OCT. i5-Nov. 8 



DIARY OF EVENTS 1911 



XVll 



15. Collision between Missouri Pacific passenger train 

 and fast freight near Fort Crook kills seven persons and 

 injures many others. 



16. Fighting in Mexico; zoo Zapatistas killed. Cholera 

 riots in Italy near Rome. Centenary of National Society 

 celebrated at Church House, Westminster. Methodist 

 Conference at Toronto pass resolution protesting against 

 any Church having power to overrule civil authorities as 

 regards marriage. Lord Rosebery speaks at Glasgow on 

 libraries as "cemeteries of dead books." :Pres. Taft's 

 special train narrowly escapes being dynamited near Santa 

 Barbara, California. Senator La Follette endorsed for 

 Pres. of the U. S. by 200 Progressive Republicans at 

 Chicago. 



17. Turkey promises Bulgaria to demobilise and with- 

 draw her troops from Bulgarian frontier. Chinese Imperial 

 troops despatched to quell revolt in Central China. 



18. Indecisive battle at Hankau between Chinese troops 

 and revolutionaries. Turkish Government imposes tax 

 of 100% on Italian imports. German Emperor unveils 

 statue of Emperor Frederick at Aix-la-Chapelle. Dr. 

 George Edgar Vincent inaugurated president of University 

 of Minnesota. 



19. Persian Government appeals to British Government 

 not to despatch Indian troops to reinforce Teheran Consular 

 Guards. Turkish Chamber passes vote of confidence in 

 Said Pasha's Government. Portuguese Chamber passes 

 Bill giving ministry extraordinary powers in dealing with 

 Royalist conspirators. Mr. Birrell, at Ilfracombe, outlines 

 British Government's proposed Home Rule Bill. Mr. 

 Lloyd George conies to an understanding with the Friendly 

 Societies on amendment of Insurance Bill. Italians bom- 

 bard| Bengazi, Derna and Horns in Tripoli. U. S. Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission orders all express companies 

 to furnish details of their operation by December i. 

 Chairman Nelson A. Aldrich presents to U. S. National 

 Monetary Commission a revision of his plan for banking 

 and currency reform. 



20. Report of British Railway Commission on recent 

 strike issued in London. Tramway accident at Moseley^ 

 near Manchester; 5 killed. National American Woman 

 Suffrage Association convenes at Louisville, Ky. Twelve 

 miners drowned in the iron mines at Hibernia, N. J., by 

 inrush of water, due to accident in blasting. 



2 1 . Chinese revolutionaries capture towns on Yangtse. 

 Portuguese cruiser "Sap Rafael" wrecked near Vella de 

 Conde; i man lost, 12 injured. Austrian archduke Charles, 

 second in succession to the throne, marries Princess Zita of 

 Parma. 



22. Mr. J. Redmond, speaking at Baltinglass, Co. 

 Wicklow, states that Government Home Rule Bill, as 

 foreshadowed, will be satisfactory to Ireland. 



23. German Imperial Chancellor, speaking in Reichstag, 

 defends German protective system in spite of high prices. 

 Mr. Winston Churchill becomes First Lord of the Admiral- 

 ty, and Mr. M'Kenna Home Secretary, in British govern- 

 ment. Meeting at Mansion House, London, to consider 

 purchase of Crystal Palace. 



24. British House of Commons re-assembles. Chinese 

 revolutionaries capture Sianfu and Kiukiang. Lord Grey 

 speaks in London on Canada's loyalty to the Empire. 



25. Legation Guards at Peking strengthened. France 

 and Germany arrive at an agreement on all points concern- 

 ing Morocco. British battleship "Australia" launched on 

 Clyde. -Mr. F. A. Aglen succeeds Sir R. Hart as Inspector 

 General of Chinese Customs. Sheng Hsuan-Huai, Chinese 

 Minister of Communications, impeached by Chinese 

 National Assembly. 



26. Chinese Emperor, under threats from Senate, 

 dismisses Sheng Hsuan-Huai, Minister of Communications. 

 Chinese Republic proclaimed under Li-Huan-Hung. 

 Turco-Arab attack on Italian forces in Tripoli repulsed.- 

 Italian Govt. notifies Powers officially of cessation of 

 Ottoman rule in North Africa. First meeting of new In- 

 dustrial Council, London. Proceedings begun in United 

 States Circuit Court at Trenton, N. J., for dissolution of 

 Steel Trust. Philadelphia Athletics (American League) 

 for second successive year retains the world's baseball 

 championship, having defeated New York Giants (National 

 League) in four out of six games. 



27. Yuan Shih-kai made military dictator of rebellious 

 provinces of China. Keighley, Yorks., by-election results 

 in return of Mr. S. O. Buckmaster (Liberal), majority 825. 



28. Accident to American boat express at Colwic, Staffs. ; 

 3 persons injured. Chinese Imperial troops successful in 

 skirmish near Hankau. 



