The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-01-10

Tor recognition as Independent state.
May H-Austrian peace delegates ar.
rtvsd at ST. German.
| May l5-Greek troops occupied Smvrns
| after fighting.
May 16-New anti-communist govern.
ment of Hungary set up at Arnad.
May H--Russian bolsheviki began wal
on Roumania in Bessarabia.
| May lS-British ships deIeated bolshevik
Meet in Gulf of Finland
| May 20-Big advances by Poles in Call.
| cha announced.
May 2l-German delegates given extern.
sion OF time to May % to reply to terms
May 23-Esthonians broke through boil
! sheVlk positions all along the Pskoy
'front.', taking many prisoners.
May W-Germany's reply to peace terms
| submitted.
May 31-British warships defeated boil
| sheVik fleet in the Baltic.
June l-Rhine republic proclaimed in va
rious cities. with DR.. Hans A. Dorten al
| its head.
June 2-Peace terms presented to Aus
| trtas delegates
June gu. S. Senate adopted resolution
asking hearing by peace congress for
Tree ireland representatives.
June g-Senate obtained copy of peace
treaty and ordered 1t printed In Record.
June B-Allies' reply to German Coun-
ter-proposals and final draft of treaty
lowed them to sign.
June 1S-President Wilson visited the
ruins of Belgium.
Russian cruisers Oleg and Slava sunk
by British warships.
June 1S-ltalian cabinet resigned, being
refused vote of confidence.
June N-German government decided to
sign peace treaty and the Scheidemann
cabinet resigned.
June 2l-Gustay Bauer formed new Ger
man cabinet
Surrendered German warshlps at Scapa
Flow early all sunk by their crews.
francesca Nitti made premier of Italy.
June 22-German national assembly vot-
ed to sign treaty. Allies refused any fur
ther modification of terms.
June 2J-German government officially
agreed to sign the treaty.
June 25-Bloody rioting In Berlin and
Hamburg.
June 26-Allies rejected appeal against
Acknowledgement of Turkey.
June 2S-Peace treaty with Germany
signed at Versailles, only the Chinese del
egates refusing to sign.
ceased
June 29-President Wilson sailed from
France
July S-President Wilson arrived at New
York on George Washington.
July Sherman national assembly rati-
fed peace treaty by vote Of 2OS to lis
July 1O-0fficial notification of ratifica-
uOA OF peace treaty by German assembly
given psace conference at Versailles.
July L-Trade between United States
and Germany ordered resumed by state
department at Washington.
July 12-Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and
DENIAL Pasha, leaders Of Turkish gov
eminent during war, condemned to death
by Turkish court martial
July l4-Victory parade In Paris marked
Bastille day.
July a-Completed text OF treaty with
Austria handed to delegates from Vienna.
Terror troops" reported in control Of
Budapest. Bella Kun ousted.
July Z-British house of commons passed
peace treaty and Anglo-French pact.
July +Russlan volunteer troops In
north Russia mutinied and Joined boil
July a-Bolshevist uprising in Bulgaria
reported.
July 2S-President Wilson sent Franco
american treaty to the senate.
July Sl-Polish parliament ratified treaty
with Germany.
Aug. socialists seized control in Hun
government fed.
Spanish senate voted to join League Of
Nations
Aug. 4-Roumanian troops entered Blu
dapest
Aug. 5-Chilean senate ratified League
of Nations.
Aug. 6-Austrian DELEGATES made coun-
ter peace proposals.
Socialist government Of Hungary over.
thrown and Archduke Joseph put in
power as governor, supported by entente
Aug 1O-Six bolshevik battalions de-
stroyed at battle on the Dvina.
Aug. i1-Report received of collapse Of
the Kolchak movement in Siberia.
Aug. H-Four bolshevist vessels sunk
by British fleet In Gulf of Finland.
Bolsheyiki driven out Of Odessa by Deni-
kline.
Aug 22-Archduks Joseph resigned as
head Of Hungarian government.
Great victory Of Poles over bolshevists
announced
Aug. z5-Two U. s, regiments ordered
from u. S. to Silesla.
Aug. 27-Montenegrins In revolt against
Serbian rule.
Sept 1zGeneral Pershing sailed for
home
Martial law in Munich.
Sept, 2-Final peace terms handed TO
Austria.
Sept. S-Supreme council ordered Rou-
manians to quit Hungary and restore loot.
Sept. 6-Austrian national assembly Vot.
ed to sign peace treaty, under protest.
Supreme council awarded Spitzbergen
to Norway
Sept. 10-Dr. Karl Renner signed the
peace treaty for Austria.
Peace treaty reported to U. S. senate
with suggested amendments and reserva-
tions
Sept l2-Bolsheviki announced capture
Of Kolchak's southern army, 1900 men.
D'Annunzio at head Of italian troops
seized Fiume; other troops, ordered to
n nm
Sept 15-China decreed separate peace
with Germany.
Sept 17--Peace conference devised set
Element Of Adriatio question, making
Fiume free state
Sept, 1s-Peace treaty handed to Bulga-
rian delegates.
Sept 22-Italians ousted from Trau by
American marines, who turned town over
to Jugo-Slavs.
Sept T-Peace conference ordered ulti-
matum to Germany on evacuation Of
Lithuania by Won der Goltz' troops.
Oct. 1-Italians and Serbs fought in Spa
lato; 200 killed
Russian northwestern army began Of
fenslve against bolshevik.
Oct 2-Fall amendments to peace treaty
rejected by the senate.
French chamber Of deputies ratified
peace treaty and treaties with America
and Great Britain.
Oct 6-EoIshevikl evacuated Dvlnsk
after great defeat.
Peace treaties ratified by Italy by royal
decree.
Oct S-Germans and Russians attacked
Riga.
Oct. licking George signed British rat
ification. of German treaty.
Oct. 11-Part of Riga taken by Russo
German force and Let's landed at Libau
for eounter-attack
France ratified the German treaty.
Oct. iS-League Of Nations officially
brought into being.
Russian northwest army took Luga
from bolsheviki.
Oct. 15-General Denikine announced cap
ture of Orel and other victories over boil
sheyki.
Oct. 16-Russlan northwest army took
Pskov and Tsarskoe Selo.
Oct. 17--KTonstadt taken by British fleet.
Oct. 2S-Bolsheyiki reeaptured Tsarskoe
Selo and Krasnoe Selo from White army.
Oct. 25-Reverses for Denikine and Kol-
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