The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-12-30
INTERNATIONAL

Jan. German warships seized two
Spanish steamers in reprisal.
Jan. 2-Great Britain and Italy signed
Jan. Spanish government protested
to League of Nations against German and
Italian aid given to Fascist rebels.
Jan. 17-Soviet Russia refused to declare
ban on volunteers going to Spain;
Jan. 24-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
signed treaty of friendship and peace. -.
Jan. 3O-Hitler. on fourth anniversary of
his assumption of power denounced the war
guilt clause of Versailles treaty.
March 5-Department of State of United
States apologized to Germany for insulting
reference to, Hitler by Mayor La Guardia
March international conference on
distribution of sources Of raw materials
opened in Geneva.
March 14-International sea patrol to
isolate Spanish war began.
March 25-Italy and Jugoslavia signed
peace and economic treaty.
March 30-Hans Dieckhoh appointed Ger
man ambassador to the United States.
April 24-Great Britain and France re.
leased Belgium from Locarno obligations
May 2-British ships helped remove civ.
ilians from besieged Bilbao, Spain.
May 25-Jews in Italy were ordered to
become Fascists or leave the country: =.
Nations against Intervention OF Italy and
Germany in Spanish civil war.
May 29-SpaniSh loyallSt planes bombed
German battleship Deutschland. killing %
and wounding 49,
May 31-German warships shelled Al
meria. loyalist Spanish port, killing 20.
Germany and Italy withdrew from in.
ternational neutrality patrol.
June 10-Mussolini modified big army to
June 24-United States Joined Great Bri;
tain and France in warming Germany and
Italy to keep hands off Spain.
June 29-Russia agreed to withdraw
troops from, disputed islands as Japan
July 8NTruce ended battle of Chinese
and Japanese west of Peiping
July 9EGreat Britain was vas, deIiegat.e Tea
naval patrol of Spanish coast.
July 13-Chinese fought off Japanese at
tacks in furious fighting around Peip'
ing.
China. and began general offensive south
July 29-London naval treaty of 1886
went into effect.
July 3O-Japan set up puppet regime in
North China.
Aug. 8-Japanese army occupied Peip'
Aug. 12@chinese airmen, trying to bomb
Japanese WarshipS at Shanghai, killed
nearly 1000 civilians in international set
Element.
Aug. 16-Americans and british were
evacuated from Shanghai.
Japan closed its embassy at Nanking. ..,
Aug. 19-Portugal severed relations with
Czechoslovakia.
Aug. 25-Japan blockaded Chinese coast
for 800 miles.
Aug. 26-British ambassador to China
wounded by japanese aviators.
Hungary announced it would make
"token'' payment on debt to United States.
Aug. 29-Great Britain demanded full re-
dress from. Japan for shooting OF ambas'
sador to China.
Aug. 3o-American liner President Hoover
bombed by Chinese planes by mistake;
one of crew killed, ten wounded.
Aug. 31-Little Entente voted to continue
alliance with France.
Sept. 5-Great Britain and France invited
powers to conference to stop piracy" by
submarines in Mediterranean.
Sept. Hitler declared Germany stood
with Italy and Japan in fight on commun'
Russia accused Italy of Mediterranean
piracy.
Sept. 8EJapanese planes bombed Chinese
refugee train near Shanghai, killing 300.
Sept. 11-England and France agreed to
police Mediterranean against pirate subma-
rines
Sept. 12-China asked League of Nations
to halt Japanese aggression.
Sept. 13-League of Nations seated Span.
ish loyalist delegates.
Sept. 14-Spain agreed to pay $30,000,000
American war claims.
Sept. 16-BritlSh underwriters cancelled
all war risk insurance.
Spain demanded League of Nations curb
German and Italian aggression in Spanish
civil war.
:. Italy demanded parity in Mediterranean
Sept 22-Japanese air fleets raided Man.
king and Canton; protests of United States
and Great Britain diSregarded.
Sept. 25-Mussolini began five day visit
with Hitler.
Japanese airplanes bombed six big Chi
neSe cities.
Japan refused League of Nations invita-.
ton to discuss war in China.
Sept. 28-League of Nations condemned
Japan for bombing civilians in China.
7 Sept 29-Japan defended her air raids on
British government approved building of
warplane fleet for China.
Oct. Japan warned world not to inter.
fere with her actions in China.
Oct. 5-League of Nations recommended
convocation of nine-power pact signatories
to consider Sino-JapaneSe war.
Oct. 6-United States government formally
denounced Japan as violator of treaties.
League of Nations invited nine-power
treaty signers to take action to stop Japan
in China.
Oct. 9-Japan denied treaty breaking and
blamed China.
Oct. 16-United States accepted invita-.
ton to conference of nine.poWer treaty sig.
natories on Sino-Japanese war; Norman H.
Davis named head of American delegation.
w: AoutSd ShhASSS oCASAo'
ers of Shanghai.
Oct. 29-Japan declined to attend nine.
power treaty conference.
Oct. 30-Several British soldiers killed by
Japanese in Shanghai.
Nov, 2.Great Britain agreed to receive
consuls of Francois Spanish regime.
Nov. .3-Far East peace parley opened in
Brussels.
Nov 5-Duke of Windsor abandoned Amer.
lean tour because of criticisms by labor.
Nov. 6-Italy joined Germany and Japan
in anti-communism agreement.
Nov. 8-Shanghai captured by the JAP
anese.
Nov. 12-Japan rejected peace proposals
of Brussels conference.
Nov. 15-Fifteen nations in Brussels con-
ing China.
Nov. 16-Government of China evacuated
Marking.
Nov. 18-Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
awarded 1887 Nobel peace prize.
Nov. 23-Japan established Chahar and
Suiyuan provinces of North China as new
buffer state.
American Ambassador Johnson and staff
moved from Marking to Hankow.
Nov. 24-Brussels Far East conference
collapsed.
Nov. .26-Japanese seized all communi.
cation facilities in Shanghai area.
Nov. 29-Italy recognized Manchukuo gov
Dec. Japanese armies began siege of
Dec. il-Japan announced the capture of
Marking.
Italy quit the League of Nations.
Dec. 12-U. S. GUnboat Panay and three
Standard Oil ships sunk by Japanese shells