29. Monument to Bossuet unveiled at Meaux, France. 

 Two new Roman Catholic provinces of Liverpool and 

 Birmingham formed in England; Archbishop Bourne of 



Westminster created Cardinal. Persian Government 

 troops defeated by Turcoman rebels near Bender-Gez. 



30. Chinese Emperor issues edict apologising for past 

 errors and granting a Constitution. Italian troops reported 

 to have slaughtered Arabs indiscriminately inland near 

 Tripoli. U. S. Supreme Court decides that on inter-state 

 railways, even in cars used only in intra-state runs, equip- 

 ment must comply with requirements of Federal Safety 

 Appliances Act. 



31. Hankau re-captured by Chinese revolutionaries. 

 Strike of 6,000 London taxi-cab drivers. Building accident 

 at Le Meriot, France, causes 30 deaths. Australian 

 Commonwealth cabinet resigns. 



November: 



1 . Fighting between Turkish troops and Italian warships 

 at Ain Zara, Tripoli. Italian Prime Minister telegraphs to 

 London denial of report of indiscriminate slaughter by 

 Italians in . Tripoli. Yuan Shih-kai appointed Prime 

 Minister of China, but later refuses to accept appointment. 

 Amalgamation of London General Omnibus Co. with 

 Metropolitan District Railway Co. & Underground Electric 

 Railways Co. of London. Mr. Whitelaw Reid, American 

 ambassador to Great Britain, delivers address at Edinburgh 

 on "The Scot in America." 



2. Mr. J. Redmond speaks on Home Rule at City Liberal 

 Club, London.- France and Germany initiate treaty con- 

 cerning exchange of territory in Africa. French Govt. 

 formulates proposals to start municipal bakers' and butch- 

 ers' shops-. Turkish Embassy in London replies to Italian 

 Prime Minister's protest. U. S. navy reviewed by Pres. 

 Taft in Hudson River. 



' 3 % Conference at Downing Street, London, between 

 ministers and representatives of British railway companies. 

 Max Schultz, German subject, sentenced at Exeter to 

 2 1 months' imprisonment in second division for espionage. 

 Mr. Borden, Canadian premier, and Mr. White, Finance 

 Minister, speak at Halifax and Leeds (Canada) respectively 

 on Canada's future policy as regards tariff and reciprocity. 

 Russian Govt. demand apology for insult to two Russian 

 consular officers offered by Persian gendarmerie at Teheran. 



4. Railwaymen's Unions of Great Britain decide to take 

 ballot as to acceptance of Special Commission's Report. 

 Franco-German treaties signed in Berlin. -South Wales 

 coalowners refuse principle of minimum wage. Ulster 

 Unionists issue manifesto declaring that -they will not accept 

 an Irish Legislature. Imperial Cancer Research Fund issue 

 Fourth Report. Fighting between Turks and Italians near 

 Shara Shat, Tripoli. 



5. Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica by Royal decree. 

 M. Caillaux, French .Premier, speaking at St. Calais, 

 insists that France must have entire freedom of action in 

 Morocco. 



6. Mr. Balfour speaks to Nonconformist Unionist Asso- 

 ciation, London, on Government's Home Rule proposals. 

 Mr. Asquith receives deputation urging British mediation 

 between Italy and. Turkey. Lord Curzon purchases Tat- 

 tershall Castle, Lincolnshire, a isth century fortress man- 

 sion, in order to preserve it as a national monument. 

 General Botha announces that the Union Govt. will raise 

 5,000,000 for the development of South Africa. 



7. Mr. Asquith announces to a deputation in London 

 that the govt. next session will bring in a bill for Manhood 

 Suffrage. British Home Secretary appoints committee to 

 deal with storage of explosives. Russian Foreign Minister 

 states that both Russia and Great Britain will remain 

 neutral in Persian affairs. General Wu Lu-chew, Gover- 

 nor-designate of Shansi, assassinated by Manchu soldiers. 

 Sir Edward Grey, in British House of Commons, denies 

 interview reported in an Austrian newspaper with British 

 Ambassador at Vienna. Elections are held in eighteen 

 American states. 



8. Mr. Balfour, at a meeting in the City of London, 

 announces his resignation of the leadership of the Unionist 

 Party. Resignation of the Portuguese Cabinet. Chinese 



Erovince of Chihli joins revolutionaries. Mr. Shuster, 

 nancial adviser in Teheran, makes charges against British 

 and Russian govts. Mr. Lionel Smythe, A.R.A., elected a 

 full member of the Royal Academy, London. Rioting 

 occurs in Tunis over demarcation of an Arab cemetery. 

 Tariff Reform league dinner at "White City." London; 

 speeches by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Mr. Bonar Law, 

 Mr. F. E. Smith and Mr. Chaplin (chairman). 10,000 

 given to Oxford University by Miss Mary Shillito to endow 

 a Readership in Assyriology. American Tobacco Com- 

 pany's reorganisation plan is approved by U. S. Supreme 

 Court. Telegraphers on the Southern and on the Balti- 

 more and Ohio railways, U.S.A., go back to work after a 

 strike begun in the summer, winning an 8-hr, day and 

 increased pay. 



