The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-01-21
CHRONOLOGY
OF TIE YEAR
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COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD
International


use of poison gas by Italians and
bombing of Swedish ambulance.
Jan. italian flyers bombed
Egyptian Red Cross camp in Eth
oppia.
Jan. 15-Japan withdrew from
naval conference in London.
British Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
bombed by Italian airmen.
Jan. 22-Seven European powers
pledged cooperation of war forces
against Italy,if Britain was attacked.
Jan. 29-Manchukuo opened mill
tary operations against Outer Mon
golia.
Feb. 15-Italians defeated Ethiopi-
ans after six days battling on north
ern front.
March Philippians defeated by
Italians in another great battle, in
Tembien area.
March 3-League of Nations COM
consider an armistice.
March 5-Ethiopia accepted pro-
posal for peace parley.
March Hitler denounced the
Locarno treaty and remilitarized the
Rhineland, France moved trooos to
border and invoked covenant of
league against Germany.
Mussolini accepted in priciple par
ley offer in Ethiopian war.
March 12-Great Britain, France,
Belgium and Italy indicted Germany
for violation of Locarno treaty and
referred further action to eLague of
Nations council.
French senate ratified mutual as
Sistance treaty with Russia.
March 17-Hitler accepted invita-
ton to be represented at league
council meeting in London.
March 19-League council con-
'demned Germany for violating trea-
ties.
March 20-Four Locarno powers
proposed plan for settlement of
>Rhineland crisis, virtually an ulti-
matum to Germany.
March 21-United States, Britain
and France agred on treaty limiting
size of battleships.
March 22-Italy, Austria and Hun
gary strengthened their alliance.
March 24-Hitler rejected four
power peace proposals.
March 29-Italian bombers de-
stroyed Harrar, second city OF Eth
opia.
March 3O-Iran withdrew its dip
lomatic representatives from Wash
ington.
March 31-Hitler proposed to 9TH
er Locarno powers an armistice in
Rhineland dispute and consideration
of his peace plans.
April 4-Italy announced great
victory over Ethiopian forces.
April 8-France rejected Hitler's
settlement plan.
April 14-Italian forces occupied
Dessye, Ethiopia.
April 15-British, French and Bel
gian general staffs planned united
defense against possible attack by
Germany.
April 17-Turkey remilitarized the
Dardanelles in violation of Lausanne
treaty.
League of Nations abandoned eff
fort to end Italo-Ethiopian war.
May ethiopian imperial family
abandoned 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 empire.
MAY 12-Mussolini recalled Italian
delegates from Geneva; league coun-
Gil adjourned to June Is.
May Is = Guatemala withdrew
from League of Nations.
May 18-United States senate rati-
field new London naval treaty.
June .1O-Chinese Dictator Chang
Kai-Shek ordered northern troops to
oppose advance of anti-Japanese
army
June 17-British cabinet voted for
end of sanctions against Italy.
July 12-Germany and Austria
revived pact of friendship.
July 15-Sanctions against Italy
ended.
July 18-Turkey given right to
militarize the DardenelleS.
July 30-Great Britain and Russia
reached naval accord, with no linn
it on Soviet tonnage.
July 31-Great Britain, France,
Belgium, Italy and Germany agreed
to work out a new Locarno pact.
Aug. Germany strongly pro-
tested to Spain against killing OF
four Nazis and Smelling of German
steamship.
Aug. 21-Hitler demanded Russia
and Spain stop radio Islander" cam
paign against Germany.
Aug. 23-Bolivia and Paraguay
renewed diplomatic relations.
Germany barred shipments Of war
munitions to Spain.
Aug. 26-Great Britain and Egypt
signed treaty of alliance.
Secretary Hull told Spain the
United States would ignore blockade
of Spanish ports.
Aug. 27-Great Britain and France
asked II nations to join in arms EN-.
barge against Spain.
Aug. 29-Russia demanded expul
sion of Trotzky from Norway, with