DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



SEPT. IQ-OCT. 14 



to French Morocco proposals handed to M. Cambon at 

 Berlin. 



IQ. Martial law proclaimed in Spain. M. Kokovtsoff 

 appointed Prime Minister in Russia. British Home Office 

 issues circular concerning constitution of a force of special 

 constables for use during strikes.-r-French airship "Ad- 

 jutant Reau" flies from Issy-les-Moulineaux to Belfort 

 and back in 21 hours. Sir Wilfrid Laurier speaks at 

 Ottawa on Reciprocity. Federal grand jury in Boston 

 U.S.A., indicts six officers of United Shoe Machinery 

 Company under Sherman law (see Mar. 2, 1912). 



20. Collision in Solent between British cruiser "Hawke" 

 and White Star liner "Olympic;" both much damaged. 

 Two English officers arrested at Emden, Germany, on 

 charge of espionage. Irish railway companies refuse to 

 reply to ultimatum )f Amalgamated Society of Railway 

 Servants. Gun explosion on French cruiser "Gloire" off 

 Toulon; 5 killed. Rioting at Leeds in connection with col- 

 liery strike. Death of Sir Robert Hart, former Inspector- 

 General of Cniaese Customs. 



21. General strike declared on Irish railways. General 

 election in Canada results in Conservative majority of 

 48 and rejection of Reciprocity Agreement with United 

 States. Death of Arabi Pasha. Chinese troops relieve 

 besieged city of Cheng-tu in Szechuan province. -Severe 

 earthquake at Valdez, Alaska, breaks military cable. 



22. Irish railway strike spreads to Belfast. Funeral of 

 M. Stolypin at Kieff. Castellane, airman, killed at Elmira, 

 N. Y. Cloudburst in Italy, causing burst of lava from Mt. 

 Vesuvius and engulfing town of . Resina in mud. French 

 battleship "Jean Bart" launched at Brest. Mr. Edward 

 Mannering rows from Dover to France and back in 12 

 hours, 40 min. 



23. Demonstration against Home Rule at Craigavon, 

 near Belfast; Sir E. Carson speaks. Reported that 

 Italian troops have landed on coast of Tripoli. Argentine 

 battleship '' Moreno," sister ship of " Rivadavia," launched 

 at Camden, N. J. (see Aug. 26). Strike of railway 

 carmen begins on Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, 

 affecting about 1,500 employes. 



24. New comet discovered independently by M. Quenis- 

 set iii France and Mr. Brown in England. 



25. Unionist conference at Belfast pledges itself to 

 establish provisional Government in Ulster if Irish Home 

 Rule becomes law. Explosion on French battleship 

 " Libert6 " at Toulon; 226 killed, 136 injured. French 

 draft of Morocco Agreement handed to Herr von Kiderlen- 

 Waechter in Berlin. Bank of Egypt, London, suspends 

 payment. British naval airship wrecked at Barrow on 

 first launching. Execution of Bogroff, murderer of M. 

 Stolypin. Sir A. H. Hardinge appointed British Minister 

 in Lisbon, and Sir F. H. Villiers British Minister in Brus- 

 sels. General Botha at Losberg denounces suggestion that 

 South Africa might remain neutral in case of Great Britain 

 being engaged in war. Strike of clerks, demanding recog- 

 nition of Federation of Railway Employes, called on Illinois 

 Central Railroad. 



26. Kilmarnock Burghs by-election results in return of 

 Mr. W. G. C. Gladstone (Liberal), majority 2,286. 



27. Irish railway strike collapses. Injunction granted 

 in High Court, London, restraining Earls Court Co. from 

 allowing proposed Johnson-Wells boxing contest. Motor 

 omnibus accident in Paris; n killed, 9 injured. Farewell 

 banquet at Ottawa to Earl Grey.- U. S. Government brings 

 suit against so-called Lumber Trust at Denver (see May 

 19). 



28. Italy presents ultimatum to Turkey. General strike 

 threatened of British postal employes; speech by Mr. 

 Herbert Samuel. New building of Oriel College, Oxford, 

 built by bequest of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, opened. Germany 

 formulates fresh demands in reply to French draft agree- 

 ment with regard to Morocco. Mr. Carnegie offers Italian 

 Government 50,000 for a Hero Fund. 



29. Italy declares war on Turkey. Hakki Bey's Turkish 

 Ministry resign. New comet discovered in Russia. First 

 General Election m Sweden under proportional representa- 

 tion results in defeat of Conservative Government. Capt. 

 Engelhardt, German military airman, killed at Johannis- 

 thal. 



30. Turkey appeals to the Powers. Preveza bombarded 

 by Italian fleet, and Tripoli coast blockaded. France's 

 reply to latest German proposals regarding Morocco ap^ 

 proved by French Cabinet. Austen and Costello. Pa., 

 destroyed by bursting of dam; gas explosion and fire follow; 

 1 50 lives lost. Anti-Republican rising at Oporto and Villa 

 Nova. Portugal. Resignation of Swedish Cabinet under 

 Herr Lindman. Strike begins in Amer.ca on Harriman 

 railways and Illinois Central, called by federated shop 

 crafts. 



