The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-03

May 2-France and Russia signed
mutual assistance agreement.
May 31-Japan delivered ultima
tum to China and prepared to occupy
Peiping and Tientsin.
June 7-Bolivia and Paraguay ac-
cepted basis of settlement of Gran
June 14-War in Gran Chaco end
ed by truce.
June 18-Great Britain and Ger
many concluded naval agreement,
disregarding France.
June 23-United States embassy in
Mexico City bombed.
July 10-EthiOpia appealed to the
world for fair play in contest with
Italy, and demanded early action by
League of Nations.
July 13-United States and Russia
concluded a trade agreement.
Ethiopians killed in border clash.
Aug. 3-League of Nations coun-
ell delayed for one month settlement
of Italo Ethiopian quarrel
Aug. 25-United States demanded
Russia stop subversive plotting in
Soviet territory
Aug. 27-Russia formally rejected
the American protest against Com
munist activities.
Aug. 30-Emperior Halle Selassie
granted vast development concession
in Ethiopia to an American corpora
tion.
Second American protest note sent
to Russia on Communist plots.
Sept 3-Ethiopian development
concession cancelled by the Ameri-
can owners on request of American
government.
Sept. 4-League of Nations coun-
Gil met in Geneva and received Italys
statement against Ethiopia and the
latter country'S reply.
Sept 9-League of Nations assem-
bly, met in Geneva.
Frank B. kellogg resigned from
World court.
Sept 11-Sir Samuel Hoare Brit
ish foreign secretary, told League of
Nations assembly Britain would iso-
late herself from continent unless
all members of league consented
to take sanctions against an aggres-
sor.
Sept. 12-Secretary of State Hull
asked Italy and Ethiopia to keep
their obligations under the Kellogg
pact
Sept. 14-Italian cabinet refused
compromise on Ethiopian question.
Sept. 19-Jews appealed to League
of Nations to stop persecution" in
Germany.
Sept. 21-Italy rejected peace plan
OF league committee.
Sept. 26-League of Nations coun-
Gil acted to enforce peace but gave
Italy ten days to agree to concilia-
tion.
Sept. 29-Great Britain promised
to support collective action against
any 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 Har-
rar. killing and wounding hundreds.
General mobilization ordered by EN-
peror Halle Selassie.
Oct. 4-ItaIians invaded southern
Ethiopia. and captured Adigrat in
the north.
Oct. 6-Italians captured Aduwa;
1000 Philippians killed.
Oct. League of Nations council
found Italy's invasion of Ethiopia
members of the league"
Oct. 9-Austria and Hungary re-
fused to join in League of Nations
sanctions against Italy.
Oct. 10-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 a boycott
on Italian goods and an embargo on
key exports.
Oct. 21-Germany formally ended
membership in League of Nations
Nov. League of Nations or
dered sanctions against Italy into
effect November 1S.
IOoy~
drawal from League of Nations.
Nov. 6-Germany told League of
Nations she would bar trade in
goods for Italy or Ethiopia.
Nov. 8-Italians occupied Makale
and Gorahai, Ethiopia.
Nov. 9-Japanese naval unit occu-
pied part of Shanghai: new crisis
threatened.
Nov. 11-Mussolini formally pro-
tested 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 Ethio-
pia.
Nov. 2O-Pope Plus named twen-
ty new cardinals.
Nov. 27-Japan seized control Of
north China railways and sent large
bodies of troops to the Tientsin area
Dec. 2-British cabinet decided to
support oil embargo against Italy;
anti-aircraft defenses of London or
dered strengthened.
Dec. 5-American. Irish and Ca
madam 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 Selassie 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 Londcn
Dec. 11-Ethiopia rejected Franco
British peace plan.
Dec. 12-Japan's demand for naval
parity rejected by other powers in
London parley.
Dec 18-Sir Samuel Hoare resigned
as British foreign secretary because
of opposition to Franco British peace
plan.
Italians defeated Ethiopians in big
battle south of Makale.
United States and Honduras con.
cluded reciprocity trade agreement.
Dec. 19--League Of Nations council
discarded Franco British peace plan.
Outer Mongolia invaded by jap
anese and Mancnukuan troops.
DOMESTIC
Jan. Rhode Island Democrats by
a coup seized the senate and ousted
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