Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-12-29

burned: loss 10000 10; many lives lost
Gormany refused TO deposit gold guar
4Pteo demanded by Belgium and dsfaulte
on payment OF private pre-war debts Il
allied nationals.
i Sept. l5-Great Britain invited the do
mlnions. France, Italy, Serbia, Rumanii
and Greece to join in the defense of thu
Dardaneles.
Sept 16-FrancS and Italy opposed mill
tary operations against Turks.
Sept. lS-Entire British Atlantic flee
sent to Dardanelles.
hungary admitted to League of Nations
:, Sept ls-Kemal Pasha demanded of al
lies immediate conference on guarantee!
Tor neutrality of the Straits and permits
sion to send troops into Thrace.
sept. 0-AlIies agreed to conference o.
Russia.
Sept. 23-Allies invited Turks to peace
| conference, agreeing to return COnsan
tinople, Adrianople and Thrace in return
Tor freedom of the Dardanelles.
Sept. &-Great Britain agreed to admit
Russia TO Near East conference concern
ing the Dardanelles.
sept. 26-Greek troops reYoted and kinG
Constantine abdicated.
Russia, in note to the allies demanded
the restoration Of Turkey In Europe
sept 8-Kemal Pasha accepted allies
invitation to armistice parley and to
peace conference on condition that Con-
aantinople and all of Thrace be coded at
once to Nationalist government.
Oct. Turk Nationalist agreed to ar
mistice conference at Mudania on Oct
and suspended military operations.
OCT S-Armistice conference opened At
Eudania.
Oct. tO-Allies. Greeks and Turkish Ma
uonalists agreed to armistlCe convention
Ct Mudania. providing for evacuation Of
Thracs by Greece within Is days and its
delivery to Turkey within 4 days
got L-Mudania protocol signed
Oct S-United States invited Central
American republics to conference on linn
itatlon of armament and other subjects,
In Washington Dec l.
Oct T-Allies invited United States to
participate in Near East conference at
Lausanne, Switzerland, Nov. Is. Secre-
tary Hughes replied United States would
send observers, Russia invited to part
Of conference dealing with the Darda
nelles
Oct 29-Turkey and Russia opened con-
ference for economic accord.
Nov. Lausanne conference postponed
70 Nov. 20
Nov, 2o-Near East peace conference at
Lausanne opened. with return to secret
diplomacy In effect.
Nov. 2l-Eastern Thrace and Adrianople
turned over to the Turks
Dec. PRUSSIA and nations on her west
srn border opened limitation OF arma
ment conference
Dec, 4-Conference of Central American
republics opened in Washington
Nov 90-Allies demanded from Germany
apology and indemnity for attack on al
lied officers in Bavaria.
Dec. british troops forced Turks to
let Christian refugees leave Constan-
tinople.
Dec. 6-Allies presented plan for control
of DardanelleS to Lausanne conference
Americas position stated.
Dec. S-Turkey's plan for DardanelleS
submitted at Lausanne. Virtually ac-
cepted By the allies.
Dec. 9-Allied premiers met in London
70 consider German reparations
Dec l0-German reparatiOns plan re-
jected by allied premsrs.
Shantung province formally restored to
China by Japan.
Dec ll-Conference of allied premiers
adjourned to Jan. ,, France insisting on
forCible occupation of the Ruhr,
Dec 12-Baltic states served ultmatum
on Russia at Moscow which Russia re-
jected and disarmament conference went
on rocks
Dec. l4-Turkey agreed to join League
Of Nations when peace is signed and to
accept measures for protection of minori
ties