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DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



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15. Sir Edward Grey, Sir Alfred Lyall and Sir William 

 Anson elected trustees of British Museum. U. S. Com- 

 merce Court holds its first public session. Announced at 

 Washington that contracts have been signed by the 

 Honduran envoy and American bankers for a $7,500,000 

 loan to Honduras. 



16. Mr. Fielding makes statement in Canadian Parlia- 

 ment on Reciprocity Agreement. By-election for Cam- 

 bridge University results in return of Sir J. Larmor (Union- 

 ist). Dr. T. H. Warren, Pres. of Magdalen College, Ox- 

 ford, elected Professor of Poetry, Oxford. Juarez, Mexico, 

 placed under martial law. Russia decides to make military 

 demonstrations against China because of alleged violations 

 of St. Petersburg treaty of 1881. 



17. Horncastle division of Lincolnshire by-election 

 results in return of Capt. A. G. Weigall (Unionist), majority 

 107.- Convocation in London passes resolutions deprecat- 

 ing marriage in church of divorced persons and any exten- 

 sions of facilities for divorce. 



18. Chinese Govt. reply to Russian note of protest on 

 disregard of treaty obligations in Chinese Turkestan. 

 Pres. Taft signs bill opening lands to homesteaders in Red 

 Lake Indian reservation, Minn. Manuel Bonilla with 

 three other Honduran revolutionists, indicted in U. S. 

 District Court at New Orleans for violation of neutrality 

 laws (see April 22). Mark Twain Library dedicated at 

 Redding, Conn. Hoe Art Sale begins in New York. 



19. John Hutchinson, charged with poisoning his father 

 and another at Dalkeith, Scotland, arrested in Guernsey, 

 but immediately commits suicide (see Feb. 4). Japan 

 denounces existing commercial treaty with Canada. 



20. Dr. Gregory, Dean of St. Paul's, aged 92, resigns. 



21. Train catches fire near Perm, Russia; 7 killed, 32 

 injured. Australians beat South African cricketers at 

 Melbourne by 530 runs, and win the rubber. King George 

 V holds his first Levee at St. James's Palace. China's reply 

 to Russian ultimatum received and approved in St. Peters- 

 burg. Meeting held in Sydney in support of active defence 

 policy and compulsory military training. Police constable 

 murdered in Calcutta. Treaty of Commerce and Naviga- 

 tion, operative July 17, 1911 for twelve years, signed at 

 Washington by representatives of U. S. and Japan. 



22. Parliament Bill read first time in British House of 

 Commons by 351 to 227. Court of Inquiry in London 

 decides that " Waratah " capsized on July 28, 1909, between 

 Port Natal and Cape Town. Canadian Parliament carry 

 unanimously resolution affirming Canada's decision to 

 preserve intact bond of union with Empire and full liberty 

 to control her own fiscal policy. Wiltshire (Westbury) 

 by-election results in return of Hon. Geoffrey Howard 

 (Liberal), majority 581. 



23. Debate in German Reichstag on second reading of 

 Army Bill. Lord Minto, ex-Viceroy of India, presented 

 with freedom of City at Guildhall, London. North Louth 

 election petition, Mr. H. Hazelton (Ind. Nationalist) 

 unseated. Death of Gen. Lebrun, French Minister of 

 War. French Chamber of Deputies pass bill for construc- 

 tion of two battleships. 



24. Hague Tribunal finds in favour of Great Britain in 

 the Savarkar case (see Jan. 14). German Reichstag pass 

 Army Bill. French Government's majority falls to 16 in 

 debate about clerical legislation. U. S. Senate ratifies new 

 commercial treaty with Japan. Lord Rosebery speaks on 

 Dickens at Mansion House, London. Gloucestershire 

 (Forest of Dean) by-election results in return of Mr. H. 

 Webb (Liberal), majority 3,068. 



25. Court of Appeal gives judgment in favour of plain- 

 . tiff in case of Osborne v. Amalgamated Society of Railway 



Servants. Five Bulgarian Ministers charged with sys- 

 tematic violation of the law to their own advantage. 

 Ireland beats Scotland in Rugby football at Edinburgh, 

 16 points to to. In Manila about 300 native dwellings 

 are destroyed by fire. 



27. Resignation of French Cabinet under M. Briand. 

 Second reading of Parliament Bill moved in House of 

 Commons by Mr. Asquith; Opposition amendment moved 

 by Mr. A. Chamberlain. Death of Lord Wolverhampton. 

 aged 81. 



28. Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister of Australian Common- 

 wealth, announces that his govt. intends to nationalise 

 monopolies. British War Office announce organisation of 

 Air Pattalion. 



March: 



i. New French Cabinet formed under M. Monis. 

 General Smuts outlines Government proposals for South 

 African defence in Union Parliament. Pres. Taft approves 



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Ordonez elected Pres. of Uruguay. 



