Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-01-06
INTERNATIONAL


Spanish steamers in reprisal.
Jan. 2Great Britain and Italy signed
Mediterranean pact.
to League of Nations against German and
Italian aid given to Fascist rebels.
Jan. 17-Soviet Russia refused to declare
Jan: -Yugoslavia. and Bulgaria
signed treaty of friendship and peace.
jan 30 Hitler on fourth anniversary of
guilt Clause Of Versailles l treaty. ' We.
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
March 14-International sea patrol to
isolate Spanish war began.
March 25--ltaly and Jugoslavia signed
March so-Hans Dieckhoff appointed Ger.
man ambassador to the United States.
April 24-Great. Britain and France re.
ana aeaos
May british ships helped remove civ.
ilians from besieged Bilbao. Spain.
My On eaSe ss ceuatly to
Nations against Intervention of Italy and
a Spanish civil war war;. bombed
German battleship Deutschland. killing %
May s1mGerman wagshipS ,, shelle ID Al.
ternational neutrality patrol,
June lo--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
made war threat.
July s--Truce ended battle of Chinese
July 9-Great Britain was delegated
by 81 powers to devise a new plan for
naval patrol of Spanish coast.
taeRs IN furious i lighting On asound Peip.
July 20-Japanese seized port of Tanghu.
China nau and began general OFFENSIVE SCUM
July. 2s-London naval treaty of 1886
July so-Japan set up puppet regime in
Aug. Japanese army occupied Peip.
ing, China.
JAPANESE warships at Shanghai, killed
nearly 1000 civilians in International set
tlement.
evacuated from Shanghai.
Japan closed its embassy at Marking. ~.
Aug. 19-Portugal severed relations with
Czechoslovakia.
Aug. 22-Chinese and Japanese in great
a Aug. 2s-japan blockaded Chinese coast
for 800 miles.
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. 30-American liner President Hoover
bombed by Chinese planes by mistake;
one of crew killed, ten wounded.
Ar1o Entente voted 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.
ism
n,I ns5sia accused Italy of Mediterranean
Sept. 8-Japanese- planes bombed Chinese
refugee train near Shanghai. killing 300.
Sept. 11---England and France agreed to
police Mediterranean against pirate subma'
Sept. 12-China asked League of Nations
to halt Japanese aggression.
Sept 13-League of Nations seated Span
Sept 14-spain agreed to pay aoooo,ooo
American war claims.
Sept 18--British 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 Nan.
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.
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
League of Nations invited nine-power
treaty signers to take action to stop Japan
Oct sEJapan denied treaty breaking and
Oct 16-United States accepted invita-.
ton to conference of nine-power treaty sig
Davis named head of American delegation.
ers of Shanghai.
Oct. 29-Japan declined to attend nine.
power treaty conference.
Oct. 30-Several British soldiers killed by
Japanese in Shanghai
consuls OF Francois Spanish regime
Nov .3-Far East peace parley opened in
Brussels.
Nov. 5rDuke 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-
ference voted to condemn Japan for invad-
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. 26-Japanese seized all communi-
cation facilities in Shanghai area.
Nov. 29-Italy recognized Manchukuo gov.
Dec 7-Japanese armies began siege of
Dec 11-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
In Yangtse river; British gunboats shelled.