The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-30
WAR AND PEACE


Jan. New Serbian Croatian-Slovene
government formed at. Belgrade.
Bolsherikl captured Riga.
Jan. 6~Civil war. between government
forces and the Spartacans broke out in
Berlin; the latter captured the Spandau
Jan. .1-PTeSident Wilson returned to
Paris
Berlin rioters forced Gen. Harries to
haul down the American flag.
Ebert faction on top in Berlin after Sc
we're street fighting.
Jan. s-Independentys socialists set up new
government In Berlin.
Jan. i9-Republic proclaimed in Luxem-
French
Jan. il-socialist republic proclaimed in
| Bremen.
| garian republic.
Jan. 12-suprene council OF peace con-
gress held its first meeting in Paris.
Spartacans defeated in Berlin.
Spartacans gained control OF Constance,
| Baden.
Jan. i5-Many spartacans executed In
| Berlin.
Jan. l5--Grand Duchess Marie or Luz
| emburg abdicated and was succeeded BY
| her sister Charlotte
| Jan. I6--kari Liebknecht and Rosa Lux
emburg killed in Berlin.
Jan. 17-Counter-revolution broke out in
| Petrograd and bolsheviki began retreat
! eastward from Esthonia.
| Arnistice granted Germany extended
| one month.
Jan. lS-lnterallied peace congress for
! Jan. 19-Bolshevists captured Kiev.
Polish coalition cabinet formed by Pa
| derewski.
| vorabiy TO the majority socialists.
Jan. D-White Russia proclaimed its
union with the Russian soviet republic.
Jsh se-Allied supreme council asked
| Russian factions to send representative
10 conference at the Princes islands. Sea
| OF Marmora.
| treat from Shenktrsk, northern Russia.
Peace conference adopted plan for
League OF Nations
Jan. 2s-president wilson visited the
Chateau Thierry and Reims regions.
Feb. l-Plan OF giving German colonies
to allied countries ss manufactures OF
League OF Nations adopted by supreme
Feb. 4-FiGhting between Czechs AMI
Poles stopped by order OF supreme council
Americans defeated oolsheviki at TistaV-
Ia, northern Russia.
German government troops bombarde 4
Bremen and elected the Spartacans.
Feb. German national assembly
opened in Weirnar.
Feb. s-Russian anarchists evacuated
Wilma. ,t
Feb. a1-Polish constitutional assembly
met In Warsaw.
dent OF German republic and Philipl
sGheidemann made premier. So.
teo. lgtse pasii ssa \ u revolt
Feb. 13~Dratt OF League OF Nations
plan completed and adopted by commits
GEN DenilSins's ~anttbolsnev1K arm1
reached the Caspian after beating biz
soviet army and taking $1,000 prisoners
Feb. b-President Wilson sailed fol
home
Feb 1s-Germans accepted new term.
for renewal OF arrnstice, under protest
Feb 1s-Premier Clemenceau shot II
shoulder by an anarchist.
Governments OF Siberia .Archangei am
b Southern Russia formally rejected tb.
proposal for conference at Princes islands
Feb. 2l--PremIer Kurt EiSner and sev
eral other members OF the Bavafian gov
4 eminent assassinated
Feb. 2i-Presldent Wiison landed In Ros
ton and spoke in. behalf of Lea que or Ma
\ tons plan.
March 5-Presdept Wilson sailed 10
Paris.
March o-Manv Spartacan. summaril
executed in Berlin after bloody battles
France
l March le-Ukrainians captured Lember
1 March 22-count Karolyi, head of pre-
visional government OF Hungary. r,
D signed, and new government proclaime
solidarity and armed alliance with iii
ftusslan soviet government.
March e5-British Secretary OF VS.
Churchill announced Egypt was In a vi,
tuai state of insurrectou.
4 March sl-General strikes and fatal riot
/ in Beriin asa other German cities,
strike riots In Frankfort
April 4-Soeiet government establishs
il in Munich.
4 Antanas smetouas elected president
II Lithuanian republic.
i April 7-Ukrainian soviet troops capture
Odessa.
III General strike In Sfagdeburg foIlowt
by riots. -,t.E ~ -
April s-Govcrnment troop. regain,
possession Of Masdeburg and Essen
Gvxrit
American engineers reached Mur1,ans
April i5-Gen; Haller's Polish division
left France for Poland
April Is-Libau seized by German troo
and Ie,tish provisional government owe
April l7-First bolshevtk army. on t,
II Pripet surrendered to Ukrainjaus
1 April B-Sodiers' council took contr
Of Vienna.
April I9-Reds put to rout in Vienna,
i April eo-Evacuation of .sebastopol
allies announced
I April 2l-victory loan campaign open
Ukrainians took Kiev from bolsheviki
April 2i-President Wilson declared Ita
could not have Fiume. and the ItaIi
delegates abandoned the peace COME
II Mexico declared 1t. would not recosni
l the Monroe doctrine. and withdrew
April gs-League OF Nations coy.na
unanimously adopted by peace conf,
April 2s-German peace ENJOYS reach
Versailles.
April 30-Peace council decided disn,
over Eiau-Chau In Japan's favor
III May Most OF Munich taken by 70
eminent troops.
Ill May t-Wilson. Lloyd George and G
menceau invited Italy to return To pe5
conference. promising to give her Fin
| after Two years
III Surrender of Hungarian soviet .pve
| ment announced
May s--Compiete peace treaty adop
. | by allied delegates.
Great Britain recognized independe,
OF Finland
ri Chinese cabinet instructed Chinese de
II gates not TO sign peace treaty.
II May 1-Peace treaty handed to Germ
II delegates.
HI e. S recognized governments of Finla
II May l4-AUstrian peace delegates
II rived at St Gernain.
II May l5-Greek troops occupied Smyl
II after lighting.
II May 1e--New anti-communist COVE
II ment OF Hungary set up at Arnad.
II May lS--British ships deIeated bo1she
II I fleet in Gulf OF Finland
Il May Fisherman delegates given ext
n sion OF time to May % to reply to ter
II May 39-Germany,s reply to peace tel
II submitted
III Nav f-British warshps defeated