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DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



AUG. 3-44 



Heir Krupp von Bohlen's yacht "Germania." Suit is 

 brought against Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Valley, and 

 other American railways and coal companies for violation 

 of the Sherman anti-trust law. 



3. Lord Haldane delivers address at Oxford on "Great 

 Britain and Germany: a Study in Ethnology." Malissori 

 tribes at Podgoritza, Montenegro, on advice of King 

 Nicholas, accept Turkish concessions and return to Albania. 

 London Docks Improvement scheme announced. 

 National Congress of French railwaymen pass resolution 

 against sabotage. Internal. Peace Conference at Bern, 

 Switzerland, proposes to form permanent bureau of peace. 

 In U. S. Congress Reapportionment bill with several 

 amendments passed by Senate; Underwood Cotton Revi- 

 sion bill passed by House. 



4. London dock strike spreads to Surrey Commercial 

 Docks. Note circulated in Berlin stating that conversa- 

 tions between Herr Kiderlen-Waechter and M. Cambon 

 tend to agreement on the Morocco question. Pres. Simon 

 of Haiti leaves the island. Suit begun by U. S. Govt. in 

 Circuit Court at Columbus, Ohio, against "Soft-Coal 

 Trust." 



$. Arbitration Treaties referred by U. S. Senate to Com- 

 mittee on Foreign Relations. 100 lives lost by sinking of 

 a boat carrying Egyptian passengers on Nile. New York- 

 Philadelphia aviation race won by Lincoln Beachey in 2 

 hours 22 j minutes. 



6. Demonstration of dock labourers in Trafalgar Square, 

 London; Sir A. Rollit's award announced, giving id. an 

 'hour increase of wages, making 8d. an hour, with is. an 

 hour overtime. Meeting of French and Spanish working 

 men in Madrid protests against military operations in 

 Morocco. 



7. Mr. Balfour's Vote of Censure on the Government 

 negatived in British House of Commons by 365 votes to 246. 

 London dockers refuse to return to work until other 

 transport workers are satisfied ; complete cessation of work in 

 port of London. Strike of railway porters at Liverpool. 

 At Dacca, India, three conspirators sentenced to trans- 

 portation for life, and 32 others to terms of from three to 

 ten years' imprisonment by Sessions Judge. At Calcutta 

 judgment given in High Court on Midnapur conspiracy 

 case; Mr. Weston, magistrate, and two police officers con- 

 demned in damages (see Aug. 17, igi2). Mr. Bertrand 

 Stewart, English subject, arrested at Bremen, Germany, 

 for espionage. International Cup for Schooners at Cowes 

 won by German Emperor's yacht "Meteor," and Royal 

 Thames Yacht Club's Cup won by King of Spain's yacht 

 "Hispania." 



&. British House of Commons reject Lords' amendments 

 to Parliament Bill. Lord Curzon's Vote of Censure on the 

 Govt. passed in House of Lords by 282 votes to 68. Strike 

 of London carmen. South Australian Legislative Assem- 

 bly pass Govt. Bill for restricting power of Upper House. 

 Pres. Taft signs Reapportionment Bill passed by U. S. 

 Congress, increasing number of representatives in House 

 to 433. 



0. House of Lords finally debate question of accepting 

 Parliament Bill. Fire at Carlton Hotel, Pall Mall, Lon- 

 don; Mr. J. Finney, American actor, burnt. Australian 

 steamer "Fifeshire" wrecked off Cape Guardafui; 25 per- 

 sons (in one boat) drowned. French steamer "Emir" 

 collides with British steamer "Silverton" in Straits of 

 Gibraltar; 86 lives lost. General Sir John French appointed 

 Chief of British Imperial Stafi. Tenth Zionist Congress 

 opens at Basel, Switzerland. 



10. House of Lords pass Parliament Bill, deciding by 

 1.31 votes to 114 not to insist on their amendments. 

 Resolution in favour of payment of members carried in 

 British House of Commons by 256 votes to 158. Pro- 

 visional agreement arrived at in London between lighter- 

 men and carmen and their employers. Rioting at Liver- 

 pool in connection with dock strike. Turkish Government 

 express readiness to make same terms with Mirdites and 

 other Albanian clans as with Malissori. 



TI. London dock strike committee issue manifesto 

 declaring strike at an end. 



12. Foreign Relations Committee of U. S. Senate amend 

 arbitration treaties. Mr. H. P. James, British Assistant 

 Commissioner, murdered by natives on Brass boundary, 

 Nigeria. Appointments announced of John G. A. Leishman 

 (b. 1857), of Pennsylvania, U. S. ambassador to Germany 

 as successor of David Jayne Hill (resigned April 14); 

 Thomas J. O'Brien (b. 184 2). of Michigan, U. S. ambassador 

 to Italy; Charles Page Bryan (b. 1856), of Illinois, U. S. 

 ambassador to Japan; Larz Anderson (b. 1866), of D. C., 

 J. S. minister to Belgium; Arthur M. Beaupre 1 (b. 1853), of 

 Illinois, U. S. minister to Cuba; Lloyd Bryce (b. 1851), of 

 New York, U. S. minister to Netherlands and Luxemburg; 



and John B. Jackson (b. 1862), of New Jersey, U. S. 

 minister to Rumania, Servia and Bulgaria. 



