Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-08
WAR AND PEACE.

Rome.
Hoover made head of international re-
Poles in full possession Of Posen.
Jan. New Serbian-C roatian-Slovene
government formed at Belgrade.
Bolsheviki captured Riga.
Jan. 66Ctvil war between government
fosces and the Spartacans broke out in
Berlin, the latter captured the Spandau
arsenal.
Jan. 7-President Wilson returned to
Paris.
Berlin rioters forced Gen. Harriesy to
haul down the American flag.
Ebert faction on top in Berlin after Sc
we're street fighting.
Jan. @~Independent socialists set up new
government in Berlin.
Jan. 10-Republic proclaimed in Lukem-
burg, but suppressed at once by the
French.
Jan. i1-socialist republic proclaimed in
Bremen.
Count Karolyi made president of Hun
garian republic.
Jan. l2-Supreme council of peace con-
gress held its first meeting in Paris.
Spartacans defeated in Berlin.
Spartacans gained control of Constance,
Baden.
Jan. 13-Many Spartacans executed in
Berlin.
Jan. 15-Grand Duchess Marie of Lux
emburg abdicated and was succeeded by
her sister Charlotte.
Jan. 1e-Karl Liebkneoht and Rosa Lux
emDurg KlileQ In Berlin.
Jan. H-Counter-revolution broke out in
Petrograd and b~oisheviki began retreat
eastward from Esthonia-
Armistice granted Germany extended
one month.
Jan. 1S-lnterallied peace congress for
mally opened.
Jan. lS-Bolshevists captured Kiev.
Polish coalition cabinet formed by Pa
aderewski.
German elections resulted generally ia
vorably to the majority socialists.
Jan. 20-White Russia proclaimed its
union with the Russian soviet republic.
Jan. 22-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
League of Nations.
Czechs captured oderburg 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 ~mandatories of
League Of Nations adopted by supreme
council.
Feb. 4Fighting between Czechs and
Poles stopped by order of supreme council.
Americans defeated bolsheviki at Vistav-
ka, northern Russia.
German government troops bombarded
Bremen and elected the Spartacans.
Feb. e. German national assembly
opened in Weimar.
Feb. s-Russian anarchists evacuated
Wilma.
Feb. saPolish constitutional assembly
Feb. 11-Friederich Ebert elected presi-
dent of German republic and Philip
Scheidemann made premier.
Feb. ~12-Republican revolt In Roumania,
King Ferdinand slightly wounded.
Feb. 13-Draft of League of Nations
plan completed n adopted by commits
sion.
Gen. Denikine's anti-bolshevik army
reached the Caspian after beating big
soviet army and taking $1,000 prisoners
Feb. 15-President Wilson sailed for
home.
Feb. 16-Germans accepted new terms
for renewal of armistice, under protest.
Feb. 19-Premier Clemenceau shot ir
shoulder by an anarchist.
Governments of Siberia, Archangel and
Southern Russia formally rejected the
proposal for conference at Princes islands
Feb. 21-Premier Kurt Eisner and sew.
eral other members of the Bavarian gov.
eminent a~ssassinated.
Feb. N-President Wilson landed in Bos.
ton and spoke in behalf Of League of Ma.
tons plan.
March 5-President Wilson sailed fol
Paris.
March s-Many Spartacans summarily
executed in Berlin after bloody battles.
March 13-President Wilson landed IL
France. q
March 1s-Ukrainians captured Lember,
from Poles.
March 22-Count Karolyi. head of pro
yisional government of Hungary, re
signed, and new government proclaimed
solidarity and armed alliance with tn,
Russian soviet government.
March 25-British Secretary Of Wa
Churchill announced Egypt was in a vir
tual state of fnsurrection.
March 31-General strikes and fatal riot
in Berlin and other German cities.
Anrfl 1-GnVnra1 hfDdrade IiJlad a.
strike riots in Frankfort.
April ESoviet government establishes
in Munich.
Antanas smetonas elected president o
April 7-Ukrainian soviet troops capturet
Odessa.
General strike in Magdeburg. followe,
by riots. Z
April 9-~Government troops regaine
possession of Magdeburg and Essen.
April 10-Geneva, Switzerland. chosen a
seat Of League of Nations.
American engineers reached Murmansk
April 16-Gen. Haller's Polish division
left France for Poland.
April 16-Libau seized by German troop
and Lettish provisional government over
thrown.
April l7-First bolshevik army on th
Pripet, surrendered to Ukrainians.
April 1S-Soldiers' council took contre
of Vienna.
April 19-Reds put to rout in Vienna.
L II [V-A1 - 0cUd6lODOl u
allies announced.
April 21-victory loan campaign opene
In u. s.
Ukrainians took Kiev from bolsheyiki.
April N-President Wilson declared Ital
could not have Fiume, and the Italia
delegates abandoned the peace confer
ence.
Mexico declared it would not recogniz
the Monroe doctrine. and withdrew 1t
minister to France.
April 2S-League of Nations covenar
unanimously adopted by peace confer
ence.
April 2s-German peace ENJOYS reache
Versailles.
April 3O-Peace council decided disput
over Kiau-Chau in Japan's favor.
May 2-Most of Munich taken bv gov
eminent troops.
May 4Wilson, Lloyd George and CT,
menceau invited Italy to return to peac
conference, promising to give her Fium
after two years.
Surrender Of Hungarian soviet govern
ment announced.
May 6-Complete peace treaty adopte
by allied delegates.
Great Britain recognized independent
OF Finland.
Chinese cabinet instructed Chinese del,
gates not to sign peace treaty.
May Peace treaty handed to Germa
delegates. \
III. S. recognized governments OF Finlan,
May 14-Austrian peace delegates Al
rived at ST. German.
May 15LGreek troops occupied Smyrn
after lighting.
May 1e-New anti-communist cover,
ment Of Hungary set up at Arnad.
May fIS--British ships dereated bolshevI
1ieet IN Gulf OF Finland.
May H-German delegates given extel