The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-30
INTERNATIONAL

AN 4ENINAA IONAL
Jan. 8-war between Russia and Fin
tand begun over alleged Finnish aid to
Karelian rebels.
Jan. 6-Allied supreme council called
economic and financial congress to meet
IN Genoa in March; Germany and Russia
included
Jan. 7-Conferees at Washington adopted
resolutions forbidding submarine opera
tons against merchantmen and banning
poison gas in warfare
jan S-Briand agreed at Cannes to
pafual moratorium for Germany In re-
turn for defensive alliance for France
with Great Britain.
Jan. a-Shantung controversy between
China and Japan settled.
Feb. Washington conference adopted
nNe-power naval limitation treaty with
adopted resolutions declaring open door
Ia CHINA; approved treaty for restriction
OF use of submarines and poison gas in
warfare; Mr.. Balfour announced Great
Britain would restore Wei-Hai-Wei 10
China.
Feb. 4-Washington conference approved
treaties relating to China and resolution
creating international commission to re-
wise the rules OF warfare.
Feb. 6-Delegates to Washington con-
ference signed all the treaties and the
conference adjourned sine die.
Feb. l0-President Harding submitted
Washington conference treaties, with full
minutes of conference, to the senate.
Feb. Limited States and Japan signed
treaty defining rights of former on HaE
ana other islands inundated TO Japan.
Feb. 15-1nterna rional permanent court
Of justice held first session in The Hague
Lloyd George and Poincare agreed on
Z-year Anglo-F'rench pact and postponed
Genoa conference to April 10.
Feb. 2S-Premier Lloyd George an
nounced Great Britain abandoned protec-
torate Of Egypt
March Omitted States senate ratified
zap treaty with Japan.
March Painted States senate ratified
fonr-power Pacific treaty.
Nor - a.
supplement to Pacific treaty, excluding
japanese mainland, and reservation
Strengthening out tangle over declaration
on domestic affairs.
March 29-United States senate ratified
naval limitation treaty and treaty on uSs
Of poison gas and submarines in warfare,
March S0-United States ratified nine
power treaty concerning China and treaty
on Chinese tariff.
April 7-Germany rejected allied repara.
ton commissions demand that she issue
Sa0,000,OOO in additional taxes.
April s-Colombia and Venezuela signed
boundary treaty.
April 1O-Econornic conference of Genoa
opened. Russian delegates accepted JhG
four demands of the other nations.
April 16-Gesmany and Russia concluded
treaty, cancsling war debts and Brest.
I4ltoysk treaty and establishing fun diplo-
matte relations. Representatives of al.
lies at Genoa conference surprised ant
angry.
April 17-Peaee parley between Japar
and Far East republic broken off.
At Genoa barred Germany from participa.
ton in conference on Russia
April alderman delegates at Genoa
agreed TO keep out of discussions of Rus
April 24-France and Japan at Genoa,
reached accord to oppose recognition OF
soviet Russia; conference deadlocked by
Russia's financial demands.
May l-Soviet Russia, in great May dag
demonstration at Moscow. defed the
'capitaiisttc nations of the world
May 2-Afemorandum of allies condi-
tons for helping Russia handed to soviet
delegates at Genoa: Belgium refused to
sign and France made reservation.
May 3-France withdrew her assent to
proposals made to the Russian govern
ment by Genoa conference. French press
Corning Russian oil fields.
May l-Russians at Genoa replied
eyasiyely to allied proposals
May 14-Allies at Genoa invited United
States to participate in new negotiations
with Russia to begin at The Hague
May I5-Unfted States declined invita-
ton to The Hague conference. Russia
agreed to participate.
Germany and Poland signed treaty set
Ting Upper Silesia disputes.
Great Britain asked United States
france nee and Italy TO cooperate with her
a trocities in Asia Minor
Tacna-Arica conference between Chile
and Peru opened in Washington.
months truce with Russia and other So
Wet republics.
May l9-Genoa conference adjourned.
more reasonable
May 24-International bankers commit
lee net in Paris TO plan economic recov-
June 3-United States agreed to help
investigate Turkish atrocities
June 6-Erance refused to agree to re-
auction of German PREPARATIONS
June 15-Hague preliminary conference
ON Russian affairs opened.
June 26-Russian delegates Joined in con-
ference at The Hague and insisted credits
to Russia should be first topic handled.
July Japan completed ratification of
all the Washington conference treaties.
July 6-Russians at The Hague. after
submitting amazing budget offered 500
for $1,500 100000 IN credits
July l0-Germany agreed to give allies
control of its finances, hoping for a loan
CT q billion dollars, and asked moratorium
on PREPARATIONS
July 17-League of Nations council mer
in London to ratify the mandates, Amer
ice, and Great Britain having reached
fun agreement.
sian delegates.
July 22-Council of League of Nations
adopted British mandate for Palestine and
French mandate for Syria.
July 2l-Esthonia. Latvia, Lithuania and
Albania recognized as sovereign states by
July 30-King Constantine proclaimed
Smyrna and its hinterland an autonomous
SGAle unueF pFOJectlOn or Greece.
Aug. T-Conference of allied prerniers
opened in London. Poincare threatened
France would act alone II necessary to
compel Germany to execute the Versailles
treaty. French demands referred to ex-
perts
Aug. S-Demuyter, Belgium, won James
Gordon Bennett balloon race In Europe
Aug. 9-French plans to coerce Ger
many disapproved by allied experts
Aug. l0-United States and Germany
signed agreement for determination ..
war claims
Aug. 1-Allied conference in london
broke up without result
Aug. l5-Grmany defaulted on payment |
Ct 100000 installment of pre-war debts |
20 allied nationals.
Aug. 25-TurSs opened great offensive /
against Greeks in Asia Minor
Aug. 51-Repar ations comm ssion granted
Germany six months respite
Sept. 1-Greece, her armies routed by (
the Turks, offered to eyaeuaue Asia Minor I!
Ii Turkey would sign arnistice.
Sept. 4-League of Nations met in Ge-
neva; Augustin Edwards OF Chile elected /
president