DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



JAN. 23-FEB. 14 



cruiser "Tacoma" for violating neutrality. U. S. Govt. 

 agrees to act as arbitrator in Haiti and Santo Domingo 

 boundary dispute. 



23. Accident on Taff Vale Railway, S. Wales; n killed, 

 7 injured. British Minister at Teheran presents fresh note 

 to Persia, since the three months given her to restore order 

 have expired. Prof. Edouard Branly elected to the French 

 Academy by 30 votes as against 28 for Mme. Curie. Mr. 

 D. G. Phillips, American author, shot dead in New York. 

 Vinoyak Savarkar put on trial at Bombay for abetment 

 of murder of Mr. Jackson), Indian official at Nasik in Decem- 

 ber 1909. Mahomed Farid, Egyptian Nationalist leader, 

 sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Cairo for sedi- 

 tious writings. Inauguration at Paris of the Oceanographic 

 Institute built by Prince Albert of Monaco. National 

 Republican Progressive League (of U. S.) organised at 

 Washington. 



24. Twelve Japanese anarchists executed at Tokio for 

 conspiracy against life of Mikado. Lord Gladstone arouses 

 indignation in Rhodesia by commuting death sentence 

 passed on Umtali native for_assaulting a white woman. 



25. Four troops of American cavalry sent from Fort 

 Sam Houston, Texas, to preserve neutrality on Rio Grande 

 in Mexican revolution. Lord Curzon installed Lord Rector 

 of Glasgow University. 



26. Summary of proposed Reciprocity Agreement 

 between Canada and IT. S. published at Washington and 

 Ottawa. Pres. Taft urges U. S. Congress to adopt it. 

 Bill providing for adoption of Greenwich time in France 

 read a first time in French Senate. Death of Sir Charles 

 Dilke in London, aged 69. Monsignor Duchesne elected 

 to French Academy in place of Cardinal Mathieu. Pres. 

 Taft sends to U. S. Senate special message recommending 

 ratification of treaty of January 10 with Honduras for a 

 loan from American bankers. 



27. Lord Methuen, at King William's Town, South 

 Africa, advises formation of a S. African army. Port of 

 London Authority publishes improvement scheme, es- 

 timated to cost 14,427. Lord Morley of Blackburn 

 delivers Presidential address to the English Association on 

 ''Science and Letters." 



28. Duke of Connaught announced to succeed Earl 

 Grey as Governor of Canada. Constitution and Fran- 

 chise bills of Alsace-Lorraine read a first time in German 

 Reichstag. Internat. Rugby football match between 

 England and France at Twickenham won by England, 37 

 points to nil. Wales beats Ireland in Association football 

 at Belfast by 2 goals to I.- Diamond Match Company 

 (U.S.A.) surrenders for general use patent for harmless 

 friction match. 



29. Mexicala captured by Mexican insurgents. Pres. 

 Alfaro of Ecuador forced to abandon plan to lease Gala- 

 pagos Islands to U. S. for 99 years. 



30. Duke of Connaught entertained at Guildhall, Lon- 

 don, on return from S. Africa. Eruption of Taal volcano 

 in Lake Bourbon, Luzon, Philippine Is.; 1,300 killed. 

 Bill creating permanent tariff board passed by U. S. House 

 of Representatives 186 to 93. United Mine Workers of 

 America amend their constitution by requiring call for 

 general strike to be referred to members. 



31. British Parliament meets; Mr. J. W. Lowther elected 

 Speaker for the fourth time. Sir Wilfrid Laurier speaks in 

 Dominion House of Commons in favour of reforming rather 

 than abolishing the Senate. German Foreign Secretary 

 and British Ambassador in Berlin .sign treaty extending 

 extradition to various British colonies and protectorates. 

 River and Harbour appropriation bill ($36,000,000) passed 

 by U. S. Senate. Canadian Board of Trade declares 

 (60-44) against reciprocity. 



February: 



1. Dynamite explosion at Jersey City, U.S.A.: 30' per- 

 sons killed, 200 wounded, much damage to buildings and 

 shipping. Trial and conviction in King's Bench Division, 

 London, before Lord Chief Justice, of Edward Frederick 

 Mylius for libelling King George V, by stating that prior to 

 his marriage with Queen Mary he had been morganatieajly 

 married; sentence 12 months' imprisonment. ''Thun- 

 derer," British super-Dreadnought, launched from Thames 

 Ironworks. Annual Conference of British Labour Party 

 at Leicester; Pres. urges reversal of Osborne judgment. 

 Board of Trade enquiry into loss of "Waratah" concluded. 

 General lock-out declared by Master Printers' Association 

 in London. 



2. National Convention of Welsh Nonconformists at 

 Cardiff pass resolution demanding disestablishment and 

 disendowment of Church in Wales. M. Fichon replies in 

 French Senate to criticisms of Anglo-French Treaty of 

 1004. Rt. Rev. J. B. Crozier, Bishop of Down, elected 

 Archbishop of Armagh and Primate erf all Ireland. 



Revolution in Northern Haiti. Persian parliament au- 

 thorises employment of five Americans as financial advisers. 

