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DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



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Mansion House, London. Sir Edward Grey speaks in 

 British House of Commons in favour of Peace Treaty with 

 America. England beats Wales in Association football at 

 New Cross by 3 goals to none. Constitutionality of Federal 

 corporation tax affirmed by U. S. Supreme Court. 



14. London Associated Chamber of Commerce resolve 

 that Declaration of London ought not to be ratified. Rus- 

 sian minister in Peking presents ultimatum to Chinese 

 Government complaining of unfriendly attitude of China to 

 Russian trade. First aerial post arranged at United 

 Provinces Exhibition, Allahabad, India. Mr. Edward 

 White elected chairman of London County Council. 

 Stinie Morrison, baker, sentenced to death at Central 

 Criminal Court, London, for murder of Leon Beron on 

 Clapham Common on January ist. Dixon sale of silver 

 plate begins at Christie's. The Chicago Art Institute re- 

 ceives from Edward B. Butler 18 paintings by Inness. In 

 Vermilion county, 111. grand jury returns 38 indictments, 14 

 of them dealing with electoral corruption (see April 19). 



15. North Louth (Ireland) by-election results in return 

 unopposed of Mr. Augustus Roche, Nationalist, in place of 

 Mr. R. Hazleton (N.), unseated on petition. 



16. Delimitation of Franco-Turkish frontier between 

 French Sudan and Tripoli and between Tunis and Tripoli 

 arranged. Federal grand jury in Chicago indicts promoters 

 of Alaska Central Railway for conspiracy to get title to 

 10,000 acres in Matanuska coal-field. 



17. First appearance of a woman, Anna Rogstad, as 

 Deputy in Norwegian Storthing. Cunard company acquire 

 Thomson line of steamships from London to Canada. 



18^ Resignation of Signer Luzzatti and Italian ministry. 

 Death of race-horse " Flying Fox,'" former winner of the 

 Derby, in France. Roosevelt storage .'dam in Arizona 

 (capacity 1,284,000 acre-feet) formally opened. Scotland 

 beat Ireland jri Association football by 2 goals to o, and 

 England beat Scotland in Rugby football by 13 to 8. 



19. China returns conciliatory reply to Russian demands. 



20. Seditious Meetings Bill made permanent by Legisla- 

 tive Council at Calcutta. Monarch Refrigerating Co. 

 warehouse, Chicago, 111., destroyed by fire, with loss of 

 about $i .000,000. 



21. King George receives deputation of representatives 

 of Protestant Churches on occasion of Tercentenary of the 

 Authorised Version of the Scriptures. Sir Evelyn Wood 

 appointed Chief Constable of the Tower of London. 

 Turkish loan of 6,000,000 over-subscribed in Berlin. 

 Debate in British House of Commons on circular issued by 

 Mr. Holmes, late Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools, 

 advising appointment of University men as Inspectors. 



22. Pres. Taft explains that presence of American troops 

 near Mexican frontier is only precautionary. Rioting in 

 S. Wales in connection with miners' striked Mr. Alfred 

 Parsons elected full member of the Royal Academy, London. 



23. Centenary of National Society, London; Mr. Balfour 

 spe.aks at Mansion House. Brentford by-election results 

 in return of Mr. W. Jcynson Hicks, "Unionist, unopposed. 



24. German Emperor and Empress visit Austrian Em- 

 peror at Vienna. Mexican Cabinet resigns. Mr. Haldane, 

 British Secretary for War, raised to the peerage as Viscount 

 Haldane. Departmental Committee on Law of Pilotage 

 issue report in London .Mr. Lewis Harcourt and Lord 

 Esher appointed tmstees of new London Museum. 

 Mukerji, Indian youth, sentenced at Calcutta to 14 years' 

 imprisonment for bomb-throwing. Race fof Grand 

 National at Liverpool won by Mr. F. Bibby's " Glenside." 

 Judge Speer of U. S. Circuit Court, Savannah, Ga., fines 

 Merchants' and Miners' Transportation Company $20,000 

 for discrimination. 



25. Sittings of Duma and Russian Council suspended 

 for three days with view of passing Zemstvo Bill. Dr. 

 Armitage Robinson, formerly dean of Westminster, 

 installed as dean of Wells. Sefior de la Barra becomes 

 Minister for Foreign Affairs in Pres. Diaz' new Mexican 

 cabinet. Fire in factory of Triangle Waist Company, New 

 York; 147 girls killed (see Dec. 7). Cambridge wins 

 Oxford and Cambridge Athletic Sports in London by 6 

 events to 4. 



27. Italian Jubilee celebrations begin in Rome. Russia 

 presents ultimatum to China. M. Guchkoff, President of 

 Russian Duma, resigns. General Committee of King 

 Edward Memorial adopt scheme for statue arid alterations 

 in St. James's Park, which rouses much opposition and is 

 finally postponed. Fire in picture palace at Middles- 

 brough, Vorks.; 2 children killed, 15 injured. Senor 

 Madero. leader of Mexican rebels, refuses to lay down arms 

 until Pres. Diaz is displaced. Louis Dnveen and Joseph 

 T. Duveen, London art dealers, fined 2,000 each in New 

 York for evading American customs duties on objects of 

 art. 



