The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-12-14
act OF breaking of diplomatic rela.

man request to discuss matters Of DIFF
ference unless Germany withdraws I'M
restricted submarine warfare order.
Feb. 14-Von Bernstorff sails for
Germany.
Feb. 25-BEitsh under General
Maude capture Kut-el-Amara; subma-
Eine sinks liner Laconia without warn
ing; many lost, including two Ameri-
cans.
Feb. 26-President Wilson asks con-
gresS for authority to arm American
merchantships.
Feb. 28-Secretary Lansing makes
public Zimmerman note to Mexico,
proposing Neutrality-suspicious.
alliance.
March 9-President Wilson calls ex-
ira session of congress for April 16.
March 11-British under General
Maude capture Bagdad; revolution
starts in Petrograd.
March 15-Czar Nicholas of Russia
abdiCates.
March 17-French and British cap
ture Bapaume.
March 18-New French ministry
formed by Alexander Ribot.
March 21-Russian forces cross
Persian border into Turkish territory !;
American oil steamer HealdtOn tOrpe-
dOed without warning.
March 22-United States recognizes
new government of Russia.
March 27-General Murray's British
expedition into the Holy Land defeats
Turkish army near GAIA.
April president Wilson asks con-
gress to declare that acts Of Germany
constitute a state Of war; submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April United States senate passes
resolution declaring state of war ex-
lists with Germany.
April 6-HOuse passes war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso-
luton of congress-.
April S-Austria declares severance
OF diplomatic relations with United
| States.
April 9-British defeat Germans at
Vimy Ridge and take 5000 prisoners
United States seizeS IA Austrian In
termed ships.
Oct. 24-French win back Douau-
mont, Thiaumont field work, Haudro-
mont quarrles, and Chillette wood near
Verdun, in smash of two miles.
Nov. Italians, in new offensive on
the Carso plateau, capture 5000 Aus.
trians.
Nov. 2-Germans evacuate Fort
Vaux at Verdun.
Nov. 5-Germans and Austrians pro-
claim new kingdom of Poland of ter
ritory captured from Russia.
Nov. 6-Submarllne sinks British
passenger steamer Arabia.
Nov. cardinal MERCER protests
against German deportation of Bel
gians; submarine sinks American
steamer Columbian.
Nov. 8-Russian army inVades
Pennsylvania, Hungary.
Nov 9-Austro-G German armies de
feat Russians In VoIhynia and take
1000 prisoners.
Nov. 13-British launch new often
sive In SOmme region on both sides o.
Ancre,
Nov. 14-British capture fortified vii
lage of Beaucourt, near the sAncre.
Nov. 19-Serbian, French and Rus
sian troops recapture Monastir; Ger
mans cross Pennsylvania Alps and en-
ter western Roumania.
Nov. 21-British hospital ship Brit
annie sunk by mine in Aegean sea.
Nov. 23-Roumanian army retreat
so miles from Bucharest.
Nov. 24-German-Bulgarian armie
take Orsova and Turnu-Severin from
Roumanians.
Nov. 25-Greek provisional govern
ment declares war on Germany an
Bulgaria.
Nov. 28-Roumanian government
abandons Bucharest and moves capita
to Jassy.
Dec. 5-Premier Herbert Asquith
England resigns.
Dec. T-David Lloyd George accept
British premiership.
: Dec. 8-Gen. Won Mackensen car
lures big Roumanian army in ProhoV
valley.
Dec. Chancellor Won Bethmanr
Hollweg announces In reichstag tha
( Germany will propose peace; new cal
met in France under Aristide Brian
as premier. and Gen. Robert George
, Nivelle given chief Of command
: French army.
Dec. 15-French at Verdun win tW
: miles Of front and capture 11,OOO.
e Dec. 1O-Lloyd George declines &c
man peace proposals.
Dec. 28-Baron Burian succeeded
minister of foreign affairs In Austri
: by Count Czernin.
Dec. 28-Germany proposes to Pres
dent Wilson San immediate meeting
: delegates of the belligerents."
Dec. 27-RusSians defeated In fv
= day battle In eastern Wallachia, Ro1
mania.
: April 2O-Turkey sewers diplomat
relations with the q. s.
/. April 28-Congress passes seleeti'
service act for raising Of army of 5O'
. 600; Guatemala sewers diplomatic r
i lations with Germany.
May War department orders raj
e ing of nine volunteer regiments OF e
Slneers to go to France.
l. May 14-Espionage act becomes la