Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-29
Chronology
of the
Year-1027
INTERNATIONAL
By E. w. PICKARD

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stop Mexican aid to rebels.
Jan. 5-American marines and sailors
J landed at Corinto and entrained for
Managua, capital of Nicaragua.
/ concession in Hankow: warships sent
! to the place.
! Jan. limited States warned Mexico
1 not to interfere with it's policy in
! Nicaragua.
Radio telephone service between
London and New York opened.
Jan. 13-Peru rejected Secretary
kelloggs plan for settlement of Tacna-
Jan. 2oNMexican government ac-
! cepted 'in principle" proposition to
arbitrate oil land dispute with Unit
J Jan. Secretary of State Kellogg
| declared governments intention of de-
Tending American lives and property
First British troops landed at
Jan, s1-Interallied commission
arms ment to League Of Nations atoms, hv
three powers that it's reservations on
adherence to world court were not
Feb. io-President Coolidge asked
the powers to consider extending;
Limitation. of naval armament to all
classes of vessels.
Feb. 1s-Japan accepted Coolidge
| lions.
Feb. 2O-sweden and Belgium signed
Feb. 21N1taiy rejected Coolidge
naval conference plan.
Feb. 23.British government warned
Russian Soviet government that re-
continued its anti-British propaganda.
: Feb. 24EUnited States transport
Chanmont with 1900 marines arrived
Feb. 2S-Great Britain accepted
Coolidge proposal for naval limitation
7 conference. with certain reservations
concerning cruisers.
March 1-Complete American avia-
! ton expedition landed in Nicaragua.
March 24-United States government
ordered all Americans out of interior
March 2s-American consulates
along upper Yangtse closed.
April 4-France rejected United
States invitation to naval Limitation
April 5-1taly and Hungary signed
treaty of amity and arbitration;
making war Illegal under all cir
April 6-Marshal Chang raided Soviet
4 embassy in Peking, Selling Red con-
April 7@President Coolidge ap-
pointed Henry L. Stimson TO investi-
gate conditions in Ncaragua: -oo
April 11-United States. Great Brit
ain. France. Italy and Japan presented
ment for apology and reparation for
Marking outrage.
League of Nations preparatory dis
armament commission decided agree
Vie View esw Sas imp ss anu ''Sn
May 3-Third Pan-American COM
mercial conference opened in Wash
May 1o-All Nicaraguans ordered to
surrender arms to United States ma
rines.
May 12-English police raided
Soviet trade headquarters in London
and seized quantities of documents.
May 27-Japan ordered 1000 troops
May 2S-United States warship on
the Yangtse battled Chinese troops.
May 29-Great Britain warned Egypt
the British must control Egyptian
June 3-Ousted Russian representa-
tives departed from London.
. June 5-Yugo-Slavia broke off re-
lations with Albania.
June 6-Albania appealed to League
of Nations to avert war with Yuso-
June ls-League of Nations council
notified ambassadors council that it
had destroyed forts on eastern border.
June 14-Poland alarmed by Rus
Sthe frontier.
Dispute over control of Egyptian
army settled to satisfaction of Great
June 2O-United States, Great Britain
and Japan representatives began the
Coolidge conference on naval arma-
ment limitation in Geneva. each nation
June 252United States delegates at
Geneva firm against British PROPOSE
ton for. reducing size of battleships
June 2s-Japanese at Geneva sup.
ported British plan for reduction OF
July 6@Japan sided with United
States in opposing British demands
as to cruisers. in the Geneva naval
Limitation conference.
July S-Japanese troops occupied
Tsinanfu and Tsingtao. Shantung prov
fnce, China.
July 17-Sandino's band of Nicara-
irines at Ocotal and were routed by
bombing planes 800 being killed.
July 19-British delegates to Geneva
conference went home for consulta-
tion.
July 27-American Minister Sterling
presented his credentials to Irish Free
British delegates sent back TO Geneva
with instruction to stand pat on their
demands
Aug. NAVAL disarmament confer
ence at Geneva ended in complete fall
ure.
Aug. 9-France agreed to reduce
Rhineland occupational forces
Aug. 17-France and Germany signed
commercial treaty.
Sept. Council of League of Ma
lions opened session in Geneva.
Germany made final payment on rep
arations for third year under Dawes
plan.
Sept. 3-France accused Rakovsky,
Russian minister, of urging French
soldiers to revolt. and he denied the
Sept. 5-Eighth assembly of League
of Nations opened; DR.. A. N. GUAM.
Uruguay, elected president:
Sept. 10-Sir Austen Chamberlain
told League of Nations Great Britain
would sign no more security pacts.
Sept. 15-Canada, Cuba and Finland
elected to temperament seats in
League of Nations council.
Oct 5-America assessed counter
vafling duties on certain French and
German products as result of tariff
increases by those countries.
France formally demanded recall Of
Soviet Ambassador Rakovsky.
Oct 13-Russia recalled Ambassador
Rakovsky from France.
Oct 1S-Lithuania asked League of
Nations to intervene In its quarrel with
Poland.
Oct 31-Dr Friedrich Won Pritt-
witt und Gaffron selected as German
ambassador to the United States.
Nov 11-Armistice day observed all
over the world.
France and Yugo-Slavia signed q
treaty which enraged Italy.