The St. Johns herald., 1922-01-12
Chronology of the Year 1921
 Compiled by E. ". Pickard
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 ttC-. 1921 Western NeMSnaner I!nion.l
INTERNATIONAL
Compiled by E. W. Pickard

allies guarantee Russia from outside az greSsiOn preliminary to his undertaking mediation for Armenia.
 Jan. 26-Supreme council decided Latvia and EsthOnIa should be recognized as sovereign states.
 Jan Z9ESupreme council fixed German reparatiORs at Zz6. .0UO. .OOo,0U0 gold marks, payable iR annual instaliments. and lZ per cent tax On exports during the period Of payment
 Feb. i9-Azerbaijan declared war on Georgia. and the Reds started attack taking Tiiiis.
 The Gnited States formally withdrew from tle reParat,ons commission.
 Ireb. 23-LeasUe oT Nations council re- ceiVed protest of United states against in- ClusiOn Of Island ,cf Tap m territories SUD- jected to mandate of Japan. and demand fer voice in disposal Of former German colonies.
 Feb. 27-Panemans defeated Costa Ricans in disputed territory of Coto. March Sherman counter proposals on repaTaiions rejected by allied supreme OGncA as totally inadequate. Germany given until March { to accept terms iald "oWn In Paris.
 Of DuesseldOrf DUisburg and Ruhrort by French troops carried out as penalty -i0r Germany's failure to meet TeDaratlon oe- mands
 commercial relations will be resumed by Great Britain and Russia signed at Lon don.
 Allies separations commission notified German government 1t must pay SZ9O.VVV'- G-g before March g.
 Russia and Turkey signed treaty; Ar menia divided among Georgia. Turkey ana MarcE iS-Peace signed at Riga by rep resentatives Of Russia, Ukrainia and Po- land
 March 21-Plebiscite held in Upper Si-- iesia 10 determine the future national of f1aof German received &76 0tD votes and Poland SS9,e
 March 33-Germauy in her reply to ulu- matum of allied separations commission rtf..s. q to pay 1 900. .O0o, 600 gold marks que Match g and disputed commissions fig ures showing balance of l2.OOO. O.OOo.OOo marks due May l.
 March 25-Gree1s began offensive against Turks in Asia Minor.
 April 1-Greeks defeated by Turks at SIskishehr.
 April 2-Washington government in- formed Germany United States would not Countenance Germanys escaping luii responsibility for the war or getting out Of paying it's obligations to the limit ot Ter ability.
 April 5-Secretary Of State Hughes sent Go allies note. taking firm stand concern ing island Of Yap. and mandates In gen. eraI.
 April sO-Japanese cabinet declined to yield on Tap mandate. ding to act as mediator of separations dispute. but he refused.
 April 2T-Specifc reparauons bill of 1S2,- GG8 lNO eco gold marks presented to Ger macy by allied commission.
 May 2-United States rejected German repa "a tions proposals as inadequate. May 3-Poles inVaoed Upper Silesia and military law. was proclaimed.
 May 4-Poles and plebiscite control forces fought in Upper Stlesia.
 German cabinet resigned as result or reparations dispute.
 K rnllnrH handed Ger many reparations ultimatum and protocol, granting six days for acceptance; German debt fixed at l35, coco 900 gold marks May 6-President Harding resumed American representation in councils Of Nav l0-Dr. Wirth formed new ministry for Germany and the reichsiag voted 22i to T75. to accept the allied ultimatum.
 May e2-Crganized volunteer" forces or Germans attacked Poles in Upper Silesia June 7-Great Britain rejected Ger n3any's offer of troops for Upper Silesia, and British troops began clearing Poles from disputed territory.
 June 2ECouncil Of League of Nations awarded AiRnd islands to Finland.
 June 25-Greece rejected mediation with Turks. offered by entente, and refused to Poles agreed to allies plan for Upper Silesia.
 June 2S-Germany paid 100000 gold marks to separations commission.
 June 30-GreelSs opened offensive against
 
 July l0-President Harding informally invited Great Britain. France, Italy and Japan to conference on limitation of ar maments and on Far Eastern problems, in Washington. China included.
 July H-Franco British compromise reached on Silesian policy.
 July 3O-SOviet Russia agreed to release all American prisoners in return for American famine relief
 Aug H--UAited States sent formal in- vitations to Washington conference on disarmament and Pacific question, to open November n.
 Aug. 12-Supreme council decided %o re- fer the Upper Siiesian question to the League Of Nations and to send reinforce ments to Silesia
 Aug. 2l-United States government noti- fed Panama the arbitration award cedine disputed territory to Costa Rica must be accepted. and sent battalion of marines to Panama.
 Aug. 2s-Panama agreed to let Costa Rica occupy Coto.
 Aug. 24-Japan formally accepted invita- ton to disarmament conference.
 United States peace treaty with Austria sigred iH Vienna.
 Aug. 25-UEited States signed peace treaty with Germany in Berlin.
 Aug 2S-Hostilities opened between HHn@arv and Austria concerning frontier
 United States peace treaty with Hun. gary signed tn Budapest.
 Sept l-Agreement reached to divide Iithuania into two states, one independ- ent and one controlled by Poland.
 Sept t-Soviet Russia and Afghanistan signed treaty.
 Sent 5-League Of Nations assembly mel in Geneva and elected Fl. A. Van Karne. heet. Holland. president
 Sept A-League of Nations assembiy eiected Il judges of international court oi justice. including John Bassett Moore oI the United States.
 Sept. lS-HOstilities broke out betweer -JUgo-SlaYia and Albania.
 Sept. 2i-Lithuania, Esthonia and Iatvis admitted to League of Nations
 Sept A-Allies ordered Hungary tr .eYacuate Burgenland.
 Sept. 30-German Teichstag ratified peac, treaty with United States.
 Oct. 5-League Of Nations assembly ad toHrned after re-e.ecting Brazil China Belgium and Spain nonpermanent mem bers of council.