Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-01-15
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Observation-Disclosures

Young plan to liauidate the war.
Jan. 21-Five power naval conference
In London formally opened by King
Jan. 22--Mexico severed diplomatic
relations with Russia because Of Com
munist insults.
Feb 5-Itaiy and Austria signed q
treaty of friendship and Cancellation.
German reichsrath or council or
states approved the Young plan
Feb. l1-Naval conferees in London
agreed to "humanize' submarine war
March 15-crisis in Haiti ended as
Eugene Roy. rich business man was
chosen temporary president.
New British ambassador. Sir Ronald
Lindsay. arrived In Y. S.
March 3l-Deadlock reached in Chi
nese- Russian negotiations over Man
ch ria.
April 22-Delegates Of United States.
SreG Britain Fancs Italy and japan
WI III navies of first three are reduced
al limited and all agree to battleship
building holiday and rules OF subma-
5ourned.
Gates w. McGarrah Of New York
elected president of bank for interna-
fiona. settlements at Basel. Switzer-
Ia ID.
April 2S-Hungary, Bulgaria and
the little entente signed reparations
May S-Anglo-Egyptian conference
ended in failure
May s-Young reparations plan went
Great Britain. France. Italy. Belgium
and Germany.
May 17-Foreign Minister BRAND Of
France submitted to all nations his
May l9-Final evacuation Of the
Rhineland begun by French troops.
June l0-Turkey and Greece signed
June 2s-Pope Plus canonized eight
Jesuit missionaries who were mar.
tyred in the Great Lakes region of
June So-Pope Plus XII appointed ave
new cardinals.
Last Of the French troops evacuated
July 14-France and Italy agreed to
suspend naval building for six months.
July 21-U. S. senate ratified the Lon
July 2s-London naval treaty ratified
Aug. Peru and Chile signed q
boundary treaty.
commission reported on Palestine con-
flicts, blaming Great Britain; British
government replied. denying the
Sept. s-League of Nations council
plan for United States of Europe to
the assembly.
Pan-American agricultural confer
ence opened in Washington.
Sept. l0-League of Nations assembly
opened annual session in Geneva.
Sept. f6-League of Nations accepted
Brands European federation scheme
In principle and referred 1t to special
Sept. i7-Frank B. Kellogg elected
Charles Evans Hughes.
United States recognized new gov
ernments Of Argentina. Peru and
Sept 2o-Dr. Manuel Malbran ap-
pointed Argentine ambassador to Unit
Sept. "a Conversations between
France and Italy on naval limitation
Oct 2-Twenty- nations signed
at Geneva a treaty guaranteeing inan-
cial aid to country that is the vic
tim of aggression.
Oct. 2O-Dr. Chain Weizmann re-
signed as president Of World Zionists
because of British policy in the Holy
Land
Oct. 27-London. three-power naval
treaty put into effect with deposit OF
ratiications in London.
Oct. 30-Nobel prize for medicine
awarded to DR.. Karl Landsteiner of
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
Nov 5-Nobel prize for literature
awarded to Sinclair Lewis. American
Nov. 6-League of Nations prepara-
tory commission on disarmament be-
gan session in Geneva
Nov, S.New government Of Brazil
Britain.
Nov 11-Russia accused France.
England and other nations and GER
tain prominent statesmen Of uniting
with anti-Soviet Russians In plot to
overthrow the Moscow government
Nov 1s--Greece and Turkey signed
q treaty of naval parity.
Nov 14-Preparatory disarmament
commission adopted British-French
plan for budgetary limitation Of arma-
ments.
Americas claim against Germany
for S4,O00,000 for sabotage disallowed
by mixed claims commission.
Nov 20-Budgetary Limitation sys-
tenn applied to navies by preparatory
disarmament commission. United States
and Japan opposing.
Nov 27-Preparatory disarmament
commission refused Germany's demand
for military parity.
Dec. 3-Germany protested to League
OF Nations over terrorism against
German minorities in Polish Silesia.
FOREIGN