martlett
A. C. Bedford
Standard of
Dumen Deering
Ada Lewis
Leon Bourgeois
Christy Mathewson
James B. Duke
8. M. Ralston
Indiana
Eugene Sandow
Isaac Sherwood
Ohio
Bishep Frederick Burgess
Long Island
Mr. Parker
New Buampshire
H. J. Waters
Job Harriman
M. B. Alles
Washington
Gen
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
P. A. Lannon
Salt Lake City
Khal Dinh
Emperor
Anpam
Eldridge G. Snow
Inancier
Domiio da Gama
Hill
American Tobacco Company
William Wilkinson
Wall Street
John BR. Booth
Harry L. Rogers
F. ©. Hicks
Weelarm
Delon
Deadly storms and disasters strike several states in early 1900s
A grim tally of calamities across southern Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Alabama spans the year. Fatal tornadoes, train wrecks, mine explosions, ship disasters, and a fatal boiler explosion claim scores, with hundreds dead and millions in property damage. Notable events include a 52 killed coal mining disaster, a Sturgis Ky mine explosion with 17 dead, a New Orleans docks fire for three million dollars, and a 53 miner gas explosion near Birmingham Alabama.
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Alabama
Boston
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Highteen
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Florida
Birmingham
Ala
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