Show 1935 sees changes in governments of world japan continues its march into asia washington the worlds governmental picture took on a noticeably different aspect as a result of governmental and territorial changes during 1935 listed in a bulletin from t the he national geographic society most obvious to americans and europeans ro and important because of its potential effect on the african colonial setup set up and on the peace of europe says the bulletin was the occupation of more than square miles of the territory of ethiopia by italian forces which began october 2 already the military operations have resulted in the mobilization of the british flek fleet in the mediterranean the imposition of 15 years had been under control of the league of nations the shift was made following a plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the league A german governor took office march 1 by independent action and by an agreement with great britain germany freed herself from the restrictions of the versailles treaty against the maintenance of army and naval forces chief contribution of the united states to governmental changes was tile the formal setting up on november 15 of the commonwealth of the philippines with manuel quezon as the first president and former governor general frank murphy as american high commissioner this was a major step toward philippine independence which Is scheduled to become complete in 1945 in a further move toward the transformation of the old british empire into an organization of self governing units great britain on A august agust 2 granted india a federal constitution the new federation government to be composed of british provinces and indian states will come into operation gradually during the next few years other constitutional changes included first steps in estonia toward a corporative pora tive state on the model of italy first meeting of the national assembly and corporative chamber in portugal january 11 under the new corporative constitution adoption april 22 of a new constitution by poland increasing the powers of the president and limiting those of parliament and restoration june 11 of the former constitution of cuba with a new provision granting suffrage to women in yugoslavia yugoslavia Yugoslav Ta steps were taken by vote of parliament july 22 toward abolition of the dictatorship and re establishment of democratic gore governmental rn forms french in africa knitting together more closely its square miles of territory in central africa france set up a new governmental organization over french E equatorial qua tortal africa the four former col colonies onles are merged into one unit with one governor general and 1 20 0 departments each with its local officials france granted self government to the remnants of her colonial empire in north A merica america the islands of st pl erre and miquelon oft off the southern coast of newfoundland more imore than square miles of french colonial territory in africa was ceded to italy by a treaty completed on january 8 the major portion ot of this area Is a southern extension of libla libia in the tibeau region two countries withdrew from the tha league of nations Nat lons during 1935 japan on march 0 27 7 and germany on october 21 paraguay gave notice of intention to withdraw february 24 1937 brazil the only other member of the league tp a yr withdraw left the organization eadon in 1928 y the united states signed reciprocal tariff treaties with canada brazil thi netherlands belgium sweden haiti honduras and colombia i twenty nations of the western hemisphere including the united states signed the illerich pact la in washington Vas hington april 15 for the protection of cultural treasures in peace and war A list of such treasures treasure a Is to bo be deposited at the pan american union in washington the pact is open to the signature of any other interested nations sanctions against italy by the league of nations find and an embargo on the shipment of war munitions to italy and ethiopia by the united states of far reaching importance in the east was the practical secession of 25 counties in hopel and provinces of china and the proclamation of an autonomous government backed by japanese military aid november 24 the territory embraces about square miles and has a population of between four wad and five millions mil llona on december 18 as a result of japanese influence a semiautonomous semi autonomous government was set up tip covering all of hopel hope and provinces outstanding governmental cha change ge to in europe was the restoration of it tile the greek monarchy nod and the return to the throne of king george 11 II the grecian republic was overthrown by a royalist coup on october 10 ly by it a national plebiscite november 3 king george was invited to return returns to germany of major importance also was the lie return to german sovereignty on january 13 of the basla basin which for |