The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-01-03

Europe and denounced Germany as
April iSMLeague of Nations council
April So-Chancellor Hitlea, in note
| to Is nations, rejected league councils
| resolution condemning Germany.
May. 2-France and Rtssia signed
mutual assistance agreement.
May 1s-Pepe Plus canonized Thomas
More and Bishop John , Fisher VINO
May Colleague of Nations council
| took up Ethiopia's protest against
Italian warlike action.
May 31--Japan delivered ultimatum TO
China and prepared TO occupy Peiping
June BOLIVIA and Paraguay ac-
| cepted basis of settlement OF Gran
| June s-chineser troops and officials
| left Peiping and Tientsin as Chinese
government rejected new Tokyo de-
June 14-war in Gran Chaco ended
June is-Great Britain and Germany
concluded naval agreement. Disregard
June 2s~united statss4s embassy in
Mexico City bombed.
United States to persuade Italy to cease
July 6-United States sidestepped
N july 1o1 aRpsa5 appealed to the
world for fair play in contest with
Italy. and demanded early action by
Ae Jaly Il 9sN Nd1lGsd states and Russia
| concluded trade agreement.
| July 2S-Forty Italians, twenty Ethi-
opians killed in border CLASH.
delayed for one month settlement OF
Italo- Ethiopian quarrel
| Aug. 25-United States demanded
Russia stop subversive plotting In So
Mussolini warned League Of Nations
Italy would fight any nation taking
Aug. 27-Russia formally rejected the
American protest against Communist
Aug. 2S-French cabinet voted to op-
| pose sanctions against Italy.
| :. Italian. cabinet formally approved
Mussolinis war preparations.
Aug. S0-Emperor Halle Selassie
| granted vast development concession in
| Ethiopia to an American corporation.
Second American protest note sent to
Russia on Communist plots.
Sept. 3-Ethiopian development con
| ers on request of American government:
Sept. 4a-League Of Nations council
met in Geneva and received italys
| statement against Ethiopia and the
| latter country's reply.
Sept. 6-League council committee OF
five nations named to handle ltalo-
| Ethiopian embroglio. Mussolini assent
| ing.
Sept. Germany entered formal pro-.
| test against attack on Nazi regime by
| New York Judge.
Sept. 9-League of Nations assembly
| met in Geneva.
Frank B. Kellogg resigned from
World court.
Sept. l1-Sir Samuel Hoare. British
| foreign secretary, told League of Ma
| tions assembly Britain would isloate
herself from continent unless all MEM
bers OF league consented to take sane
tiOnS against AGGRESSION
Sept. 12-secretary of State Hull
asked Italy and Ethiopia to keep their
Sept. 14-Italian cabinet refused COM
| promise on Ethiopian question
Sept. 19-Jews appealed to League of
Nations to stop persecution In Ger
Sept. 21--1taly rejected peace plan Of
league committee.
Sept. 24-League committee OF FIVE
| abandoned peace efforts.
Sept 26-League of Nations council
acted to enforce peace but gave Italy
ten days to agree to Cancellation.
Sept 29-Great Britain promised to
support collective action against any
Oct. emperor Halle Selassie i'm
formed League OF Nations Italians had
mobilization of all Fascists in Italy.
| Oct. 3-Italian planes and artillery
| bombarded Aduwa; Adigrat and Harrar
eral mobilization ordered by Emperor
Halle Selassie.
Oct. 4-Itaiians invaded southern
Ethiopia. and captured Adigrat in the
Oct. 6-Italians captured Aduwa;
| 1000 Ethiopians killed.
toG Oct of N NJ
act of war against all other members of
| the league"
Oct. S-Austria and Hungary refused
to join in League of Nations sanctions
against ItalY.
Oct. 1o-League assembly declared
| Italy outlawed.
| arms and munitions for Italy and raised
| embargo on arms for Ethiopia
Oct 14-League of Nations banned
foreign loans to Italy.
Oct. 19-Fifty-two members of League
| of Nations declared boycott on ltal-
ian goods and an embargo on key ex.
| ports.
Oct. 21-Germapy formally ended
| membership in League of Nations.
| Nov. League of Nations ordered
sanctions against italy into effect No
| vember Is.
Paraguay gave notice of withdrawal
| from League of Nations.
Nov. sS-Italians occupied Makale and
| Gorahai, Ethiopia.
Nov. 11-Mussolini formally protest.
| ed against sanctions.
Nov. 17--United States-Canadian trade
| treaty made public.
Nov. 18-Sanctions against Italy by
| So nations went into effect.
Gen. Pietro Badoglio succeeded Gen.
| Emilio de Bono as commander in chief
! of Italian armies in Ethiopia.
Nov 20-Pope Plus named twenty
| new cardinals.
Nov. 25-League of Nations postponed
| embargo on oil against Italy.
Nov. 27-Japan seized control of north
| China railways and sent large bodies
| of troops to the Tientsin area.
Dec. british cabinet decided to
| support oil embargo against Italy; anti
| aircraft defenses of London ordered
strengthened. ~ 81
Dec. 5-American, Irish and Canadian
| delegates met in Washington to plan
| trans Atlantic air service.
Dec. CATALAN planes bombed i'm
perial palace, American hospital and
| Red Cross tents in Dessye, Ethiopia.
| Emperor Halle Seiassie formally pro-
| tested to League of Nations.
Dec S-Great Britain and France
! agreed on last peace offer to Italy.
Dec. 9-International naval confer
ence opened in London. .ef'f
Dec. l1-Ethiopia rejected Franco
British peace plan.
Dec. l2-Japan's demand for naval
| parity rejected by other powers in Lon
Dec. iS.sir Samuel Hoar, resigned
| as British foreign secretary because of
| opposition to Franco British peace plan.
italians defeated Philippians In big
| battle south OF Makale-
United States and Honduras conclud-
| ed reciprocity trade agreement.
Dec. 19-League Of Nations council