'Times'.

1919.

Sept. 9.

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Grave industrial trouble in Egypt, fermented by
Nationalists for political ends.

President Wilson in speech at Omaha said reserva-
tions proposed to acceptance of Treaty were
unnecessary, and Treaty must stand or fall as
it is written.

Union of S. Africa charged with Mandate for
German S.W. Africa. (Published as Parlia-
mentary Paper.)

General Allenby arrives in Paris in order to be
present at discussions on Syrian affairs.
Early occupation of Upper Silesia by Entente
troops recommended by Allied Military Com-
mission as result of its inquiries among insur-
gent refugees.

Doubt expressed as to whether Czecho-Slovak and
Yugo-Slav Governments will sign Austrian
Treaty owing to problem of Teschen and
Macedonia.

8. M. Heinrich having failed to form new Cabinet,
announces that M. Friedrich will prepare
elections.

9. Speech by President Wilson in Minnesota denouncing pro-German activities against League of Nations.

10. Bolshevik report that Peace negotiations between Esthonia and Soviet Russia will be opened at Pskoff.

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Address presented to Lloyd George as to importance of recognizing ties of affection binding together the Mohammedan world and the Sultan of Turkey, and pleading that Turkish sovereignty may not be abolished in Asia Minor and Thrace.

Austrian Peace Treaty signed at St. Germain. German Note to Allies complaining of agitation against Germany in irresponsible Polish circles with regard to recent happenings in Upper

Silesia.

11. Statement by Mr. Churchill that decision to withdraw British troops from North Russia is irrevocable and is being carried out without delay.

11. Mr. Balfour retires from Peace Conference, succeeded by Sir E. Crowe on Council of Five. Motion for ratification of P.T. carried in S. African Union House of Assembly by 84 votes to 19. 11. Ratification of P.T. by Canadian House of Commons.

Sept. 13. Sept. 11. Bill for conferring Mandate to administer S.W. Africa on Union of S. Africa introduced in Union Assembly by General Smuts.

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11. Minority report of Foreign Relations Committee urging early ratification of Treaty presented to U.S. Senate by Senator Hitchcock. Statement by Mr. Bullitt (member of U.S. Peace Delegation) to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as to secret history of Prinkipo proposal and subsequent overture of peace with Bolshevists, conveyed by him from Paris to Russia.

12. Reported entry of d'Annunzio into Fiume with band of volunteers.

S.W. African Mandate

Assembly.

Mandate accepted by Union

13. Resignation of M. Bratianu, Rumanian Premier. In letter of explanation says he is dissatisfied with division of Banat, which was assigned intact to Rumania by Treaty of 17th August, 1916. Reported that Conference at its meeting on 15th decided in favour of evacuation of Russia, leaving Russian people to work out own salvation.

Denial of Bullitt's account of private conversations, etc., by the Prime Minister, published by Press Association and in Paris.

Report that Lithuania, Latvia, and Esthonia
have agreed to open peace negotiations with
Bolsheviks.

Debate on P.T. begins in U.S. Senate.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Bonar Law, Lord Milner,
and Mr. Churchill return to London from Paris.
Report that negotiations between Esthonians and
Bolsheviks have begun and that meetings of
Letts, Lithuanians, and Esthonians have taken
place with object of forming Baltic Alliance
and making peace with Bolsheviks.
Temps gives general lines of Anglo-French Agree-
ment in regard to the Levant.
French and Italian denials of statement made by
British Delegation that Conference at its meet-
ing on 15th had agreed that intervention in
Russia should cease. American Delegation
states that matter was not considered at meet-
ing.
Statement by Esthonian Minister for Foreign
Affairs that satisfactory peace with Bolsheviks
can only be obtained if all states situated

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within former Russian frontiers join together in discussion. Bullitt reaffirms accuracy of evidence given by him before Foreign Relations Committee of U.S. Senate, and quotes what he describes as hitherto unpublished documents.

18. Sept. 17. French Press comment favourably on AngloFrench Agreement with regard to the Levant. Esthonian Government requests Great Britain to send representative to confer with Baltic States on subject of joint negotiations with Soviet.

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Telegram from Finnish Government declining to
negotiate with Soviet Government.

Draft Treaty of Peace handed to Bulgarian
Delegation.

S.E.C. meeting at Brussels appoints consultative
Food Committee.

Report that Esthonian negotiations for peace
with Soviet have been broken off.

22. German chief Delegate signs Declaration that no article in German Constitution is valid if contrary to Treaty of Peace (cf. September 5). Report that Crown Council of Italy has been called to discuss action of d'Annunzio in regard to Fiume.

