The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-01-13
INTERNATIONAL

Medlterranean pact.
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-YugosIavia and Bulgaria
signed treaty Of friendship and peace:
Jan. S0-Hitler on fourth anniversary of
guilt eanEe Of q
March 5-Department of State of United
States apologized to Germany for insulting
reference to Hitler by Mayor La Guardia
of New York.
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 Dieckhoff appointed Ger
man ambassador to the United States.
April 24-Great Britain and france re-
leased Belgium from Locarno obligations
and guaranteed it against aggression.
May british ships helped remove CIV
ilians from besieged Bilbao Spain.
May 25-Jews in Italy were ordered to
May 27-Spain protested to League of
Nations against intervention of Italy and
Germany in Spanish civil war.
May 29-Spanish loyalist planes bombed
German battleship Deutschland. killing %
and Wounding 49,
May 3l-German warships shelled AL
meria, loyalist Spanish port, killing 20
Germany and Italy withdrew from in
ternational neutrality patrol
June 1O-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.
asrG ISLANDS 50 as 1apan
made war threat.
July 8-Truce ended battle OF Chinese
and japanese west r Of pelpng deeqate
by 81 powers to devise a new plan TO-
naval patrol of Spanish coast
July iCChlnese fought sgs1ita on Sapadaese a.,
July 2o-Japanese seized pot of Tanghu.
China, and began general offensive south
July 2s-London naval treaty of 1886
July so-Japan set up puppet regime in
North China.
Aug. s-Japanese army occupied Peip-
Aug. i2-chinese airmens trying to l D0mb
nearly 1000 civilians in international set
. Element.
Aug. 16-Americans and british were
evacuated from Shanghai.
Japan closed its embassy at Marking. "a.
Aug. 19-Portugal severed relations with
Czechoslovakia.
Aug, 22-Chlnese and Japanese in great
Aug. 2s-Japan blockaded Chinese coast
for 800 miles.
Aug. Z6-br1tlSn amDdSSduOI W NAAAHo
wounded by Japanese aviators.
Hungary announced it would make make
Aug. 29-Great Britain demanded full re-
dress from Japan for shooting OF amoas'
Sador to China.
Aug. 30-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 py
submarines in Mediterranean.
Sept. Hitler declared Germany stood
with Italy and Japan in fight on commun'
| ism
Russia accused Italy of Mediterranean
| piracy.
Sept. 8-Japanese planes bombed Chinese
! refugee train near Shanghai, killing 800.
Sept. 11-England and France agreed to
police Mediterranean against pirate suona'
| rineS
Sept. 12-China asked League Of Nations
| to halt Japanese aggression.
Sept. 13-League of Nations seated Span
| ish 1oyalist delegates.
Sept. A-Spain agreed to pay $30.oOO.O0O
American war claims.
Sept. l8-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
"anti.piracy patrol NJ
king and Canton: protests of Urted States
| and Great Britain disregarded
Sept 25-Mussolini began five day visit
Japanese airpIanes 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 feet for China.
Oct 1--Japan warned world not to inter-
| fere with her actions in China.
Oct 5-League OF Nations recommended
convocation Of nine-power pact signatories
l TO consider Sino.Japanese war.
Oct 6-United States government formally
r denounced Japan as violator OF treaties
League of Nations invited nine-power
treaty signers to take action to stop Japan
oct. sEJapan denied treaty breaking and
Oct. l6~United States accepted invita-.
| ton to conference of nine.poWer treaty sig.
| natories on Sino-J japanese war; Norman H.
J Davis named head of American delegation.
Oct: 26-Japanese routed Chinese defend
ers of Shanghai
Oct 29-Japan declined to attend nine.
power treaty conference.
Oct S0-Several British soldiers killed by
japanese in Shanghai.
Nov. Great Britain agreed to receive
consuls of Francois Spanish regime.
Nov @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. 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. I6-Government of China evacuated
Nov. 1s- 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 ali communi.
| cation facilities in Shanghai area.
Nov. 29-Italy recognized Manchukuo gov
| eminent.
Dec. 7-Japanese armies began siege OF
Dec I-Japan announced the capture d
iiias' quit the League q Nations.