The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-12-31

20-BritiSh announce W1tndraWal IroII
India before June, 1948.
25-Foreign ministers end London con-
ference with little Roadway on
peace treaties for Austria and Ger
many.
March
Chinese Communist troops open large
scale offensive against Changchun.
4EGreek government appeals to y. ,.
for immediate aid.
8-JeWish underground forces pattle
British soldiers in Palestine.
14-U. S. and Philippines sign treaty
granting U. S. 99-year leases for
naval bases.
24-Dutch and Indonesians sign treaty
with sovereignty by January l, 1949.
April
2-U. N. grants U. S. strategic trustee.
ship over former JapaneSe-mandate
islands, the Caroline, Marshall and
Mariana groups.
5-Chinese Communist troops kill
u. S. marines, wound 16 in raid on
marine munition dump.
24-MoscoW conference ends after 80
days, after reaching agreement on
only a few points for Austrian ana
German treaties.
26-Peace negotiations begin between
Indo- Chinese rebels and French
forces.
May
9-Communists ousted from French cab.
met
16-Congress passes foreign relief bill,
providing $50 million dollars for Aus
tria, Greece, Hungary. Italy, Poland.
Trieste and China.
20-First Japanese premier under new
constitution is Tetsu Katayama. SO,
lawyer and a Christian.
31-Russia seizes control of Hungarian
government through Hungarian Com
munist party coup.
Premier de Gasperi of Italy forms
new cabinet. minus Communists or
Socialists.
June
5-Secretary Marshall reveals MAR
shall Plan" for European aid.
U. S. senate ratifies peace treaties
with Italy. Hungary. Romania and
Bulgaria.
27.-Austria and u. S. reach settlement
on occupation costs.
President of Chile Gabriel Videla
proposes inter American army to
guard the continent.
3O-UNRRA, largest relief effort In his
tory, ends after spending three bill.
lion dollars in four years., " per
cent of funds coming from the U. S.
July
15-Paris economic conference estab-
fishes 16-nation organization for Eu.
ropean economic cooperation under
Marshall plan.
20-Dutch forces, with air support, at.
tack Indonesian Republic installa.
tons on Java and Sumatra, claim.
ing breach of truce.
28-Protests on undeclared war In Meth
erlands East Indies pour into U. N.
August
1-U. N. atomic energy commission re.
leases six papers on atomic control
plans. Russia rejects proposals.
15-India becomes free of foreign rule
as British relinquish powers. Two
sovereign states, Dominion Of India
and Pakistan, govern most OF huge ,
land.
21-Russian vetoes keep Italy, Austria, !
TransJordanla, Ere, Portugal from
U. N. membership.
23-Government of Ecuador seized in
bloodless coup by defense minister
Col. Carlos Mancheno. \
September
2-Inter-American treaty Of reciprocal
assistance signed by delegates Of 10
North and South American nations
at Rio de Janeiro.
6-Rioting sweeps India, with thousands
of fatalities.
22-European nations ask 221s billion
dollars in aid under Marshall plan
29-Arab Higher Committee of Palestine
tells U. N. commission Arabs will
fight to keep Palestine an Arab-con.
trolled state.
30--Greek government reports 45.214
Greek civilians and 1900 soldiers and
policemen killed by rebels since
October, 1914.
October
5-Communist parties of nine European
nations form "Cominform," revived
Comintern.
19-F rench anti-Communist party,
Charles deGaulle's RPF, replaces
Communists as largest French party