Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-06

Aug. 29LCreat 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 5Great 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 eJapanese 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 I3-League of Nations seated Span.
ish loyalist delegates.
Sept. 14-Spain agreed to pay $3O.OO0.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.
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 2s-Japan defended her air raids on
British government approved building Of
warplane fleet for China.
Oct. Japan warned world not to inter-
fore until hnr in
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
Oct 9-Japan denied treaty breaking and
Oct. l6-United States accepted invita-.
ton to conference of nine-power treaty sig.
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. 30-Several British soldiers killed by
Japanese in Shanghai.
Nov. 2-Great Britain agreed to receive
consuls of Francois Spanish regime.
Nov 3Far 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 l2-Japan rejected peace proposals
of Brussels conference.
Nov. l5-Fifteen nations in Brussels con.
ference voted to condemn Japan for invad-
Nov. I6-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.
cation facilities in Shanghai area.
Nov. 29-Italy recognized Manchukuo gov.
eminent.
Dec. Japanese armies began siege of
Marking.
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
In Yangtse river; British gunboats shelled.
President Roosevelt demanded apologies
indemnifications and guarantees against
repetition of such outrageS
Dec. 15-France and Germany concluded
frontier treaty.
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