1910-1911] Chronology of Events 473 



1910 Roosevelt, passing through Cairo, rouses Nationalist anger by his 

 violent speeches. 



May 7. — King Edward's death. George V proclaimed King. 



Roosevelt, going on to London, counsels Grey to violent action in 

 Egypt. 



In complicity with Grey he makes a speech in that sense at the 

 Mansion House, responding to which, in the House of Commons, 

 Grey recants his policy of conciliation in Egypt, and announces an era 

 of coercion there and in Persia. This is accepted by his Radical fol- 

 lowing in Parliament. 



The Egyptian National Congress, announced to be held at Paris, is 

 forbidden there in deference to English representations, but meets at 

 Brussels. 



Discussion in the General Assembly at Cairo about the Suez Canal, 

 in which Abaza Pasha opposes the Suez Canal extension arranged by 

 Gorst and Boutros. The Convention has to be withdrawn, to Eng- 

 lish official displeasure. 



Revolution in Portugal. A Republic declared. 



At a banquet given to Von der Golst at Constantinople Bieberstein 

 declares the Kaiser Wilhelm's warm interest in Young Turkey, and 

 in the strengthening of the Ottoman Empire as a military Power. 



The native press in Persia declares for an alliance with Turkey and 

 Germany. 



Kaiser Wilhelm entertains the Czar at Potsdam, with great slaugh- 

 ter of deer. 



An understanding come to by the two Emperors about Persia. 



The project of a railway is announced through Persia to the Indian 

 frontier. 



Kaiser Wilhelm's warlike speech to his officers at Koenigsberg as- 

 serting his " Divine Right." 



191 1 Farid Bey is sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having pub- 

 lished a few words of introduction to a volume of poems, and Saad 

 Zaghloul having refused to act with Gorst in this matter resigns office. 



The question of the Bagdad railway causes much friction with Ger- 

 many. 



Debate in the Lords about it and the Persian Gulf, brought on by 

 Curzon. 



The French on the pretext, proved to be false, of danger to 

 Europeans, send an army to occupy Fez. 



The German Ambassador at Paris protesting that the Algeciras 

 Convention would h,ave to be respected, he is told by Delcasse that the 

 French march on Fez would be continued whether Germany like it 

 or not. 



The French propose to withdraw their opposition to Germany 

 on the question of the Bagdad railway. 



The Emperor William visits London and is received with much 

 official empressement. 



