DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



Ar. 29-MAY 23 



Arbitration Treaty. Pres. Taft, speaking in New York, 

 states that Reciprocity with Canada will never again have 

 such a favourable opportunity. By-election at Chelten- 

 ham results in Unionist victory for Mr. Agg-Gardner; ma- 

 jority 4. Railway accident at Martin's Creek, Pa.; u 

 killed, 35 injured. Chinese riots at Canton; govt. offices 

 burnt. 



so. Turin International Exhibition of Industries opened 

 by King and Queen of Italy. Dr. Ryle, late Bishop of 

 Winchester, installed as Dean of Westminster. British 

 battleship, ''Princess Royal," launched at Barrow-in- 

 Furness by Duchess of Fife. British expedition against 

 Tong tribes on Gold Coast reported successfully concluded. 



30. Fire at Bangor, Maine; 3 lives lost and damage esti- 

 mated at $3,500,000. 

 i/ay.- 



1. British warship "Conqueror," largest Clyde-built 

 vessel, launched at Dalmuir. Meeting at Mansion House, 

 London, to inaugurate Anglo-German Friendship Society. 

 E. Barry wins Sculling Championship of England. Five 

 small towns near Canton taken by Chinese insurgents. 

 U. S. Supreme Court decides that Federal government, 

 not states, control forest reserves. 



2. Prize of $10,000 for American opera offered by 

 Metropolitan Opera Company, of New York, awarded to 

 Horatio W. Parker and Brian Hooker for "Mona." 



3. South Birmingham by-election results in return of 

 Mr. L. S. Amery (Unionist) unopposed. Autograph sale 

 at Leipzig; Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan gives 5,000 for a letter 

 of Martin Luther to Charles V and presents it to_ the 

 German Emperor. Mr. J. Lowther, Speaker of British 

 House of Commons, celebrates silver wedding. 



4. Mr. Lloyd George introduces National Health In- 

 surance Bill in British House of Commons. Peace negotia- 

 tions begun between Pres. Diaz and Mexkan insurgents. 

 Protest made in Anglican House of Convocation against 

 Bishop of Hereford's invitation to Nonconformists to be 

 present at Holy Communion in Hereford Cathedral on 

 June 28. Congress of Internal. Law, Madrid, confirms 

 right to use aerial craft in war. British army airship 

 wrecked on Farnborough Common, Surrey. Sir Edward 

 Grey speaks in British House of Commons on Anglo- 

 American Agreement. Capt. John Henry Gibbons, U.S.N., 

 assigned to duty as superintendent of Naval Academy 

 at Annapolis, Md. 



5. Sir G. Kemp's Womens' Enfranchisement Bill passes 

 second reading in British House of Commons by 255 votes 

 to 88. Conservative protest in Dominion House of Com- 

 mons against U. S. proposed changes in Fishery Regula- 

 tions. Scarcity of food and fear of popular rising reported 

 from Fez. Anglo-Japanese commercial treaty ratified at 

 Tokyo. Third National Peace Congress, at Baltimore, Md. , 

 endorses James Speyer's plan for financial neutrality during 

 war. 



6. Mr. Borden, Canadian Opposition leader, speaking 

 at dinner to Premiers of British Columbia and New Bruns- 

 wick, attacks Reciprocity Agreement with America. 

 Peace negotiations in Mexico suspended. Mr. Asquith 

 speaks at Manchester on Parliament Bill. Barnstaple 

 by-election results in return of Sir George Baring (Liberal), 

 majority 488. M. Vallon, French airman, killed at 

 Shanghai. Mr. G. Hamel wins aeroplane race, Brooklands 

 to Brighton, in 57 min. 10 sec. 



8. British and Chinese Goyts. sign agreement in Peking 

 to decrease Chinese production of opium and its import 

 from India in equal proportions for seven years. Chinese 

 Grand Council abolished and Cabinet of ten created by 

 edict, with Prince Ching as Premier. Congregational 

 Union's Annual Assembly opens in London. Internal. 

 Cotton Congress opens in Barcelona. Lord Lansdowne's 

 Reconslitution of House of Lords Bill introduced. Ger- 

 many warns France of possible serious consequences of an 

 occupation of Fez. After debate of two weeks, Farmers' 

 Free List bill, without amendment, passed by U. S. House 

 of Representatives, 236 to 100. Dr. Frederic A. Lucas 

 appointed director of Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City. Fairbanks, Alaska, flooded by breaking of 

 ice dam. 



o. M. Berteaux, French War Minister, speaks in Cham- 

 ber on delay in relieving Fez. High Court, London, decides 

 that Form VIII, issued under Budget Act (1000-10) is 

 invalid. Fire at Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, causes loss 

 of ten lives, including Lafayette, musk-hall illusionist. 



10. Juarez captured by Mexican insurgents; garrison 

 made prisoners. M. Stolypin in Russian Duma defends 

 Government use of Emergency Clause in Constitution. 



1 1 . German Reichstag rejects Alsace-Lorraine Constitu- 

 tion Bill by 13 votes to 13. Mr. Balfour, speaking at 

 Primrose League demonstration in Albert Hall, London, 



defends Lord Lansdowne's Bill for Reconstitution of House 

 of Lords. 



