The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
International

Jan. 2-Bulgaria gave ex-King Fer dinand permission to return, and Jugo- slavia sent an ultimatum to Sofia, objecting to this, to the secret increase of the Bulgarian army and to Bulgarian menace to Aegean ports.
 Jan. 14-Committee of experts headed by General Dawes began examination of Germanys capacity to pay.
 Jan. 23-Anglo-American liquor searcf and ship liquor treaty. signed.
 Jan.. .27-Italy and Jugo-slovia signed treaty of friendship. Jan. 31-Great Britain recognized Soviet Russian government.
 Feb. 10-Italy recognized tRussiar government
 Feb. 13-Norway recognized Russian government.
 Feb. 16-Naval disarmament confer ence opened in Rome.
 Feb. 21 Fifty-seven American: awarded $1,OOO,0O0 in claims growing out of Lusitania sinking.
 Feb. 25-League of Nations nava disarmament conference broke up in q row.
 March 5-Council of ambassadors de cided to discontinue military control 1T Germany.
 March S-Greece recognized Russian government.
 April 9-Reports of the Dawes com mittee of experts on Germany sub mitted.
 April II - Preparations commission approved Dawes committee report anC asked allies and Germany to accept 1t April 15-German government ac- cepted Dawes committee report.
 April 26-Great Britain, Belgium Italy, Japan and Jugo-salvia accepted Dawes plan, France demanded its re vision.
 May 2S-Japan formally protested tt United States against Japanese exclu sion clauses in immigration law. June 2-Soviet Russian government recognized by China.
 June 6-United States and Canada signed treaty designed to suppress smuggling of liquor and narcotics.
 June For first time in history a horse was transported by airplane, from LeBourget to Amsterdam.
 June 10-Miss Eleanor M. Green o1 New York welded to Prince Viggo oi royal Danish family.
 June 13-Treaty signed providing fol " eNuCudtlOu Ol 1(OLhAhSO US thS United States military forces. June 16-Hjalmar Granting, Sweden elected president of international laboI conference.
 Great Britain demanded from Mexico an explanation of the expulsion of Cor don Cummings, its agent.
 June 17-Japanese government called off all boycotts of American goods. Tuno 1S-Groot Britain Sovarpd rola tions with Mexico.
 Lieutenant De Muyters of Belgium won Bennett balloon race for fourth time.
 American reply to Japanese protest on exclusion was that right to regulate immigration was never surrendered ant that exclusion act differs from old agreement only in being made statute law.
 Denmark recognized Russian soviet government.
 July 15-Owen D. Young of New York accepted position as fiscal agen, of Dawes plan; allied premiers opened meet in London.
 July 1S-Maj. Robert Imbrie, Amer ican vice consul in Teheran, Persia murdered by religious fanatics.
 July 30-Allied military control com mission broke off relations with Ger man war department because of it. demands and actions.
 Aug. S-Anglo- Russian treaties signed
 Aug. 16-Allies and Germans reached full agreement for putting Dawes plaI into effect; France promised to evacu ate Ruhr within a year. Aug. 18-American Boy Scouts wor chief prize at international jamboree in Copenhagen. France evacuated two towns in Ba den.
 German cabinet approved of London