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| 2. Thailand (Siam) | |
| 1917, July 22 | |
| Siam declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, and in the summer of 1918 sent a small expeditionary force to Europe. The war enabled the government to inaugurate the work of freeing the country of extraterritoriality and tariff restriction. By the peace treaties Germany, Austria, and Hungary were obliged to abandon their claims in these matters. | 1 |
| 1920, Jan. 10 | |
| Siam became an original member of the League of Nations. | 2 |
| Sept. 1 | |
| A TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATES did away with American extraterritorial rights and granted Siam tariff autonomy. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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