October: 



1. Parnell monument by Saint-Gaudens unveiled n 

 Dublin by Mr. John Redmond. Collision in North Sea 

 between steamers "Glasgow" and "Hatfield"; 18 lives 

 lost. perman Emperor informs Sultan of Turkey that he 

 is placing intervention proposals before the Powers. Gen- 

 eral Madero elected President of Mexico. 



2. British vessel conveys 1,300 refugees from Tripoli to 

 Malta. Triple murder at Kidsgrove, Staffs., by Karl 

 Kramer, a German, afterwards proved insane. 



3. Italy makes official announcement to Powers of 

 blockade of Tripoli. British troops ordered to be ready to 

 proceed to Persia from India. Anglican Church Congress 

 opens at Stoke-on-Trent. 



4 Italian squadron bombards Tripoli forts. Said Pasha 

 forms new Turkish Ministry. Railway strike terminated 

 in Ireland. Sale of Bennet collection of Oriental China in 

 London to Sir W. Lever for 300,000. U. S. Attorney- 

 General files brief in the Supreme Court, under Sherman 

 law, against anthracite coal-carrying railroads. 



5. Italian flag hoisted at Tripoli. Fresh Royalist plots 

 in Portugal. Shots fired at Minister of Justice in Austrian 

 Reichsrath. Triple murder of wife and two children at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne by husband who afterwards commits 

 suicide in prison. Four wall paper manufacturers and 

 several dealers indicted by Federal grand jury in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, under Sherman law. 



6. Royalist invasion of Portugal repulsed. Temporary 

 Governor of Tripoli appointed by Italians; force of marines 

 landed. Duke and Duchess of Connaught leave London 

 for -Canada. Miners' Federation of Great Britain resolve 

 to demand minimum wage for all workers in coal mines. 

 Tyrone (North) by-election results in return of Mr. T. W. 

 Russell (Liberal), majority 18. Mr. Bepin Chandra Pal 

 sentenced in Bombay to one month's imprisonment for 

 sedition. Mr. R. Borden becomes Canadian Premier and 

 forms ministry. By the breaking of two dams on Black 

 river, Wisconsin, near Black River Falls, five persons are 

 drowned and $2,500,000 damage is done. 



7. Signor Giolitti, speaking in Turin, defends Italy's 

 action in Tripoli. New Swedish ministry formed under 

 M. Staaf. Gordon-Bennett Balloon race won in America 

 by German balloon "Berlin II." Mr. Balfour speaks at 

 Haddington on his action as regards Parliament Bill. 

 General Luis Mena elected President of Nicaragua. 

 Firemen on Georgia & Florida railroad return to work after 

 ten days' strike, receiving their demand of 50% of engi- 

 neers' pay. 



8. Anarchist attempt to wreck Darjiling mail near 

 Saidpur, India. 



9. Turkey addresses circular note to Powers with regard 

 to possible mediation. British battleship "King George 

 V " launched at Portsmouth. International Maritime Con- 

 ference meets in Paris. International Committee of 

 Cotton-growing Associations meets in Berlin. Lord Hal- 

 dane speaks at Aberdeen in reply to Mr. Balfour on Parlia- 

 ment Bill. Mr. J. Redmond speaks at Swindon on Irish 

 Home Rule. Mr. Lloyd George holds conference with 

 British Medical Association and Friendly Society repre- 

 sentatives. 



10. British Minister at Teheran informs Persian Govern- 

 ment that he intends to increase Consular Guards. Sir E. 

 Carson speaks in Dublin against any measure of Home 

 Rule. Mr. J. Redmond speaks in London in favour of 

 Home Rule. British Government appoint^ Industrial 

 Council, chairman Sir G. Askwith, for conciliation in trade 

 disputes. Woman's Suffrage carried in California by small 

 majority. Mersa Tobruk, Tripoli, captured by Italians. 



it. Revolutionary outbreak at Wu-chang, Central 

 China. Italian Expeditionary force lands first battalion in 

 Tripoli. Cesarewitch stakes at Newmarket won by ' 'Willo- 

 nyx." 



ia. National Conference of Friendly Societies opens in 

 Edinburgh to discuss Insurance Bill. Chinese revolution 

 spreads. Portuguese Government sends troops to Oporto 

 to prevent Royalist attack. U. S. Circuit Court at Toledo, 

 Ohio, forbids General Electric Company to manufacture 

 or sell electric lamps except under its own name; and orders 

 dissolution of National Electric Lamp Company (see 

 Mar. 3). 



13. Duke and Duchess of Connaught welcomed at 

 Quebec. Mile. Thirion, French subject, sentenced to six 

 months' imprisonment at Leipzig for espionage. U. S. 

 Circuit Court at Baltimore, Md., orders dissolution of 

 "Bathtub Trust." 



14. Yuan-Shih-kai recalled from banishment and ap- 



Jinted Viceroy of Hunan and Hupeh, China. Fighting in 

 orocco between Spanish forces at Melilla and Riff tribes. 

 Duke and Duchess of Connaught welcomed at Ottawa 



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