Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-01-02
INTERNATIONAL

began peace pact COM erence In Rome.
Jan. 6-Mussolini and Laval reached
full agreement on all points in dispute
between Italy and France.
Jan. 12-The Saar voted to rejoin
Jan. i7-League set March / as date
for return of the Saar to Germany.
Feb. 12-Ethiopia defied Italys de-
| mand for satisfactory amends in Afri-
March 11-Russia decided to sell Chi
nese Eastern railway to Manchukuo
| equal power accepted by Great Britain
March 20--France appealed to League
! of Nations to deal with Germanys
| scrappng Of the Versailles treaty.
March 2l-Germany deied France
snS ItaIv ~aiectinP nrnfasts
March 26-Japan's resignation from
| league became effective.
March 30-Ethiopia broke off negoti-
April 14-EngIand. France and Italy.
at Stresa, agreed on peace plan for
Europe and denounced Germany as
! treaty violator.
April .l7-League OF Nations council
adopted resolution censuring Germany
April 2o-Chancellor Hitler. in note
to 13 nations. rejected league councils
resolution condemning. Germany.
May 2-France and Russia signed
mutual assistance agreement.
May 1s-Pope Plus canonized Thomas
More and Bishop John Fisher. who
May Colleague of Nations council
took up Ethiopia's protest against
Italian warlike action.
May S1--Japan delivered ult1matum to
China and prepared TO occupy Peiping
.une 7~Bolivia and Paraguay ac-
cepted basis of settlement of Gran
June 9-Chinese troops and officials
left Peiping and Tientsin as Chinese
government rejected new Tokyo de-
June 14-War in Gran Chaco ended
June 1s-Great Britain and Germany
concluded naval agreement, Disregard
ing France.
June 23-United States embassy in
Mexico City bombed.
,- July e4-Ethiopia appealed to the
United States to persuade italy to cease
warlike preparations.
July 5-United States sidestepped
July .1o-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
conciuded trade agreement.
July 2S-Forty Italians; twenty Ethi-
opians killed in border clash.
delayed for one month settlement of
ltalo- Ethiopian quarrel
Aug. 25-United States demanded
Russia stop subversive plotting in So
Wet territory.
:. Mussolini warned League of Nations
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
Mussollnis war preparations.
Aug. 30-Enperor Halle SelaSSie
granted vast development concession in
Ethiopia to an American corporation.
Second American protest note sent to
Russia on Communist plots.
Sept. 3-I5thiopian development con-
cession cancelled by the American own
ers on request of American government.
Sept. 4-League of Nations council
met in Geneva and received Italy's
statement against Ethiopia and the
latter country's reply.
Sept. 6--League council committee OF
five nations named to handle Italo-
Ethiopian embroglio. Mussolini assent
ing.
Sept. 7-Germany entered formal pro-
test against attack on NaZi regime by a
New York Judge.
Sept. 9-League OF Nations assembly
Frank b. kellogg resigned from
Sept. 11-sir Samuel Hoare. British
tions assembly Britain would isloate
herself from continent unless all men,
bers of league consented to take sane
tions against an aggressor 49,,
asked Italy and Ethiopia to keep their
obligations under the Kellogg pact
Sept. 14-ltalian cabinet refused COM
promise on Ethiopian question.
Sept. 19-Jews appealed to League of
Nations to stop persecution" in Ger
Sept. 21-Italy rejected peace plan Of
league committee.
Sept. 24-League committee Of Eve
abandoned peace efforts:
Sept. 26-League of Nations council
acted to enforce peace but gave Italy
ten days to agree to conciliation.
Sept. 29-Great Britain promised to
support collective action against any
Oct. 2-Emperor Halle Selassie in
formed League Of Nations Italians had
mobilization of all Fascists in Italy.
. Oct. 3-Italian planes and artillery
bombarded Aduwa, Adigrat and Harrar.
killing and wounding hundreds. Cen
Halle Selassie.
Oct 4-Italians invaded southern
Ethiopia. and captured Adigrat in the
Oct 6--Italians captured Aduwa:
1000 Ethiopians killed.
Oct. League of Nations council
found Italy's invasion of Ethiopia IAN
act Of war against all other members of
Oct. s-Austria and Hungary refused
to join in League of Nations sanctions !
Oct. lo-League assembly declared
Italy outlawed.
Oct. lJ-LGague VoLeQ embargo on |
arms and munitions for italy and raised |
embargoaon arms for Ethiopia. .
Oct. 14-League OF Nations banned !
foreign loans to italy.
of Nations declared a boycott on Ital- |
ian goods and an embargo on key ex" |
ports.
Oct. z1-Germany formally ended |
membership in League Of Nations.
Nov 1-League of Nations ordered |
against Italy into effect No |
vember Is. |
from League of Nations.
Nov. 8-Italians occupied Makale and |
Gcrahai. Ethiopia:
Nov. 11-Mussolini formally protest.
ed against sanctions.
Nov. 17--United States Canadian trade
treaty made public.
Nov 1S-Sanctions against Italy by |
50 nations went into effect.
Gen. Pietro Badoglio succeeded Gen.
Emilio de Bono as commander in chief
of Italian armies in Ethiopia.
Nov. 2O-Pope Plus named twenty
new cardinals.
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. 2-.,British cabinet decided to
support oil embargo against Italy; anti
aircraft defenses of London ordered
trengthened.
Dec 5-American, Irish and Canadian
delegates met IN Washington to plan
trans Atlantic air service.
Dec. 6-Italian planes bombed i'm
perial palace, American hospital and
Red Cross tents in Dessye. Ethiopia.
tested to League OF Nations.
Dee 8-Great Britain and France
agreed on last peace Cffer to Italy
Dec 9--International naval confer
ence opened in London.
Dec. 11-Ethiopia rejected Franco
British peace plan.
rarity rejected by other powers in Lon
don parley.
Dec 18-Sir Samuel Hoar. resigned
as British foreign secretary because of
opposition to Franco-British peace pan. |
italians defeated Philippians in big
battle south Of Makale.