2. Second reading of Parliament Bill passes British 

 House of Commons by majority of 125. British Depart- 

 mental Committee on Accidents in Factories and Work- 

 shops issue report. Conference at Leeds draws up agree- 

 ment as to working hours for provincial and Irish printing 

 trade. Lord Denman appointed Governor General of 

 Australian Commonwealth. Gainsborough's "Portrait of 

 the Linleys" and Titian's "Man in a Red Cap" sold in 

 London for 40,000 and 30,000 respectively. Henry S. 

 Boutell (b. 1856) of Illinois appointed minister to Portugal 

 as successor of Henry T. Gage, resigned. 



3. Countess Trigona, recently Lady in Waiting to Queen 

 of Italy, murdered in Rome by Baron Vincenzo di Paterno, 

 who commits suicide. Sir Edward Tennant raised to 

 British peerage as Lord Glenconner and appointed Lord 

 High Commissioner of General Assembly of Church of 

 Scotland. Pres. Taft signs bill abolishing Federal Circuit 

 Courts, to take effect Jan. I, 1912. The Panama Canal 

 fortification bill passed by U. S. Senate. Suit begun in 

 Cleveland, Ohio, in Federal Court, for dissolution of 

 "Electrical Trust." (See Oct. 12.) 



4. U. S. Congress ends without voting on Reciprocity 

 Bill; Pres. Taft at once calls extraordinary session to meet 

 on April 4 for that purpose. U. S. Senate passes permanent 

 tariff board bill with amendment, but it is killed by filibus- 

 tering in the House (see Jan. 30). Chinese Government 

 r. }tify Russian Government that they no longer desire 

 revision of Treaty of 1881. Jubilee of emancipation of 

 Russian serfs celebrated in St. Petersburg. Honduran 

 Congress appoints Francisco Beltian provisional President. 



5. Fire at cinematograph exhibition in wooden building 

 at Bologoe, between St. Petersburg and Moscow; over 90 

 killed, 40 injured. Block of buildings at . Minneapolis, 

 Minn., destroyed by fire, with a loss of about $1,000,000. 



6. At Detroit, Mich., seven persons are indicted for 

 conspiracy to defraud of 48,000 acres of coal lands in 

 Alaska. Mexican insurgents repulsed at Asas Grandes. 

 The Association football match between Wales and Scot- 

 land results in a draw. 



7. Mr. Asquith informs Welsh deputation that after the 

 Parliament Bill is passed Welsh Disestablishment will take 

 front place in Liberal programme. Australia wins fifth 

 test match against South African cricketers by 7 wickets. 

 R. A. Ballinger, U. S. Secretary of the Interior, resigns 

 from cabinet; Walter L. Fisher (b. 1862) of Chicago is 

 appointed his successor. About 20,000 U. S. troops or- 

 dered to San Antonio and other points on Mexkan border, 

 and four cruisers hurried to Galveston. 



8. Debate on Declaration of London in British House of 

 Lords. Debate on Bagdad railway and on Canadian 

 Reciprocity agreement opened by Mr. Balfour in British 

 House of Commons. Free Church Council at Portsmouth 

 pass unanimous vote in favour of Welsh Disestablishment. 



9. By-election in Bootle division of Lancashire results 

 in return of Mr. Bonar Law (Unionist), majority 2,194. 

 By-election in N. E. Lanarkshire results in return of Mr. 

 J. D. Millar (Liberal), majority 1,200. Mr. Borden's 

 amendment to refer Reciprocity agreement to electorate 

 defeated in Canadian parliament by 111 votes to 70. 

 Lord Howard de Walden wins law suit in King's Bench 

 Division, London, against Mr. John Lewis, draper, for 

 affixing defamatory placards on houses on the Howard de 

 Walden estate; damages one farthing. Seilliere art sale 

 begins in Paris and results in total of over 52,000. 

 Pres. Taft assures Pres. Diaz that no action by the United 

 States against Mexico is indicated by the mobilisation of 

 30,000 American troops on Mexican frontier. 



10. Greenwich time adopted in France and Algeria. 

 Russian police confiscate 30,000 copies of Tolstoy's collected 

 works. Martial law declared in Paraguay. 



ir. Trial of 30 Neapolitan Camorrists, charged with 

 murder of Gennaro Cupcolo and his wife on June 5, 1906, 

 begins at Viterbo. Rioting in Athens over attempt to 

 insert amendment in Constitution requiring exclusive use 

 in public offices and churches of a "purified literary lan- 

 guage." Turkish Foreign Minister makes proposals to 

 Great Britain with regard to Persian Gulf and Bagdad 

 railway. Sir Joseph Ward, New Zealand Prime Minister, 

 speaking at Sydney, advocates an Imperial Council and 

 graduated contributions to an Imperial fleet. Shipbuild- 

 ing strike at Edinburgh terminated after 7 months. Wales 

 beats Ireland in Rugby football at Cardiff by 16 points to 

 nil. Fourteen men killed by landslide on property adjoin- 

 ing Norman open pit iron mine at Virginia, Minn. 



12. Mexican insurgents defeated at Agua Prieta by 

 Government troops. 



r3. Further Russian troops withdrawn from Kazvin, 

 Persia. Sir R. Henderson reports on naval defences of 

 Australia. Lord Rosebery speaks on Scottish industries at 



