Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-12-31
Chronology
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Year 1925
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Jan. 2-fFrance informally offered ia
pay Unified States debt i'm ninety years.
starting with ten year moratorium
jan l9-Internat;onal opium conference
1 Jan. 0-Japan and Russia sgn,l treatv
OF mutual diplomats recognition, with
clause giving Japan naval oil reserve
7 Jan. 22-Costa Rica withdrew fro !,
League of Nations.
Feb s--United States Withdrew from
intsrna,iona, opium conference,
March Marshal Foch's allied military
committee found Germany's violations Of
the Versailles treaty extremel" grave.
April a)--United States marines landed
In Honduras to protect foreign IL ter
ests during revolution.
May 4-InternationaI conference on con-
troll Of arms traffic opened in Geneva
May 1l-Abdel- Krrn declared holy
war against Spain and France.
May 1-French defeated Rifiians near
Fez. saving that city
May 3I-Allies informed Germany OF
her failures to disarm as required by
treaty
Riots in Shanghai started anti-foreign
movement throughout China and Anleri-
can and Italian bluejackets were
landed
June 5-Plots of Russian bolsheviks to
start civil war in China exposed
Geneva arms conference agreed to out
law poison gas in warfare.
Germany yielded to some disarmament
demands of allies. refused others.
June 9-veinstra of Belgium won Ben
>, nett cup balloon race
a June 12-Secretary of State Kellogg
warned Mexico she must prote lives
and property of American citizens and
meet her international obligations.
June l4-president Gales of Mexico
replied defantly and indignantly to
Secretary Kellogg's warning.
June 23--Chinese situation a~nroach-
ing crisis as more foreigners were at
July French reported repulse of Riff
fans after ten days of fighting. but
evacuated TWO towns.
July N-France ratified the Washing
ton treaties concerning China 8
July l4-Rifiians began offensive against
:, French on 200 mile front.
July 2-French in Morocco repulsed
Rifian offensive after evacuating sew
era1 outposts.
!. July 23-German reichstag approved
Stresemann's security pact proposals.
July 31--Fifty thousand Poles in Ger
many and Germans in Poland repatrated
by force.
garia because of murder of Greek mer-
chant in Bulgaria.
Aug. 3-United States marines evacu-
ated Nicaragua after II years
Aug. 5-Belgian debt commission ar
rived in United States
Two treaties of Washington confer
ence relating to Chinese customs and
open door went into effect.
Aug. 11-French and Spanish armies
united for drive on Riffians.
Aug. 2-Germany asked that United
States return property seized during the
war, valued at $500, 100000
Marshal Petain given chief command
In Morocco.
Aug l7--Opening of fourteenth Zion
list congress in Vienna marked by great
anti-Semite riots
Aug. lS-Agreement for settlement Of
}, Belgian debt to United States reached
INTEREST war obligations Cancelled
y Aug. 25-French and Belgians evacuated
Dusseidorr. Duisburg and Ruhrort, the
Aug. 26-Great Britain granted liberal
debt settlement terms to France,
diplomatic relations with Mexico. Mexico
Aug. 31-French and Spanish warshps
and planes destroyed Adjir. capital of
Abd-el-Kriln.
Sept. s--America Japan and Great
Britain agreed to send judicial repre-
sentatves to inquire into the Shanghai
-rfo4s Other. European powers and China
refused to cooperate.
Sept. Sixth annual assembly of
LEAGUE Of Nations opened in Geneva;
Senator Raoui Dandurand of Canada
elected president.
Sept. S-spanish army effected land
ing in Alhucemas Bay after hard tigh
with llifiaas. Capture of Tetuan threat
Sept. 12-Allies invited Germany to
security pact conference
Sept l9--Mosul dispute referred to The
Hasue cour, by League Of Nations
Sept. 22-Great Britain accused Turkev.
before League of Nations, Of violating
the Mosul frontier
headed by Caillaux arrived in Washing
ton
Germany accepted allies invitation to
security pact conference.
Sept 26-League Of Nations assembly
J adjourned.
rejected but he took back American offer
to accept s4oOo0.000 a year for FIVE years
when negotiations Will be resumed.
inteTparliamentary r n n ;a,. Union sessions
Oct. 5-European security pact confer
ence opened in Loaarno. Switzerland
Oct. 7-Interna tional commission began
inquiry into Shanghai riots.
Oct. s--Terms agreed on for fnding
Czechoslovakian deb: to United states.
Oct I2-United States troops, at request
of President Chiari of Panama. entered
Panama City and suppressed Red rent
riots
Russia and Germany signed CONNER
Oct administers of Great Britain.
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy. Po.
land and Czechoslovakia at Locarno
companying arbitration treaties
Oct. iS-Greeks and Bulgarians fought
on frontier near DernihissaF.
Oct. 21--Greece sent nltimatuna to Bull
garia demanding indemnify and apology /
French cabinet rejected temporary ar /
rangement concerning debt to America 4
and Planned new offer aS
Oct z2-Greek troops invaded Bulgaffa Z
shelled the town OF Petrich and fsypAral !
villages: Bulgaria appealed to League of /
Nations.
Oct. ~aas-League ~aas Of Nations council or
dared Greece ard BULGARIA. to cease hos
filities and withdraw from each others /
territory at once.
British case in Mosul dispute SUBJ
nlitted to international court OF justice: [
Turkey declined
international conference on Chinese
tariff ope ed In Peking.
Oct. T-Greece and Bulgaria agreed i
to obey League of Nations council
Nov 3-International conference in 4
Peking agreed to give China tariff au- !
tcnomy not later than 1929
Nov. 11-Germany agreed TO all the
allied demands on Disarmament
s Nov. 12--Agfeement reached for fund |
Ing italian debt to United states
Nov. ls-British parliament ratified
I.ocarno treaties.
Nov 2f-Chile withdrew from Tacna- /
africa plebiscte commission.
Nov. Egypt yielded TO Italy's from
tier demands and gave up rich oasis of
Nov 27--German reichstag ratified
Ioearno treaties
i Dec. 1-Locarno treaties sisne2 in Lon
and security for Europe. Evacuation of I
Cologne to be completed by January 81.
Chile protested to League of Nations /
against Pershings alleged retarding of /
Tacna-Arica plebiscite-
Agreement for funding Rumania'R debt I
to United States reached in Washington.
Dec. 21-Abd- -el-Krim opened peace /
negotiations with France and Spain.
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