Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-01-02
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| approved Washington naval Limitation
| treaty.
July 9-Four-power Pacific treaty
ratlned by French chamber
and Pacific treaties
July 12-Great Britain invited France
and Italy to join her in reply to Ger
! manys latest reparationS note.
| July l3-French troops. of occupa-
ton advanced to Limberg, Barmen and
July 15-Premier Poincare of France,
in speech, rejected most of the demands
made by British prime minister on Ger
man reparations.
July 16-Allies and Turks agreed on
terms of treaty, leaving out oil con-
! ceSsionS.
| July 2O-British draft of reply to
| Germany submitted to allies and United
July 24-Turks and allies signed
| peace treaty of Lausanne.
| Aug; 3-Great Britain and France
| agreed on a mutual guarantee pact
| against unprovoked aggression, to lead
| to reduction of ornaments.
Aug. 6-United States and Turkey
signed treaties of amity and commerce
and on extradition, at Lausanne.
Aug. 11-Great Britain handed to
France and Belgium note declaring
| Ruhr occupation Illegal and a failure,
| insisting on impartial reparations in
| quiry and declaring France must pay
| enough of the money lent her to enable
| Britain to pay America.
Aug. 15-United States Mexico COM
missioners completed their conference.
Aug. 17-Ratifications of four-power
| pact and naval reduction treaty negoti-
ated at Washington conference for
mally exchanged at State department.
France offered to reduce reparations
claims on Germany in proportion to the
amount of it's debt United States and
| Great Britain cancel.
Aug. ,21-France's reply to British
| note delivered to Great Britain; offered
| little hope of agreement.
Aug. 2S-Italy demanded from Greece
abJect apology and PREPARATIONS for
murder of Italian military commission
Aug. 90-Greece accepted some of
Italy's demands and rejected others.
Aug. 31-Italy, declaring Greece's re-
ply unsatisfactory, bombarded and
| seized Corfu and landed on Samos and
| other Aegean islands. Greece appealed
to League of Nations.
| Mexican government formally recog-
nized by the United States.
Sept. 4-Mussolini declared Italy
| would withdraw from League of Ma
tons if it insisted on arbitrating the
Italo-Greek affair.
Sept. Council of ambassadors up
held Italy's demands on Greece.
| Sept. 8-Greece and Italy formally
accepted terms laid down by council
| of ambassadors.
| Premier Poincare of France an
nounced Germany must settle repara-
| tons question before an economic ac-
| cord could be reached.
Sept. 1O-Irish Free State admitted
| to League OF Nations.
| Sept. 13-Italy agreed to evacuate
Sept. 16-Italy appointed Gen. Giar-
dino military go ~ of Fi9me eor,
| demand on Spain, France and Great
Britain for right to build navy coal and
oil base i'll Tangier across from
Sept. 24-Chancellor stresemann of
| Germany formally announced official
| abandonment of passive resistance in
Italy informed Jugo-Slavia it in
tended to keep Fiume.
| Italy declined to evacuate Corfu until
| Greece paid $4,000, 900 lire indemnity.
Sept. 25-Council of ambassadors or
| dered Greece to pay indemnity to Italy.
Sept. 27-Italy evacuated Corfu.
| Sept. 2S-America won international
seapIane race off Cowes, England.
| Oct. 2-Allies completed the eVacua-
| ton of Constantinople.
| Oct. 19-Chancellor Stresemann an
| nounced Germany would pay no more
| reparationS.
| Oct 24-Germany asked allies for
reparations conference and moratorium.
Oct. 26-France accepted British plan
commission Of board of sexperts to fix
Germany's capacity to pay.
France would not permit reduction of
separations debt by board of experts,
nor abandon the guarantee
| Frances reservations on reparations
board of experts.
Nov. 4-Poincare said France would
not yield on reparations unless her
| creditors yielded on debts
Nov China refused to pay Boxer
! indemnity to France.
Nov. 9-United States refused to par
ticipate in examination of Germanys
capacity to pay because of French re-
| strictions.
ment of experts committee to investi-
| gate Germany'S resources and capacity
to pay during the next three years.
Nov 14-Chancellor Stresemann an
| Versailles and abandon the Ruhr and
Rhineland to the French.
Nov 21-France and Great Britain
| reached accord as to demands on Ger
many concerning former crown prince
and resumption of military control
commissions, and sent mild notes to
Nov 23-Industrial magnates of the
| Ruhr ami Rhineland signed treaty with
tks French for resumption of work and
payments.
for allied military control officers.
Nov 27-International conference to
halt rum-running opened in Ottawa.
Canada.
Dec. 4-France began restoring the
| Ruhr to German rule.
Dec. 6-Allied warships landed troops
| in Canton to protect custom house from
| Sun Vat Sen.
Dec. &c. H Griffis and two others
! sentenced to prison by German court
| for attempt to kidnap Bergdoll
Dec. 9-New treaty of friendship and
| commerce signed by U. S. and Germany.
Dec. 10-Council of League of Ma
tionS met in Paris.
Dec. 11-President Coolidge announced
he approved of the participation of
| American experts in the German inqui-
ries authorized by reparations COM
| mission.
Dec 1s-Tangier open port conven-
ton signed.
FOREIGN
Jan 14-President Obregon of Mexico
| ordered expulsion of Papal Delegate
Filippi as a pernicious foreigner.
Feb 14-Italian Fascist ordered all
| Free Masons to leave its ranks.