The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-01-03

May 6-chinese bandits wrecked the Peking- g-Shanghai express and kidnaped Americans, demanding one million dol lars ransom.
 -.ay s-Chinese government ordered that all demands of bandits who kid naped foreigners should be compiled
 May s-Irish Free State announced rejection of De Valera's peace offer.
 May 20-Andrew Bonar Law resigned as prime minister of Great Britain.
 May 22-Stanley Baldwin appointed British prime minister.
 May 26-Communist strike and riots in the Ruhr increased in violence.
 May 27-Polish cabinet resigned: Witos made premier.
 June s-Stamboulisky's peasant gov- ernment In Bulgaria overthrown In al- most bloodless revolution; Professor Zankoff mads premier.
 June 12-An foreign captiyes re- leased by Chinese bandits.
 Civil war broke out in Bulgaria.
 President Li Yuan-hung of China he'd from Picking.
 June Hi Yuan-hung resigned as president of China.
 stamboulisky captured and killed In Bulgarian village
 June 22-Manitoba voters killed pro- h1oltion law. substituting sale by gov ernment.
 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 2o-Gen. Francisco Villa. noted exchief of Mexican rebels and bandits, slain from ambush.
 July 22-Belleau Wood, in France. who died there.
 Aug. 6-Teixeira Comes elected pres ident of Portugal.
 Henry Sullivan of Massachusetts the English channel
 Aug. S-Chancellor Cuno presented to reichstag his rescue plan for Germany, including a gald loan. taxation on gold value basis and a heavy levy on industries.
 Aug. 12-Chancellor Cuno and the German government resigned. Gustave cabinet the first coalition majority gov ernment in Germsny's history.
 Aug. 15-Eamon de Valera arrested by Irish Free State.
 Aug 21-German cabinet demanded s1o0. .e00,o00 from the industrialists.
 Aug. 27-Irish government party won
 Aug. 2s-Admiral Yamamoto made premier of Japan, succeeding the late Sept. I2-spanish army revolted
 Sept. l4-spsnish cabinet resigned; dency of Gen. Primo Rivera, leader of the revolution.
 Sept ls-William Cosgrave reelected president of Irish Free State.
 Sept. 2S-King Boris dissolved Bull garian .parlian ent and proclaimed q state of siege because of Communist Sept, sNGermany officially aban- doned ps5sive resistance in the Ruhr. won kahr as dictator of the state.
 Sept 27-Preside.t Ebert appointed War Minister Gessler military dictator of Germany. Miners in the Ruhr de- clared a general strike.
 Sept. 2s-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. 3-German cabinet resigned and Chancellor stresemann began torma- tion of a virtual directorate.
 Oct. 4-Reyolution started in north ern Portugal.
 Oct. 5SMarshal Tsao-Kun elected president of China.
 German Socialists yielded to strese- Oct. 7-FInland refused to pay Rus sia indemnity for death of cheka Oct. s-Relchstag, by heavy major of confdence.
  other industrislists which would have made them dictators of Germany.
 Oct. lo-France refused to negotiate with Germany on resumption, of work the Industrial barons. Panic on Berlin bourse, the mark going to 1000, 100000 to the dollar.
 Oct. 13-Reichstas confirmed Chan cellor Stresemann as dictator.
 Oct. l7-Socialist government of Sax ony and Thuringia dsfed stresemann Ak la Chapelle; movement spread to other cities.
 oct 23-Communists fought bloody battle with police in Hamburg; A killed. Rhneland separatists busted from several cities.
 Chancellor Stresemann yielded to Ba- varia's demand for greater autonomy for the German states.
 Oct. 27-German government ordered dismissal of Saxony cabinet.
 Oct. 2S-Saxon government defed the Oct. 2s-Chancellor stresemann oust- ed the Saxon cabinet
 Angora assembly proclaimed Turkey a republic and elected Mustapha Renal president
 Oct se-Ismet Pasha made premier of Turkey.
 Bavarian monarchists mobilized for Nov. 1-Krupp signed Ruhr accord with French.
 Nov. 2-socialists quit German cabi- net ana ulCIAtOTldl powers.
 Nov. s-Hitler and Ludendorn tried to overthrow Bayarian government by royalist coup. Yon Seeckt made su- preme military dictator of Germany by President Ebert
 Nov. S-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. z1-Mobs from Upper Silesian towns footed 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. z5-Dr. Heinrich Albert made chancellor of Germany.
 Nov. 27-Failing to form a ministry, Doctor Albert resigned as German chancellor.
 Nov. 2S-Matthes. head of Rhineland republic. busted by associates.
 Nov. 29-Stegerwald failing to form German cabinet. pr. Wilhelm Marx. Catholic leader, was made chancellor.
 Dec. @-GerBany completed negotia- tions for foreign loan to support her new currency
 Dec. 4-Many German manufacturers arrested for big tax frauds.
 Dec 6-COnseryatfyes defeated in