The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31
INTERNATIONAL

Jan. emperor of Ethiopia protested to
League of Nations against use of poison gas
by italians and bombing of Swedish ambu.
lance.
Red Cross camp in Ethiopia.
Jan. 15-Japan withdrew from naval con-
ference in London.
British Red Cross unit in Ethiopia bombed
Jan. 22-Seven European powers pledged
cooperation of war forces against Italy. If
Britain was attacked.
JAN 29-Manchukuo opened military op-
erations against Outer Mongolia.
Feb. is = Italians defeated Ethiopians
after six days battling on northern front.
March Philippians defeated by Italians
in another great battle, in Tembien area.
March 3-League of Nations committee
asked Italy and Ethiopia to consider an
March Ethiopia accepted proposal for
March Hitler denounced the Locarno
treaty and remilitarized the Rhineland:
France moved troops to border and in
yoked covenant of league against Germany.
Mussolini accepted in principle parley Of
fer in Ethiopian war.
GUM and Italy indicted Germany for viola
ton of Locarno treaty and referred further
action to League of Nations council.
French senate ratified mutual assistance
treaty with Russia.
March 17-Hitler accepted invitation to
be represented at league council meeting
in London.
Germany for violating treaties.
March 20-Four Locarno powers proposed
plan for settlement of Rhineland crisis. vlr'
March 21-United States, Britain and
France agreed on treaty limiting size OF
battleships.
strengthened their alliance.
March 24-Hitler rejected four-power
peace proposals.
March 29-Itaiian bombers destroyed Har-
nitv of EthiOnia
March 30-Iran withdrew its diplomatic
representatives from Washington.
March 31-Hitler proposed to other 10;
carno powers an armistice in Rhineland
dispute and consideration of his peace plans
April 4-Italy. announced great victory
over Ethiopian forces: ~
April 14-Italian forces occupied Dessye.
Ethiopia.
April 15-British, French and Belgian gen.
eral stats planned united defense against
possible attack by Germany.
April 17-Turkey remilitariZed the OAR
danelles in violation of Lausanne treaty.
League of Nations abandoned effort TO
end Italo-Ethiopian war.
May ethiopian imperial family aban-
doned Adds Ababa as Italians drew near;
city burned and looted by natives.
May 5-Italians occupied Adds Ababa
and declared the war ended.
May 9-Italy formally annexed Ethiopia
and announced restoration OF Roman en-
May 12-Mussolini recalled Italian dele
gates from Geneva; league council ad-
Nav Is - Guatemala withdrew from
League of Nations.
May 1s-United States senate ratified new
June 1O-Chinese Dictator Chang Kali
Shek ordered northern troops to oppose
advance of anti.Japanese army.
June 17-British !. cabinet voted for END Oh
July 12SGermany and Austria revived
pact of friendship.
July 15-Sanctions against Italy ended:
July 18-Turkey given right to militarize
July 3O~Great Britain and Russia reached
a naval accord. with no limit on Soviet
July 31-Great Britain. France. Belgium.
Italy and Germany agreed to work out
new Locarno pact.
Spain against killing of four Nazis and
Smelling of German steamship.
Aug 21-Hitler demanded Russia and
Spain stop radio Islander" campaign
Aug. 23-Bolivia and Paraguay renewed
diplomatic relations.
Germany barred shipments OF war mu-
Aug. 2sNGreat Britain And Egypt signed
treaty of alliance.
would ignore blockade of Spanish ports:
Aug 27-Great Britain and France asked
II nations to join in arms embargo against
Aug. 29-Russia demanded expulsion of
Trotzky from Norway, without avail.
Sept. 6-France and Poland signed mill.
tary treaty.
Sept. EWorld Power congress opened in
Washington.
Sept. 14-Pope Plus called on the world
to crush communism.
Sept. 21-Eighteenth League of Nations
assembly opened in Geneva.
Sept. % = League of Nations assembly
seated Ethiopian delegation.
japanese marines occupied part of Shang-
hal after one bluejacket was killed by
Chinese.
Oct spanish government and insur.
gents both laid complaints before League of
Nations.
Oct. 5-League of Nations gave Poland
mandate to solve troubles of free city OF
DanZig.
Oct. 23-Portugal severed diplomatic re-
lations with Spain; Russia denounced the
neutrality pact relating to Spain.
Oct 25LGermany and Italy reached
agreement for unified political action.
Nov. 6-Naval powers. excepting Ger