12. Rioting at Zurich in connection with builders' 

 strike. Festival of Empire inaugurated at Crystal Palace, 

 London, by King George and Queen Mary. Demonstra- 

 tion of military aerial flying at Hendon, Middlesex. 

 Dubof, Peters and Rosen, accused of being concerned in 

 burglary and murder of policemen at Houndsditch (Dec. 

 16, 1910), acquitted at Central Criminal Court, London; 

 Nina Vassilieva, convicted of being accessory after the 

 fact, sentenced to two years' imprisonment. 



13. Pres. Taft, speaking in New York, contrasts Amer- 

 ican administration of criminal law unfavourably with 

 that of England. Demonstration against Holmes circular 

 organised at Albert Hall, London, by Nalional Union of 

 Teachers (see March 21). American Geographical Society 

 removes to new building in New York City, gift of Collis P. 

 Huntington. 



14. Dedication of memorial at Addington, Surrey, to 

 five Archbishops of Canterbury. Internal. Institute of 

 Agriculture holds general assembly at Rome. 



15. German Emperor and Empress and their daughter 

 arrive in London. Motion for rejection of Parliament Bill 

 in British House of Commons negatived by 363 votes to 

 242; third reading carried by 362 votes to 241. U. S. 

 Supreme Court orders dissolution of Standard Oil Company 

 within six months. Supreme Court sets aside sentences of 

 imprisonment passed in 1909 on Federation of Labour 

 leaders. Prince Lidj Jeassu proclaimed Emperor of 

 Abyssinia. Peace negotiations resumed between Gen. 

 Madero and Mexican Government parly in Mexico. 



16. Queen Vicloria Memorial in London unveiled by 

 King George in presence of German Emperor and Empress. 

 Mr. Lloyd George introduces Budget in British House of 

 Commons. Celebration at Dublin and Aldershot of cen- 

 lenary of battle of Albuera. German airship "Deutsch- 

 land " wrecked at Diisseldorf. U. S. House of Representa- 

 tives appoint a Commillee under Auguslus O. Slanley, 

 Kentucky, lo investigate affairs of Sleel Trust. Nomina- 

 tion of Henry L. Slimson (Rep.), of New York, as Secretary 

 of War to succeed Jacob M. Dickinson (resigned May. 12), 

 confirmed by U. S. Senate. Sale of the 50,000,000 

 Panama Canal bond issue is opened to the U. S. public. 



17. U. S. Secretary of Stale Knox submits to British 

 and French ambassadors draft of general arbitration treaty. 

 Arrangement in regard to prices and taxes on potash at 

 Hamburg momentarily settles dispute belween U. S. and 

 Germany. 



1 8. Prince Arthur of Connaught opens Coronation 

 Exhibition at White City, Shepherd's Bush, London. 

 MM. Pierre Marie and Paul Dupuy, French airmen, killed 

 at Betheny, near Rheims, France. Ring given by Queen 

 Elizabeth to Lord Essex sold at Christie's for 3,250 guineas. 

 Debate in British House of Lords on Canadian Rec- 

 iprocity Agreement. Mr. Roosevell declares in the Out- 

 look thai U. S. ought not to bind itself to arbitrate questions 

 of national honour, independence, and inlegrity. 



19. Temporary tariff agreem'jnl with Japan passed by 

 Canadian House of Commons. Portrait by Raeburn sold 

 at Christie's for 22,300 guineas. Nottingham election 

 petition against return of Capt. J. A. Morrison (Unionist) 

 dismissed. U. S. Govt. begins suit at New York against 

 so-called Lumber Trust. 



20. American, British, French and German bankers sign 

 a 10,000,000 loan in Peking to be applied to construction 

 of Chinese railways. German Emperor and Empress leave 

 London. 



21. M. Berteaux, French War Minister, killed, and M. 

 Monis, Premier, injured by fall of an aeroplane at Issy- 

 les-Moulineaux near Paris. French relief column under 

 General Moinier enters Fez; Mulai Hafid's Moorish troops 

 commit wholesale outrages on neighbouring villages. 

 Peace signed at Juarez between Mexican Govt. and insur- 

 gents. 



22. East Cork election petition results in unseating of 

 Captain Donelan (Nationalist) for illegal payments. 

 German Reichstag passes second reading of Workmen's 

 Insurance Consolidation and Amendmenl Bill. Lord 

 Lansdowne's Reconslitution of House of Lords Bill read a 

 second time in House of Lords without a division. 

 British naval airship launched al Harrow -in- Furncss. 



23. Imperial Conference opened in London under 

 presidency of Mr. Asquith. Meeling at Albert Hall, 

 London, in support of Imperial Preference. New York 

 Public Library on Fiflh Avenue opened. General strike 

 at Montevideo, Uruguay. At dinner to Colonial Premiers, 

 London, Sir Edward Grey proposes toast of Anglo-American 

 Arbitralion. Russia warns Turkey that concentration of 

 troops on Montenegrin frontier is a menace to peace. 