98. Loss of Australian coastal steamer "Yongala" with 

 all on board on Barrier Reef, off Queensland ; 'crew 70, 

 passengers 68. Russian Duma and Council resume sittings, 

 and attack action of M. Stolypin in advising the Tsar to 

 enact Zemstvo Bill. Russo-Chinese difficulty settled by 

 Chinese concessions. 



29. Tercentenary of Authorised Version of Bible 

 celebrated in Albert Hall, London; speeches by Archbishop 

 of Canterbury, Mr. Asquith and Mr. Whitelaw Reid. 

 Fire in Capitol, Albany, N. Y.; damage $5,000,000. 



30. New Italian Ministry formed under Signer Giolitti. 

 "The Monarch," British battleship, launched at Elswick 

 on Tyne. German Imperial Chancellor, speaking in 

 Reichstag, states that schemes of disarmament or limita- 

 tion of armaments are impracticable, but that England 

 and Germany have agreed to exchange information as to 

 shipbuilding programmes. Rioting in wine districts of 

 Aube, France; military called out. 



31. Lotschberg tunnel between Kandersteg and Rhone 

 Valley completed. Mr. R. Mathias, Liberal M.P. for 

 Cheltenham-, unseated because his agent had made a false 

 return of expenses. Modak, Indian youth, sentenced at 

 Bombay to 7 years' transportation for bomb-throwing at 

 Kolhapur. Murder of Mr. Noel Williamson and Dr. 

 Gregorson by Abors, Indian frontier tribe. 



April: 



1. Spanish ministerial crisis; resjgnation of Canalejas 

 Cabinet averted. Fez, Morocco, besieged by rebel tribes. 

 Albanian rising spreads along Tarco-Montenegrin border. 

 Mexican Congress reassembles; Pres. Diaz promises 

 reforms. Oxford and Cambridge boat-race at Putney 

 results in victory of Oxford by 2f lengths. England and 

 Scotland play drawn match in Association football at 

 Liverpool. Sir Hamilton GooW-Adams appointed High 

 Commissioner for Cyprus. 



2. Decennial census taken in United Kingdom; women 

 suffragists attempt to evade enumeration. Berber attacks 

 on Fez repulsed. 



3. General revolt of Moorish tribes from Taza to the 

 Atlantic. Dublin Corporation reject motion in favour of 

 presenting address to King George when he visits Dublin. 

 Railway accident near Westboume Park, London; I 

 killed, several injured. Lord Roberts brings forward 

 motion in House of Lords respecting military defence of 

 British Empire; carried next day by 99 votes to 40. 

 Progress of Parliament Bill in British House of Commons 

 accelerated by use of new '"Kangaroo"- closure, enabling 

 chairman of Committee to make a selection 'among amend- 

 ments to be discussed. United States and Great Britain 

 agree to arbitrate Webster claim. Great Britain and Japan 

 sign new commercial treaty. Albanian insurgents defeated 

 by Turkish troops at Scutari. David Davies the "Dart- 

 moor Shepherd " arrested at Llan-y-mynech for housebreak- 

 ing. U. S. Supreme Court holds that commodities clause 

 of Hepburn Act prohibits railroads from operating coal 

 mines. Benjamin F. Bush, Pres. of Western Maryland 

 Ry., chosen Pres. of Missouri Pacific Ry., as successor of 

 Geo. J. Gould. 



4. U. S. Congress meets in extraordinary session to deal 

 with Reciprocity Agreement with Canada; Champ Clark 

 (Dem.) chosen Speaker of House of Representatives. Mr. 

 Fielding, Canadian Minister of Finance, delivers Budget 

 speech in Dominion House of Commons, and estimates 

 record surplus of 6,100,000. Prince Arthur of Connaught 

 invests Prince Regent of Bavaria with Order of the Garter. 

 British House of Commons enters on Committee stage 

 of Parliament Bill. Japanese-American commercial treaty 

 ratified in Tokio. Charles D. Hilles becomes Secretary 

 to U. S. President. Carter H. Harrison elected mayor of 

 Chicago. 



5. German Crown Prince and Princess arrive in Rome. 

 Centenary of death of Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday 

 Schools, celebrated in Londo_n and Gloucester. Death of 

 Mr. Moberly Bell, managing director of the Times, 

 London, aged 64. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation 

 between U. S. and Japan proclaimed (see Feb. 21). 



6. Council of Russian Empire adopt interpellation 

 regarding enactment of Zemstvo Bill by ukaz ; Sipnor 

 Giolitti, in Italian Chamber, outlines ministerial policy, 

 including electoral reform, payment of deputies, nnd 

 workmen's pensions. Bill to incorporate Imperial Steam- 

 ship Company, which aims at an All-Red Route, passed 

 by Canadian Senate. Explosion in Banner Mines, 

 Littleton, Ala., causes death of 128 miners, mostly convicts. 



7. M. Jean Cruppi, French Foreign Minister, speaks in 

 Senate on foreign relations of France. Free Trade Union 

 conference in London; Mr. Winston Churchill speaks. 

 Sale of old i?th century silver at Christie's; two porringers 

 fetch t,ooo and 2,000. Copyright Bill read second 



