The Crown administration in Ireland, based at Dublin Castle, offers a sizeable reward for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrators of the attack at Solohead Beg.
In Dublin, Sinn Féin MPs, elected in the 1919 UK general election, meet to declare Irish independence.
That same say, members of the IRA attack and kill two Irish police officers and steal 168 pounds of gelignite, in an incident widely regarded as the beginning of the Irish War of Independence.
This January 1920 cartoon, penned as the Treaty of Versailles took effect, depicts Uncle Sam “missing the train” as his inept congressional baggage handlers quarrel among themselves.
The US government was leaderless during the period of Woodrow Wilson’s recovery from his stroke, and even afterward, he showed signs of not thinking clearly.
Meanwhile, the prospects for Senate approval of the Treaty of Versailles evaporated in the face of Republican opposition and John Maynard Keynes’s unflattering account of Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference.
“Anchor and Star” Composed in 1918 by John Philip Sousa. Public domain. Performed by the United States Marine Band, directed by Col. Jason K. Fettig. Public domain recording. Source.
This 1919 political cartoon depicts Uncle Sam, dressed in a diplomat’s frock coat and top hat, on his way to Europe with an armload of “good intentions.” (Note the bearded Bolshevik and the fez-wearing Turkish nationalist on the other side of the ocean.) But his message of peace and security through mutual cooperation is undercut by his “sons” behind him, representing the racial violence and labor unrest in the U.S.
Woodrow Wilson returned from Paris in the summer of 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles, but found it more difficult than he expected to win approval from Senate Republicans.
Wilson went on a nationwide tour to “sell” the Treaty to the American public, but his travels were cut short when he suffered a stroke. Wilson’s illness put the future of the Treaty in doubt and presented the US government with an unprecedented dilemma: what to do when the President is experiencing a long-term medical impairment.
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, “From the New World“ Composed in 1893 by Antonín Dvořák. Public domain. Performed by the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Schubert conducting. Used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license. Source.
