The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
THE WORLD WAR

ILL WONLO WAX
ian Italians drove Teutons across
Ave river from zenson loop.
jan 4-President Wilson presented bis
'ailway control program to congress.
British hospital ship Rewa torpeuoed bv
Germans. ~
os,ar jan; ,5-Premier Lloyd George stated
Srltain's war aims.
jan ~. s.. government began mobili
satlon Of 100000 workers.
~: >. supreme court upheld draft law
Ing 3S officers. ~
Jan. S-President Wilson stated Amer
cas war aims and peace demands.
orota smtsussia ,aona and Bulgaria signed sep
Jam lO,Central powers withdrew offer
er,se OF general peace and offered Russia sep
=, Russia and Germany renewed armis-
tlce for month.
Jan. l4-Brtish airmen made big sue
Germans bombarded Yarmouth from
Jan. 15-Daniel Willard resigned as
mead Of U: S. war industries board.
Jan. 2o-In naval action at entrance TO
Dardanelles the British sank Turkish
cruiser cruiser Breslau and forced the Goeben
s,,,,l: Jan: %; 2l-Brtish Brit boarding ship Louvain
nssa; Jan 24mGermany and Austria replied to
tions.
Jan. 2s-Twelve killed by explosion in
newport naval torpedo station
Odessa captured by the holsheviki.
Jan. 2l-Russian government broke rela-
lions with Roumania.
Italians began offensive between Asiapo
and the Brenta
Roumanians took Kishnev.
!an. 2S-German air raiders killed Al in
.ukrainians defeated bolshevk troops in
three day battle and took I.utsk
Italians broke through Austrian line.
taking 1.5OO prisoners.
,;JHnn. 5o-German air raid on Paris: 40
Ian Ian $l-RGlsheyiki $iiS;sa took orenburg
tory. '' W Wv
Feb: 4.U.. S. government took over
Feb, 5-Franz Won Rintelen and six
others convicted Of conspiracy in New
Feb. e-United States transport Tus-
cana sunk by torpedo off Irish coast: 204
Feb. s-Peace treaty between Ukraine
and the central powers signed
Feb. lo-Russia declared the war at an
end so far as she was concerned and
ordered complete demobilization: but re re-
fused to sign peace treaty.
Feb. 14-Holo Pasha convicted of trea-
Feb; 15,-President Wilson put all for
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Eight British submarine chasers sunk
by German destroyers in Dover straits.
,I Feb .,1,;- 1S.German ar aviators attacked Lon
Feb. 1S-Germans resumed war on Rus
sia. crossing the Dvina.
Feb 9-Germans took Dvinsk and
Lutsk; Bolshevik offered to sign peace
b, Bolsheyik s. Don Cossack republic organ
Feb 2O-Germans invested Reval and
aeSo Fees 'G0eS s@Germans m ns"'aas took nnsk and
JERICHO captured by the Rritish
Feb. 22-senate passed Wilson bill to
Feb. 23-Presdent issued proclamation
stipulating government guaranteed price
for wheat at principal primary markets
prices varying from 81 at Spokane to s.. 2S
Feb. 25-Germans captured Rcval
Feb. 2S-Americans repulsed strong at
tack in Chemin des Danes sector with
heavy losses to attackers.
March 1-McAdoo announced third Lib
erty loan to open April G.
U. S. troops repulsed raid in Toul sec
tor. suffering many casualties: German
British cruiser iCalgaran torpeaoed; IS
March 3-Germans halted invasion of
Russia; Slavs signed peace treaty, giving
Turkey big slice of territory
March 4-French delivered surprise
lines
British. French and Italian ambassa-
to safeguard allied interests in Siberia
British advanced on l2-nile front In
Palestine.
March 5-Amaricans in Lorraine re-
pulsed German tack and took prisoners
President Wilson refused assent to Jap
anese intervention in Russia.
Bernard M. Baruch named chairman OF
the war industries board.
March 6-Rounania signed preliminary
peace treaty giving up Dobrudja and con.
March 7-Germany and Finland signed
peace treaty.
March S.-Trotzky resigned as foreign
minister of Russia.
British advanced three miles on 1s-mil,
front in Palestine.
nude line with heavy losses to enemy.
Eleven killed, 46 injured in air raid or
March s.Nine persons killed in all
Mar March :, Ills 11nsixty airplanes bombed
.ins Frenzy S0lnig a0ai35S attacked Naples Sever
President, in message to soyiets. ,pledg
ed cid of United States to free Russis
March 12-Ninety-five thousand drafted
fonments March %
British aviators dropped ton of explos
ives on CobentZ.
March 13-Germans seized Odessa.
March I-Amerlcan RainboW division
occupied trenches in Luneville secto
from which they drove the enemy: frs
permanent advance by Americans.
March 15-Germans repnlsed with heav!
loss in Flanders by British.
All-Russian congress Of Soviets at Mos
cow ratified German peace terms.
March 1s-Allied supreme war council
condemned German. treatment Of Rus
SLAMS and Roumanians and refused t.
acknowledge the peace treaties.
March 19aAmHrican destroyer ,c Manle; ,
March 20-America and Great Britain
seized 100000 tons Of Dutch shipping. .
March 2l.Ge;mans opened heavy at
March 22-Great battle in France con
tinued. Germans failing to break British
line; both sides sustained heavy losses.
British in Palestine crossed the Jordan
March 23-British fell back from five t,
ten miles, their lines still unbroken: esti
mated casualties. German. 1000: British
100000: French and American troops
brought up to support British.
Paris shelled by new German gun from
distance of rs miles.