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24. Cunard liner "Ivernia'' strikes on Daunt's Rock, 

 near Queenstown, Ireland; mails and passengers saved. - 

 Henry J. Duveen, London art dealer, fined 3,000 in New 

 York for evasion of American customs duties on objects of 

 art. Pres. Taft refuses to pardon Charles W. Morse, of 

 New York, and John R. Walsh, of Chicago, c'onvicted 

 bankers. Edwin V. Morgan (b. 1865) of New York 

 appointed U. S. minister to Portugal as successor of Henry 

 S. Boutell. 



25. Resignation of Porfirio Diaz, Pres. of Mexico; 

 Francisco Leon de la Barra chosen provisional president. 

 Provisional census returns published for England and 

 Wales, showing increase of population of 10.91 per cent. 

 Walter Benson, British airman, killed at Hendon. U. S. 

 battleship " Wyoming," 26,000 tons displacement, launched 

 at Philadelphia. 



26. German Reichstag passes Alsace-Lorraine Constitu- 

 tion and Franchise Bills. Provisional census returns pub- 

 lished for Ireland, showing decrease of population of 1.7 

 per cent. Collision between British cruiser ''Inflexible" 

 and British battleship " Bellerophon " in Solent; both 

 vessels damaged. M. ye'drines, French airman, wins Paris 

 to Madrid race, 727 miles in 12 hrs. 18 min. 



27. 10,000 boys and girls take part in pageant of Em- 

 pire held in Hyde Park, London. Dominion Premiers 

 entertained by Eighty Club, London; Mr. Lloyd George 

 speaks. Cardiff conference of South Wales miners rejects 

 terms of settlement in Cambrian Coal Trust dispute. 

 French Govt. express sympathy with Russian note to 

 Turkey on Montenegrin question (see May 23). Investiga- 

 tion of U. S. Steel Corporation begun by Stanley committee, 

 (see May 16). Rt. Rev. Edmond F. Prendergasl appointed 

 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia. "Dream- 

 land," Coney Island, N. Y., amusement resort, destroyed 

 by fire. 



29. National Insurance Bill passes second reading in 

 British House of Commons. Parliament Bill passes second 

 reading in House of Lords without a division. U. S. 

 Supreme Court decides that Tobacco Trust is a combination 

 in restraint of trade and directs its dissolution within six 

 months. Pope issues Encyclical condemning anti-religious 

 attitude of Portuguese Republic. Portuguese elections 

 result in Govt. victory. Japan and Russia express desire 

 to share in Four Powers 10,000,000 loan to China (see 

 May 20). Death of Sir W. S. Gilbert, British dramatist, 

 aged 74. 



30. King George sends message of congratulation to 

 South Africa on anniversary of establishment of Union. 

 Internal. Musical Congress opens in London; Mr. Balfour 

 speaks. General Assemblies of Church of Scotland and 

 United Free Church discuss question of union. Work- 

 men's Insurance Bill passed by German Reichstag by 232 

 votes to 58. 



31. White Star liner "Titanic" launched at Belfast 

 (see April 15, 1912). Explosion at Laloma, Nicaragua; 150 

 persons killed. M. Beaumont, French airman, wins Paris 

 to Rome aeroplane race. Mr. J. B. Joel's "Sunstar" wins 

 the Derby at Epsom. 



June: - 



1. Turkish forces resume operations against Albanians. 

 Imperial Conference begins two days' discussion of 

 Declaration of London, which is finally approved. Mr. 

 Lloyd George attends special meeting of British Medical 

 Association, London, to discuss National Insurance Bill. 

 Hull (Central) election petition results in unseating of Sir 

 H. S. King (Unionist). Pres. Taft speaks at Chicago in 

 favour of Canadian Reciprocity. Underwood bill, pro- 

 viding for a 50% reduction in tariff on wool, endorsed by 

 Democratic caucus in U. S. House of Representatives. 



2. British Govt. refuse to receive Moorish Embassy at 

 Coronation of King George owing to cruelties of Shereefian 

 troops near Fez. Mr. W. Broderick-Cloete's "Cherimoya" 

 wins "The Oaks" at Epsom. 



3. Mirdiles, Albanian tribe, revolt against Turks and 

 proclaim autonomy of Albania. Lt. C. A. Cameron and 

 his wife sentenced at Edinburgh to three years' penal 

 servitude for fraudulent insurance of a necklace, afterwards 

 alleged to have been stolen. 



4. King of Italy unveils equestrian statue of Victor 

 Emmanuel II in Rome. Portuguese Govt. announce 

 readiness to waive some part of Separation Law (Church 

 and State). 



5- Sultan of Turkey visits Salonika. Keel laid at Glas- 

 gow of Cunard liner "Aquitania," largest British mer- 

 cantile vessel. Lt. Bagne, French military airman, lost 

 in Mediterranean while flying to Tunis. Eugene A. Noble 

 (b. 1 865), -president of Goucher College, Baltimore, Md., 

 1008-11, elected president 'of Dickinson College, Carlisle, 

 Pa. 



DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



6. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria visits L'mperorof Austria 

 at Schonbrunn. Tazzia, Moorish pretender, defeated near 

 Alcazar. Death of M. Rouvier, former rtjiier of France. 



7. Earthquake at Mexico City; 63 killed, 75 injured. 

 Reorganisation of Portuguese Foreign Office decreed. 

 Germany warns France that Moroccan sovereignty must 

 be respected. Further rioting in champagne districts oi 

 France. 



8. Resignation of Belgian Cabinet under M. Schollaert 

 owing to failure of Education Bill. Finance Committee 

 of U. S. Senate report Reciprocity Bill, with Senator Root's 

 amendment appended. Spanish troops land at Larache, 

 Morocco, and march to Alcazar; Moorish Govt. protest 

 against violation of their territory. Birkbeck Bank, 

 London, suspends payment. Pageant of London opened 

 at Crystal Palace by Prince Arthur of Connaught. 

 Federal investigation of so-called ''Coke Trust" begun at 

 Pittsburg, Pa. Pres. Taft sends to U. S. Senate message 

 recommending loan contract with Nicaragua. 



9. At Meadow Brook, Long Island, N. Y., America beat 

 England in second polo test match, thus retaining the Cup. 

 - Herr Schendel, German airman, and passenger killed at 

 Berlin. U. S. Senate committee on Foreign Relations 

 approves loan of $10,000,000 by American bankers to 

 Nicaragua. 



10. Prince of Wales invested with Order of Garter. 

 G rman battleship "Friedrich der Grosse" launched at 

 Hamburg. Honorary degrees conferred at Oxford on 

 premiers of New Zealand, South Africa and Newfoundland. 

 Mr. Lloyd George speaks at Oxford on National In- 

 surance Bill. 



n. American squadron of four battleships welcomed at 

 Kronstadt by Russians. 



12. France announces that she will deal with Spain as 

 regards Morocco without consulting other Powers. Birk- 

 beck Bank, London, reopened to pay io/- in the . 

 Internal. Horse Show opens at Olympia, London. U. S. 

 House of Rep. resolution in favour of direct election of 

 United States senators, with an amendment providing for 

 Federal control, passed by Senate, 64 to 24. _ 



13. General election in Austria results in reverse for 

 Christian Socialists. Turkey offers terms of peace to 

 Albanians. Underground railway system recommended 

 for New York to cost $2 5 7, 480,000. Miners' Federation of 

 Great Britain resolve not to be further responsible for con- 

 tinuance of dispute in South Wales. Presbyterians' 

 General Assembly, Toronto, pass resolution in favour of 

 Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty. Mr. W. Morgan 

 Shuster, American financier, placed in complete control of 

 Persian finances. 



14. Seamen's strike begins at Liverpool, Southampton, 

 Bristol and other ports. Ross and Cromarty by-election 

 results in return of Mr. Ian Macpherson (Liberal), majority 

 2,464. New Belgian Ministry formed under M. de Broque- 

 yille. Merging of twenty-one concerns in seventeen cities 

 into General Baking Company announced at New York. 



15. British Embassy in Constantinople informed that 

 Mr. Wayill, British explorer, has been arrested by Turkish 

 authorities and imprisoned at Hodeidah. Mrs. Proudlock, 

 an Englishwoman, sentenced to death at Singapore for 

 murder of a mine manager; subsequently pardoned (July 

 8). -Great wave at Trieste does extensive damage to ship- 

 ping and causes loss of about 100 lives. Ascot Gold Cup 

 won by Mr. C. E. Howard's "Willonyx." Internal. 

 Boundary Commission gives to Mexico part of disputed 

 Chamizal trad near El Paso, Texas. 



16. Persian Premier suddenly leaves Teheran. M. 

 Cruppi, French Foreign Minister, obtains vote of confidence 

 in Chamber by large majority. Mr. Lloyd George receives 

 deputalion of women wilh regard to position of their sex 

 under Insurance Bill. 



17. Mr. R. D. Ashe, English Collector at Tinneyelly, 

 India, murdered by a nat-'ve, who then commits suicide. 

 Procession of 40.000 women suffragists from Thames 

 Embankment to Albert Hall, London. Internal. Women's 

 Suffrage Congress closes al Stockholm. London County 

 and Westminsler Bank, London, lake over business of 

 Birkbeck Bank. Lord Curzon speaks al banquet of Empire 

 Press Union, London. Sir Wilfrid Laurier speaks at 

 luncheon lo Colonial Premiers at Constitutional Club, 

 London. Panama Canal bond issue in America ($50.- 

 000,000 al 3%) largely oversubscribed, al an average prke 

 of 102.21 (see May 16). Deleclive William J. Burns 

 and James Hasseck, of Los Angeles, indicled al Indianap- 

 olis on charge of kidnapping J. J. McNamara. 



18. Lemartin, Princeteau and Landon, airmen, killed 

 at Vincennes, France, at start of European Aviation Circuit 

 race. Rioting at Cardiff in connection with seamen's 

 strike. 