13. Serious heath fires in Surrey, England. 



14. British House of Commons vote supplementary 

 estimate of 252,000 for payment of members by 241 votes 

 to 128. South Wales Miners' Federation decide at Cardiff 

 that ten months' strike of Cambrian coal miners shall cease. 

 Liverpool shipowners declare lock-out of all men engaged 

 on cargo work; labour leaders in reply declare general 

 strike of all transport workers in Liverpool district. 

 Radium Institute, established and equipped by Lord Iveagh 

 and Sir E. Cassel, opened in London. General Cincinnatus 

 Leconte elected president of Haiti. Wool bill prepared by 

 conference committee of U. S. Senate and House passed by 

 U. S. House of Representatives. 



15. Further rioting in Liverpool; 2 men killed. Railway 

 Strike threatened in England. Mr. Asquith and Mr. John 

 Burns confer in Downing Street with representatives of both 

 employers and men. Pres. Taft vetoes resolution of U. S. 

 Congress admitting Arizona and New Mexico to statehood. 

 U. S. Senate committee on Foreign Affairs reports 

 unfavourably on arbitration treaties with France and Great 

 Britain. Conference Wool Bill passed by U. S. Senate, 38 

 to 28. Retrial of Mr. Lewis, charged with murdering a 

 native, at Salisbury, Rhodesia, results in his acquittal. 

 Canadian election campaign opened in Ontario. 



16. Mr. Lloyd George makes a statement in British 

 House of Commons as to treatment of railway strike. 

 Mr. John Burns confers in London with railwaymen and 

 representatives of railway companies. The companies 

 arrange for patrolling and defence of their lines by troops. 

 Food famine threatened in Liverpool. Bulgarian guerrilla 

 leader, Apostol Petkoff, killed in encounter with Turkish 

 troops. 



17. British Railway Strike negotiations fail, and proposal 

 by Mr. Asquith to appoint Royal Commission to investigate 

 grievances is refused by railwayman's leaders.-^Strike 

 declared, but negotiations re-opened at night. Wool bill 

 and Farmers' Free List bill vetoed by Pres. Taft. 



18. British Railway Strike spreads; extensive interrup- 

 tion of traffic. Mr. Winston Churchill makes statement in 

 House of Commons as to proposed Govt. action in main 

 taining order and protecting food supply. Agreement 

 between London transport workers and their employers 

 signed at Home Office. Memorial tabjets to Edward VII 

 unveiled at Marienbad, Austria. Lieut. Leslie Ridge, 

 British military airman, killed. Max Schultz, German 

 subject, arrested at Plymouth for espionage, and on Aug. 28 

 committed for trial. Resolution admitting Arizona and 

 New Mexico to statehood under certain conditions adopted 

 by U. S. Senate. 



19. Late at night British railway strike declared at an 

 end. The Govt. agree to appoint special commission to 

 investigate questions in dispute. Strike riots at Llanelly; 

 S killed, 12 wounded. Russo-German Agreement concern- 

 ing Persian railways signed. Young French airman shoots 

 secretary of Hendon Aerodrome, Middlesex, and then shoots 

 himself. British army manoeuvres abandoned owing to 

 drought. Anti-Jewish rioting at Tredegar, Monmouth. 

 Emilio Estrada elected Pres. of Ecuador. Campaign 

 Publicity bill signed by Pres.^Taft (see April 14 and July 

 17). Amended measure granting statehood to Arizona and 

 New Mexico passed by U. S._House of Rep. U. S. House 

 of Rep. fails to override President's veto of Farmers' Free 

 List Bill. 



20. British railwaymen's demonstration in Hyde Park 

 decides to accept strike settlement; but it is rejected in 

 Manchester. 



21. Majority of British railwaymen resume work. 

 Agreement reached at Liverpool between shipowners and 

 dockers. Socialist meeting in Berlin passes resolution 

 protesting against Germany's policy in Morocco, and 

 against any policy which threatens to bring on a European 

 war. Pres. Taft signs statehood bill admitting Arizona and 

 New Mexico to the Union under certain conditions. James 

 T. Du Bois (b. 1851), of Pennsylvania, appointed U. S. 

 minister to Colombia. 



22. Strike riots continue at Darlington, Hull and other 

 places in the North of England. Debate in House of 

 Commons on the Government's conduct in using military 

 force during railway strike. Parliament adjourns until 

 Oct. 24. Leonardo da Vinci's "La Gioconda" found to 

 have vanished from the Louvre, Paris. Ex-Shah of Persia's 

 army reported to have been routed at Savadkuh; loss 300 

 men. Pres. Taft vetoes Cotton Bill; special session of 

 American Congress closes. 



23. Delhi Durbar preliminary manoeuvres cancelled 

 owing to drought in India. 



24. Dr. Manuel Arriaga elected Pres. of Portuguese 



