Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-01-31

April 7-Rumania threatened with
o,vif war: Premier Bratiano resigned.
Anril 10-Liam Lynch, chief Of staff
of irish irregulars. captured in fight
and died of wounds.
Anril 14-Great plot of Irish repub-
licans to kill British officials and wreck
London uncovered
April 27-De Valera ordered the Irish
negotiate peace with the Free State
Nav 6-ChineSe bandits wrecked the
Peking- Shanghai express and kidnapped
many foreign passengers, including IA
Americans, demanding one million dol
lars ransom.
-ay 8-Chinese government ordered
that all demands of bandits who kid
naped foreigners should be complied
May 9-Irish Free State announced
rejection of De Vaiera's peace offer.
May 2o-Andrew Bonar Law resigned
as prime minister OF Great Britain.
May 22-Stanley Baldwin appointed
British prime minister.
May z6-Communist strike and riots
Vim the Ruhr increased in violence.
May 27-Polish cabinet resigned;
| Witos made premier
June 9-Stamboulisky's peasant gov
ernment in Bulgaria overthroWn in al
most bloodless revolution; Professor
! ZankoH made premier.
June 12-All foreign captives re-
leased by Chinese bandits.
Civil war broke out in Bulgaria.
President Lii Yuan hung of China fled
from Peking
June 14-Li Yuan-hung resigned as
president of China.
Stamboulisky captured and killed in
Bulgarian village
June 22-Manitoba voters killed pro-
hibition law, substituting sale by gov
/ July 15-Mussolini clinched his grip
as dictator of Italy by forcing parlia-
ment to pass his electoral law.
July 16-British parliament rejected
Labor party's motion proposing gradual
transition to socialist form of govern
ment.
July 20-Gen. Francisco Villa. noted
ex-chief of Mexican rebels and bandits
slain from ambush.
July 22-Belleau Wood in France,
dedicated as memorial to Americans
Aug 6-Teixeira Comes elected pres
ident of Portugal
Henry Sullivan of Massachusetts
|. swan the English channel.
Aug. 8-Chancellor Cuno presented to
reichstag his rescue plan for Germany,
including a gold loan. taxation on
gold value basis and a heavy levy on
industries.
Aug. 12-Chancellor Cuno and the
Stresemann undertook to form new
cabinet. the first coalition majority gov
ernment in Germany's history
Aug. LEBANON de Valera arrested
by Irish Free State.
Aug. 21-German cabinet demanded
800 100000 from the industrialists.
Aug 27-irish government party won
| Aug. 2S-Admiral Yamamoto made
premier of Japan. succeeding the late
Baron Kato.
against the cabinet.
Sept. 14-Spanish cabinet resigned:
directorate established under presi-
dency of Gen. Primo Rivera, leader OF
Sept 1s-William Cosgrave reelected
president of Irish Free State;
Sept 23-King Boris dissolved Bull
| 'garian parliament and proclaimed a
state of siege because of Communist
and peasant uprisings
Sept. 26-Germany officially aban-
doned passive resistance in the Ruhr.
Bavaria revolted and named Gustave
Won Kahr dictator of the state.
Sept. 27-President Ebert appointed
of Germany. Miners in the Ruhr de-
clared a general strike.
Sept. 28-Bulgarian revolt crushed
with capture of Ferdinandovo.
Oct. 1-Monarchists captured fortress
of Kustrin. Prussia.
Last vestige of civil rule abolished
in Spain, all municipal governments be-
ing dissolved.
Oct. 2-Kustrin recaptured by Ger
man government troops.
Oct. Sherman cabinet resigned and
| Chancellor Stresemann began forma-
| tion of virtual directorate.
| ? Oct. 4-Revolution started in north
~rn Portugal.
: Oct 5-MarShal Tsao-Kun elected
president of China.
|, German Socialists yielded to Strese-
mann.
Oct FINLAND refused to pay Rus
! 'sia indemnity for death of cheka
agent
of confidence.
Oct. 9-Chancellor Stresemann re-
fused demands of Hugo SHINES and
other industrialiStS, which would have
them 6IctatOrS GERMANY.
Oct. 10-France refused to negotiate
with Germany on resumption of work
the Industrial barons. Panic on Berlin
bourse, the mark going to 7.OOo,OoO.000
to the dollar.
Oct. l3-Reichstag confirmed Chan
cellor Stresemann as dictator.
Oct. 17-Socialist government of Sax
ony and Thuringia defied Stresemann.
! Oct. 21-Rhineland republic set up in
AK la Chapelle; movement spread to
other cities.
Oct 23-Communists fought bloody
battle with police in Hamburg; A
killed Rhineland separatistS ousted
from several cities.
Chancellor Stresemann yielded to Ba-
.varias demand for greater autonomy
for the German states.
Oct. 27-German government ordered
dismissal of SaxOny cabinet.
Oct. 2S-Saxon government defed the
reich.
ed the Saxon cabinet.
| Angera assembly proclaimed Turkey
a republic and elected Mustapha Kemal
president.
Oct. sO-Ismet Pasha made premier
of Turkey
Bavarian monarchists mobilized for
march on Berlin.
Nov. 1-Krupp signed Ruhr accord
with French
| Nov. socialists quit German cabi-
net and Stresemann assumed dtctatorial
Nov. s-Hitler and Ludendorft tried
to overthrow Bavarian government by
royalist coup. Won Seeckt made su-
preme military dictator of Germany by
President Ebert
Nov. 9-Putsch of Bavarian Facisti
suppressed and Ludendorff arrested.
Nov. 10-Former Crown Prince Fred
erick William returned to Germany.
Nov. 12-Adolf Hitler arrested.
| Nov. 20-Rhineland separatists cap,
tured Mainz.
!, Nov. 21-Mobs from Upper Silesian
! towns looted and burned estates of rich
farmers who refused to sell food; many
killed.
Nov. 23-German Chancellor Strese-
mann and his cabinet, denied vote OF
confidence by the reichstag, resigned.
Nov. 25-Dr. Heinrich Albert made
chancellor of Germany.
Nov. 27-Failing to form a ministry,
Doctor Albert resigned as German
chancellor.
Nov. 28-Matthes, head of Rhineland
republic, ousted by associates
Nov. 29-StAgerwald falling to-fnrm
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