Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-02

treaty violator.
April o-Chancellor Hitler. in note
to nations
May France and Russia signed
mutual assistance agreement.
May 19-Pope Plus canonized Thomas
were executed by Henry VIII. :.
May 20-League of Nations council
took up Ethiopia's protest against
Italian warlike action.
May 31-Japan delivered ultimatum to
China and prepared TO occupy Peiping
and Tientsin.
cepted basis of settlement of Gran
June 9-Chinese troops and officials
left Peiping and Tientsin as Chinese
government rejected new Tokyo de-
mands.
June 14-war in Gran Chaco ended
June 1s-Great Britain and Germany
concluded naval agreement. disregard
ing France.
June 2s-United States embassy in
July 4-Ethiopia appealed to the
United States to persuade Italy to cease
July 5-United States sidestepped
July Io-Ethiopia appealed to the
world for fair play in contest with
Italy. and demanded early action by
July lS-United States and Russia
concluded trade agreement
July 2s--Forty Italians, twenty Ethi-
opians killed in border clash.
Aug, 3-League of Nations council
delayed for one month settlement OF
Italo-Ethiopian quarrel.
Aug. 25-United States demanded
Russia Rus stop subversive plotting in So
Mussolini warned League of Nations
Italy would fight any nation taking
sanctions against her.
Aug. 27-Russia formally rejected the
American protest against Communist
activities
Aug. 2S-French cabinet voted to op-
pose sanctions against Italy.
Italian cabinet formally approved
Mussolini's war preparations.
Aug. 3O-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-
cesSion cancelled by the American own
ers on request of American government.
Sept. 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
hve nations named to handle ltalo-
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
Sept. Ii-Sir Samuel Hoare. British
foreign secretary. told League of Ma
tions assembly Britain would isloate
herself from continent unless all men,
bers of league consented to take sane
tions against an aggressor.
Sept. l2-Secretary Of State Hull
asked Italy and Ethiopia to keep their
obligations under the Kellogg pact.
Sept. 14-Italian cabinet refused COM
promise on Ethiopian question.
Sept. 19-Jews appealed to League of
Nations to stop persecution in Ger
Sept. 2l-Italy 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
aggreSSors.
Oct. 2-Emperor Halle Selassie in
formed League Of Nations Italians had
invaded Ethiopia from Eritrea. General
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. italians invaded southern
Ethiopia. and captured Adigrat in the
north.
Oct. Galatians captured Aduwa;
1000 Philippians killed.
Oct. 7-League of Nations council
found Italy'S invasion of Ethiopia IAN
act of war against all other members of
the league"
Oct. 9-Austria and Hungary refused
to join in League OF Nations sanctions
Oct. lO-League assembly declared
Italy outlawed.
Oct. 11-League voted embargo on
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 Ital-
ian goods and an embargo on key ex.'
ports
Oct 21-Germany 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. S-Italians occupied Makale and
GCrahai. Ethiopia.
Nov. l1-Mussolini formally protest
ed against sanctions.
Nov. 17--United States-Canadian trade
treaty made public.
Nov. 1S-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.
Dec 5-American, Irish and Canadian
delegates met in Washington to plan
TRANSATLANTIC air service.
Dec. 6-Italian planes bombed i'm
perial palace, American hospital and
Red Cross tents in Dessye. Ethiopia.
Emperor Halle Seassie formally pro-
tested to League of Nations
Dec. 8-Great Britain and France
agreed on last peace offer to Italy.
Dec. 9-International naval confer
ence opened in London.
; Dec 11-Ethiopia rejected Franco
British peace plan.
Dec. 12-Japan's demand for naval
parity rejected by other powers in Lon
don parley.
Dec. 1S-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
discarded Franco-British peace plan.
Outer Mongolia invaded by Japanese
and Manchukuan troops.
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