25. Sovereignty over Spitzbergen granted to Norway by Supreme Council.

President Wilson compelled to abandon his tour through illness.

26. At sitting of Crown Council Signor Nitti explained attitude of Peace Conference towards Fiume question, pointing out that it could not regard occupation as settling future of town, since such recognition would encourage other nationalities to take like measures in regard to disputed territory.

27. Allied Note to Germany demands immediate withdrawal of German troops from Baltic provinces, and declares that until this is done Allies will not consider German Government's demands for food supplies and raw materials. Allied evacuation of Archangel completed. Reported that General von der Goltz has been finally recalled from Baltic provinces.

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Allied Note as to Baltic provinces received with
dismay in Berlin.

French-Chamber ratifies P.T. 372 to 52.
President Wilson seriously ill.

'Times'. Date.

1919.

Oct. 6.

1919.

Thirty amendments to P.T. proposed by Senator
Fall to exclude American representatives from
Peace Commissions defeated in U.S. Senate.
Report that two battalions of infantry have
joined d'Annunzio's forces.

Proclamation issued by German Government to
General von der Goltz, pointing out conse-
quences to Germany if order to evacuate is not
complied with.

8. Oct. 7. Italy ratifies P.T. by Royal Decree.

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Marshal Foch instructed by Supreme Council to
prepare a reply to German Note answering
Allied demand for immediate evacuation.
8. Herr Haase, German Deputy, wounded in front
of Reichstag.

Outline of proposals under consideration between
German and Russian negotiators for forma-
tion of Western Russian Government' pub-
lished.
Paderewski arrives in London for purpose of
urging on British Government views of his
Cabinet with regard to future status of Eastern
Galicia.

In the terms under discussion between German
and Russian negotiators, Germany asked for
a treaty which would amount to a German
commercial protectorate over Russia.
General Denikin has forced the Red troops from
several positions on the Don below Voronezh
and is advancing on Orel.

10. King George V signed the Peace Treaty, and the
instrument of ratification was dispatched to Paris.
Further delay in the ratification of the P.T. in
the United States appears certain.

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A new Note to Germany again threatens coercive measures if the German troops are not brought back from the Baltic provinces.

German reply re Scapa Flow.

The P.T. Bill signed by President Poincaré.
The German troops of the so-called West-Russian
Government have advanced to the suburbs of
Riga.

The Allies' Note to Berlin, dealing with the failure
to secure the withdrawal of von der Goltz's
troops, refuses to accept the German Govern-
ment's explanations, and announces a Commis-
sion to control the evacuation.
General Denikin's troops are within six miles of
Orel, and have captured 5,000 prisoners.

The German force, which captured the suburbs of Riga, is now crossing the Dvina to march against the Bolshevists.

The last transport conveying British troops sailed from Murmansk, completing the evacuation of North Russia.

General Yudenitch's Russian Army is marching
rapidly on Petrograd.

General Denikin reports further striking victories.
He has captured Orel and several thousand
prisoners.
General Annenkoff, one of Koltchak's com-
manders, has captured 33,000 Bolshevist
prisoners in Eastern Turkestan.

Lettish and Esthonian troops have driven
Colonel Bermont's force of Russo-Germans
back over the Dvina.

General Denikin reports further successes in the
Volga-Don region.

It is now announced that on Oct. 9 the Supreme
Council sent a Note to Germany and certain
neutral Powers, asking for their collaboration
in ensuring a blockade of Soviet Russia.
The Austrian Government resigned after passing
the P.T. Ratification Bill without a debate.
General Yudenitch is reported to be about
thirty miles from Petrograd.

General Yudenitch's troops have reached the
outskirts of Petrograd.

Clemenceau defines his attitude towards Germany
in the Senate.

The Bolshevists are preparing for a siege of
Petrograd. General Denikin has recaptured
Kieff and defeated Bolshevist attacks.
German evacuation of Lithuania begun.
Publication of a British memorandum to the
Supreme Council, re the illegal sale to the
Dutch of certain German merchant vessels,
and calling upon Germany to hand over the
ships.
General Denikin's Caucasus Army has gained
a brilliant victory on the Volga front, capturing
over 3,000 prisoners.

Four Bolshevist destroyers attacked the British
and Esthonian vessels in Kuporia Bay.
More reservations to the P.T. have been reported
to the United States Senate by the Foreign
Relations Committee.

Poland has signed a provisional treaty with