The Winslow mail., 1924-01-04

agreement with French.
July agreement on all points
reached by Turks and allies.
July French chamber of deputies
approved Washington naval Limitation
| treaty.
July, 9-Four-power Pacific treaty
| ratified by French chamber.
l. July 11-French senate ratified naval
| and Pacific treaties.
July 12-Great Britain invited France
and Italy to join her in reply to Ger
| manys latest reparations note.
July 13-French troops of occupa
ton advanced to Limberg, Barmen and
Elberfeld.
July l5-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-
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 armaments.
Aug. 6-United States and Turkey
signed treaties of amtty 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
! Qulry 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-Ra titications of four power
| pact and naval reduction treaty negoti-
| ated at Washington conference for
France offered to reduce reparations
claims on Germany in proportion to tha
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. 28-Italy demanded from Greece
abject apology and reparations for
murder of Italian military commission
ers in Albania.
Aug. 3O-Greece accepted some of
Italys 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
tions If it insisted on arbitrating the
Italo-Greek affair.
Sept; 7-,Council of ambassadors up
held 1talys demands on Greece.
Sept. 8-Greece and Italy formally
accepted terms laid down by council
of ambassadors
Premier Poincare of France an
tions 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
Corfu on Sept. u.
Sept. 16-Italy appointed Gen. Giar-
dino military governor of Fiqme.
Sept. 18-United States made formal
demand 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-SIavia it in
tended to keep Fiume.
Italy declined to eVacuate Corfu until
Greece paid 50,000,000 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
seaplane 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
repa arations conference and moratorium.
Oct 26MFranee 1eeepted S TED British e1d plan plan
commission OF board of experts TO fix
Germany's capacity to pay
Oct. 2S-Premier Poincare announced
reparations debt by board of experts,
nor abandon the guarantee.
Oct 80 = Great Britain accepted
Frances reservations on reparations
Nov 4-Poincare said France would
not yield on reparations unless her
creditors yielded lie, on, on debts; de- s. nov poxar
1oy mi tN n
Nov 9-United States refused to par
ticipate in examination of Germanys s
capacity to pay because of French re-
Nov. 18-France proposed a.ppoint-
gate Germany'S resources and capacity
TO pay during the next three years
Nov. 14-Chancellor Stresemann an
nounced he would repudiate treaty of
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
| tle French for resumption of work and
N' Nov. 24-Germany refused protection
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
Dec. &c Fl. Grff1s 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. 1O-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. 18-Tangier open port conven-
| tion 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.
| in County Kerry.