 Honduras Congress refuses to approve negotiations for 

 American loan. Alfred Stedman Hartwell, Chief Justice 

 of Supreme Court of Hawaii, resigns. 



3. German Crown Prince arrives in Calcutta. Sir 

 John Fuller appointed Governor of Madras. Sir T- G. 

 Carmichael appointed Governor of Victoria. Mr. Charles 

 Aitken appointed Keeper of Tate Gallery, London, vice 

 Mr. D. S. MacColl, appointed Keeper of Wallace Collection. 

 Fishing village on ice outside Bjorko, Finland, carried out 

 to sea; most of the inhabitants saved. Sir Joseph Ward, 

 New Zealand Premier, speaks at Wellington, N. Z., on Im- 

 perial Defence. Pres. Taft tenders services of U. S. to 

 assist in restoring peace in Honduras. 20,000 Chicago 

 garment workers on strike decide to return to work on 

 whatever terms they can make individually. 



4. Russian Govt. demand strict precautions in Man- 

 churia to prevent plague spreading into Siberia. Poison- 

 ing case at Dalkeith, Scotland. Mr, Charles Hutchinson 

 and his guests at a supper party seized with illness; two 

 deaths result, and his son Mr. John Hutchinson, disappears 

 (see Feb. 19). Wales beats Scotland in Rugby football at 

 Edinburgh by 32 points to 10. 



5. Socialist demonstration in Berlin at funeral of Paul 

 Singer. 



6. State opening of British Parliament by King George 

 V, the four self-governing dominions being represented by 

 their High Commissioners. British Labour Party elect 

 Mr. Ramsay Macdonald as Chairman. French Chamber 

 pass Govt. Bill for protecting champagne. Archbishop 

 of Canterbury presides at meeting in London to promote 

 friendly relations between England and Germany. 

 Dynamite explosion at Piute Powder Co., Isbpeming, 

 Mich., U.S.A., killing 15 men. Sani-ed-Dowleh, Persian 

 Minister of Finance, assassinated. Sublime Porte, Con- 

 stantinople, partially destroyed by fire. 



7. Ways and Means Committee, U. S. House of Rep- 

 resentatives, approves Reciprocity Agreement with Canada. 

 Mr. Justice Grantham at Liverpool Assizes defends 

 himself against charges made in House of Commons of 

 partisanship in trying election petitions. Plague in Man- 

 churia reported to be spreading. South African cricketers 

 beat Victoria at Melbourne by 8 wickets. Execution of 

 Gen. Millionard, leader of Haitian revolutionists. 



8. Pres. Taft sent to U. S. Senate for ratification a draft 

 treaty with Great Britain for protection of seals in Bering 

 Sea. Mr. Asquith in House of Commons strongly con- 

 demns Mr. Justice Grantham's speech at Liverpool. 

 Mexican Govt. troops defeated by insurgents near Mulata. 

 Pres. Davilla of Honduras and General Bonilla, revolu- 

 tionary leader, agree to an armistice. 



9. Mr. Asquith receives Trade Union deputation on 

 Electoral reform. Turkey indicates desire to open up 

 pourparlers with British Govt. concerning Mesopotamia 

 and Persian Gulf. Lord Charles Beresford retires under 

 age rule (65) from Active List of British Navy. Debate on 

 Reciprocity Agreement with U. S. opened in Canadian 

 Parliament. 20,000 contributed by Aga Khan and 

 Nawab of Rampur towards foundation of Mahommedan 

 University at Aligarh. _ 



10. Royal Commission on Land Transfer Acts publishes 

 final report in London. Persia's appointment of W. 

 Morgan Shuster to reorganise her^ finances announced at 

 Washington, D. C. 



11. Pres. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt speak in defence of 

 Reciprocity Agreement with Canada. Russia begins to 

 withdraw from Kazvin troops sent there two years before. 

 U. S. Senate follows House (Jan. 31) in choosing San 

 Francisco as site for Panama Canal Exposition in 1915. 

 Ireland beats England in Rugby football at Dublin by 3 

 points to nil. England beats Ireland in Association 

 football at Derby by 2 goals to i . Oxford beats Cambridge 

 at Association football in London by 3 goals to 2. 



12. Vi^it to London of Belgian Minister of Commerce 

 and members of Belgian Executive Committee of Brussels 

 Exhibition. 



13. Debatejon second reading of German Navy Es- 

 timates .begins in Reichstag. Nicaragua placed under 

 martial law after an explosion in govt. barracks, Managua. 



14. Arbitration between France and Great Britain con- 

 cerning escape of Savarkar from Marseilles begun at the 

 Hague. Statue to 8th Duke of Devonshire unveiled in 

 London by Lord Lansdowne. Railway accident at Cour- 

 ville, France; three trains collide and catch fire, 10 killed. 

 McCall Canadian Reciprocity bill passed by the U. S. 

 House of Representatives 221 to 9 2. Twenty-two men 

 indicted for selling votes at election held in Menard 

 county, Illinois, in Nov. 1910. 



