The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-01-01
WAR AND PEACE

and Wlndau TO combat the bolsheviki
Jan S-Presid NJ Wilson received In
Hoover made head Of international re-
lief organization.
Poles in fuil possession OF Posen.
Jan. New Serbian -SloVene
government formed at Belgrade
BOlsheNtkl captured Riga.
Jan. sewn war between government
berlin, the latter captured the Spandau
arsenal
Jan '-Presiden, Wilson returned to
Berlin rioters forced Gen. Harres to
haul down the American flag.
Ebert faction on top In Berlin after Sc
we're street lighting
Jan. y-lndependent socialists set up new
government IN Berlin
= Jan. l0-Republic proclaimed in Luxem-
French.
Jan. li-socialist republic proclaimed in
Bremen.
Count Kar,eiyi made president of Hun
Jan. l2-supreme council Of peace con-
gress held its first meeting in Paris.
spartacans defeated In Berlin.
Baden.
Jan. is-Many spartacans executed in
Jan i5-Grand Duchess Marie OF Lux
embutg abdicated and was succeeded by
her sister Charlotte.
Jan. i6-karl Liebknecht and Rosa Lux
emburg killed in Berlin.
Jan. 17-Cosnter-revolution broke out In
Petrograd and bolsheviki began retreat
eastward from Esthonia.
Armistice granted Germany extended
Jan. ls-Interalled peace congress for
Jan. is-Bolshevists captured Kiev.
Polish coalition cabinet formed by Pa
derewski
German elections resulted generally ia
voraby to the majority socialists
Jan @-White Russia proclaimed lite
union with the Russian soviet republic.
Jan 2-Allied supreme council asked
Russian factions to send representative
TO conference at the Princes Islands. Sea
of MarmOra
Jan 25-American troops forced to re-
treat from Shenkursk. northern Russia.
Peace conference adopted plan for
Czechs captured oderburs from the
Poles
Jan. 2s-President Wilson visited the
Chateau Thierry and Reims regions.
Feb 1-Plan OF giving German colonies
TO allied countries as manufactures Of
League OF Nations adopted by supreme
Feb t-Fighting between Czechs and
Poles stopped by order of supreme Council
Americans defeated bolsheviki at vistav-
German government troops bombarded
Bremen and elected the Spartacans
FEB. German national assembly
Feb. s-Russian anarchists evacuated
Feb, s-Polish constitutional assembly
Feb. i1-Friederich Ebert elected presi-
dent of German republic and Philip
scheidemann made premier.
Feb. l2-Republican revolt In Roumania;
King Ferdinand slightly wounded
FEB. l3-Draft of League OF Nations
plan completed and adopted by commis-
Gen. Denikine's anti-boIshevik army
reached the Caspian after beating big
SOVIET army and taking $1,000 prisoners
Feb l5-PrQSidant WflQnn To-
home
Feb. -is-Germans accepted new terms
for renewal Of armistice under protest
Feb. 19-Premer Clemenceau shot In
shoulder by an anarchist.
Governments of Siberia, Archangel and
Southern Russia formally rejected the
proposal for conference at Princes Islands
Feb H-Premier Kurt Eisner and sew
eral other members of the Bavarian gov
ernment assassinated
Feb 24-President Wilson landed in Bos-
lions plan
March 5-President Wilson sailed for
Paris.
March s-Many spartacans summarily
executed In Berlin after bloody battles
France
March ls-Ukrainians captured Lemberg
from Poles
March 22-Count Karolyi. head of pro-
visional government of Hungary. re-
signed. and new government proclaimed
solidarity and armed alliance with the
March 25-British Secretary OF War
Churchill announced Egypt was in a vir-
tual state OF insurrection.
March H-General strikes and fatal riots
I'm Berlin and other German cities
= April l-several hundreds killed in
strike riots In Frankfort
April 4ESoviet government established
I'm Munich.
Antsnss smetonas elected president of
Lithuanian republic
Odessa.
General strike in Magdeburg. followed
April s-Government troops reeainsd
possession OF Magdeburg and Essen
April l0-Geneva, Switzerland. chosen as
seat OF League OF Nations
American engineers reached Murmansk |
April l6-Gen Haller's Polish divisions |
left France for Poland.
April ls-Libau seized by German troops
and Lettish provisional government over |
thrown.
April i7-First bolshevik army. on the
Pripet, surrendered to Ukrainians
April is-Soldiers council took control
OF Vienna.
April ls-Reds put to rout in Vienna.
,A,pril zo-Evaeuation OF Sebastopol by
april 2i-victory loan campaign opened
pkrainIans took Kiey from bolshevikL
April A-President Wilson declared Italy
could not have F1ume, and the Italian
delegates abandoned the peace confer
ence.
u NOulu not recognize |
the Monroe doctrine. and withdrew its I
minister TO France.
r April 2S-League OF Nations covenant
unanimously adopted by peace confer
ence
April 2s-German peace ENJOYS reached
Versailles
April S-Peace council decided DISPUTE
over kiau-Chau In Japan's favor
May 2-Most OF Munich taken by gov
eminent troops
May 4-Wilson. Lloyd George and Ola
menceau invited Italy to return 10 peace
conference, promising TO give her Fiume
after two years
Surrender of Hungarian soviet govern
ment announced
May 6-Complete peace treaty adopted
by allied delegates
Great Britain recognized Independence
OF Finland
Chinese cabinet instructed Chinese della
gates not TO sign peace treaty.
May 7-Peace treaty handed to German
delegates.
u. S. recognized government OF Finland.
May N-Austrian peace delegates ar
rived at ST. German.
May l5-Greek troops occupied Smyrna
after hghting.
May 16-New anti-communist govern
ment OF Hungary set up at Arnad.
May is-British ships defeated bolshevik
neet In Gulf OF Finland
May alderman delegates given extern