The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-12-30
Chronology
OF THE
Year-1926
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Compiled by EDW. WEBSTER
INTERNATIONAL
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AlN EMMA 1OlNAL
Jan. s-United States protested
ico's new petroleum and land laws.
Jan. 12-Silas H. Strawn, American
delegate, made chairman Of interna-
tional commission on extraterritorial-
ity in China.
Maj. Gen. William Lassiter named to
succeed General Pershing as president
of Tacna -Arica plebiscite commission.
Jan: 27-Great Britain and Italy
signed debt funding agreement.
zone Of occupation in the Rhineland.
March limited States formally
notified League of Nations and As ma
tlons 1t had voted to enter world
March Especial session of League
OF Nations opened with Viscount lshii
members. Spain threatened to resign.
March S-League of Nations received
German application for entrance.
March 6-Germany's admission to
League Of Nations postponed until
April e-secretary Kellogg submitted
to Chile and Peru new plan to settle
Tacna-Arica dispute without plebiscite.
April 19-United States formally de-
clined to participate in League OF Ma
tions conference on American adhesion
to world court.
Chile, rejecting Kellogg's plan, de-
manded Tacna-Arica plebiscite on May
April 21-ftalian debt settlement
ratified by United States senate.
April 24-Germany and Russia signed
treaty Of amity guaranteeing recipro-
cal neutrality if either were attacked.
April 26-United States senate rati-
ned Belgian debt settlement.
April 27-Debt funding agreements
with Latvia, Esthonia and Rumania in
dorsed by United States senate.
April 2S-United States senate rati-
fed Czechoslovakian debt settlement.
80
French debt to America signed in
Washington, providing for payment
Sxef 81 years OF grand total of &c.
May Agreement on Yugo-slavia
debt to United States reached in Wash
May 7-French and Spanish opened
offensive against Riffians.
May 1S-1nternational preliminary
conference on reduction of ornaments
0p May i a3o Gfs q "a o.nt,,r.o T.-au,.t
Headquarters of Abd-el-Krim. but the
Riff leader escaped.
May 26--Abd-el-Kriu surrendered to
Locarno treaties, 272 to 6.
June 5-Great Britain and Turkey
signed the Mosul treaty.
June 12-BraZil gave two years
notice of her withdrawal from League
of Nations.
June 14-Tacna-Arica plebiscitary
IOTuldIly declared the pleD-
iscite impracticable.
July 27-Britain concluded agree
ment with General Andrews to balk
rum smuggling into the United States
Aug. s-1taly and Spain signed ar
bitration treaty. and Rumania and
France signed treaty of amity.
Aug. 25-British, French and German
experts. worked out plan for Germany $
entry into League of Nations, with
Spain and Poland to have semi-perma-
nent seats in council.
national district of Tangier be annexed
to Spanish zone of Morocco formally
before the powers concerned.
Aug. 27MNicaragua appealed to
leging Gales aided revoiutionists.
Aug. SO-Great Britain refused
SPANS invitation to conference on
Sept. 4-Spain rejected League of
Nations offer of semi-permanent seat
in council.
met with spain and Brazil absent.
Sept. Spain resigned from League
of Nations.
Sept. S-Germany elected member
of League of Nations and given perma-
nent seat in council.
Sept. ALDERMAN delegation took its
seats in League of Nations assembly.
Sept. 11-Turkey applied for member
ship in League Of Nations, stipulating
it must be given seat in the council.
Sept. 14-Locarno treaties filed with
League Of Nations, and Germany de-
allies
Sept. 21-French cabinet gave BRAND
free hand in working out accord with
Committee report on American res
judicial committee, but its interpreter
ton of fifth reservation declared not
acceptable by President Coolidge.
Sept. 22-Withdrawal of French
troops from Rhineland begun.
Sept. 23-World court states adopted
reply to American reservations, &C.
cepting them with one modification.
Oct. 19-Remova, of tariff barriers
and other restrictions upon European
trade recommendec by a group of lead
ing international bankers in a signed
statement made public simultaneously
in New York and European capitals.
oct; SG ~ te States government
attic relations would be severed If
American properties in Mexico should
be confiscated under the terms Of the
new Mexican land and oil laws effective
Nov. 1s-Foreign Ministers Tchitch-
erin of Russia and Tewfk Rushti Bey
of Turkey met to formulate treaty of
Nov. l7-Nicaragua asked United
States to help in stopping Mexican aid
Nov. iS-Nicaraguan rebels asked by
United States to lay down their arms.
Nov 19-President Coolidge notified
Nicaragua the United States would
use its good offices to maintain peace
there
Nov. 2o-Pope Plus denounced perse-
cution of Catholic church by Mexico.
Nov. 27-Italy and Albania signed
treaty of amity and cooperation.
Nov. 28-Report of Strawn internal
tional commission said powers must
retain extraterritorial rights in China
until chaos there was ended.
Dec. China gave notice it would
terminate all unequal treaties on their
expiration.
Dec 1o-Nobel peace prize for 1925
awarded to Charles q. Dawes and Sir
Austen Chamberlain; for 1926 to Aris-
tide BRAND and Gustav Stresemann.
Dec. 12--Allies agreed to transfer
control of German ornaments to
League of Nations committee on Feb
ruary /.
DOMESTIC
Jan. 4--House passed post office
treasury appropriation bill carrying
1857 500, 900.
Jan. 11-House passed Interior de-
partment bill appropriating 1925, 500, 900.
Jan. 12-Senate by vote of Al to 80
seated Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota
Jan. 19-Army board of review APP
proved conviction of Col. William
Mitchell.
Jan. 26-Senate adopted Swanson res
ervations to world court resolution.
Haugen cooperative marketing bill
passed by house.
Jan. 27-Senate by vote of rs to II