NOV. 26-DEC. 12 



16. Fighting in Tripoli results in decisive victory for 

 the Italians. Rioting in Lisbon. Decroce, Italian airman, 

 killed at Turin. 



27. King George and Queen Mary arrive at Aden. 

 President of the German Navy Leagve speaks at Frankfurt 

 on necessity of strengthening German Navy. Spanish 

 commanders agree to terms with 65 Riff chiefs. Chinese 

 Imperialist troops recapture Han-Yang, but revolutionaries 

 capture positions commanding Nanking. Sir Edward 

 Grey makes statement in British House of Commons on 

 Morocco negotiations. Mr. Lloyd George holds conference 

 in London with representatives of Friendly Societies. Sale 

 of Abdul Hamid's jewels in Paris; pearl necklace fetches 

 36,804. Irving B. Dudley (b. 1861), of California, resigns 

 post of U. S. minister to Brazil. 



28. Mr. Lloyd George receives British deputation in 

 London representing domestic servants, and reassures them 

 with regard to Insurance Bill. In the British Parliament 

 the names of the Commissioners who will administer the 

 Insurance Act are announced, viz., Sir R. Morant (Chair- 

 man), Mr. John Bradbury, Mr. D. J. Shackleton, Mr. J. 

 Lister Stead, and Miss Mona Wilson. The Archbishops 

 of Canterbury and York issue manifesto against Welsh 

 disestablishment. Murder of Lord George Sanger, circus 

 proprietor, at East Finchley. Wu-chang capitulates to 

 Chinese Govt. Troops. Strike of Paris taxi-cab drivers. 

 Convocation at Oxford University rejects a statute mak- 

 ing Greek optional for science and mathematical students. 

 Sharp fighting between Arabs and Italians near Bengazi, 

 Tripoli. Committee of U. S. House of Representatives 

 receive report from Louis D. Brandeis exonerating President 

 from charges made in connection with Controller Bay. 



29. Domestic Servants Protest Meeting in Albert Hall, 

 London, against Insurance Bill. Suffragist disturbance at 

 City Temple, London, prevents Mr. Asquith from speak- 

 ing. M. Mosca, Austrian airman, killed at Trieste. 

 Russian Govt. demands from Persia dismissal of Mr. 

 Shuster and Mr. Lecoffre, financial advisers. M. Salmet 

 at Hendon reaches record height of 9,000 feet with Bleriot 

 monoplane. Chinese revolutionaries enter Nanking. 



30. Sir E. Grey makes statement in British House of 

 Commons on situation in Persia. Murderer of Lord George 

 Sanger found decapitated on railway near Highgate, Lon- 

 don. South African Defence Bill published in Cape Town. 

 Debate in French Chamber of Deputies on reorganisation 

 of French Foreign Office. Pope Pius X creates three Amer- 

 ican cardinals, Archbishop Farley (b. 1842) of New York, 

 Archbishop O'Connell (b. 1859) of Boston, and Monsignor 

 Falconio (b. 1842), apostolic delegate to Washington, D. C. 

 The shares of the subsidiary companies of the Standard 

 Oil Company of New Jersey are distributed among its 

 stockholders pro rata. 



December: 



i. Internal. Opium Conference opened at the Hague. 

 Persia refuses to dismiss Mr. Shuster; Russian troops 

 ordered to advance. Council of Railway Companies Asso- 

 ciation in London agree to meet representatives of Railway- 

 men's associations. Explosion at Armitage dye-works, 

 Bradford, Yorks.; i killed, 20 injured. Chinese revolution- 

 aries capture Purple Mountain, near Nanking. Lord 

 Lansdowne speaks at Derby on Parliament Act and need 

 for restoring the Constitution. Ala-ed-Dowleh, ex-Gov- 

 ernor of Fars, assassinated at Teheran. 



2._ Coronation of King Vajiravudh of Siam at Bangkok. 

 King George and Queen Mary arrive at Bombay. Three 

 days' armistice at Wu-chang signed at Hankaw. Russians 

 advance towards Teheran. Public opinion in America 

 excited by confession of J. J. and J. B. MacNamara of 

 responsibility for dynamite explosion in office of Los Angeles 

 Times on Oct. i, 1910. Eladio Victoria elected provisional 

 Pres. of Santo Domingo. 



3. Herr Reeb. German airman, killed at Breitenfurt. 

 M. Prevost reaches 9,800 feet with a passenger at Courcy, 

 near_ Rheims, in a Deperdussin monoplane. Mr. Tod 

 Schriver, American airman, killed at San Juan. Rioting 

 at Ishtib follows on an explosion in a Mosque; much loss of 

 life. 



4. King George V drives in state to Exhibition grounds, 

 Bombay. Chinese armistice extended to 15 days. New 

 comet discovered by M. Schaumasse at Nice. Fires in 

 Jersey City do damage amounting to 200.000. Mr. B. J. 

 Duveen, London art-dealer, fined 3,000 in New York for 

 evasion of American customs duties on objects of art. 

 Italians capture oasis of Ain Zara in Tripoli. Rupture 

 between King Alfonso of Spain and his aunt, the Infanta 

 Eulalia, owing to publication of her autobiography. 

 Persian Mejliss appeals to U. S. for aid against Russia. 

 U. S.. Supreme Court decides that a person or association is 

 limited to one coal land entry in Alaska. The 62nd Con- 



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gress of the U. S. meets in its first regular session. Suit is 

 filed in U. S. Circuit Court against National Cash Register 

 Company of Dayton, Ohio, charging conspiracy in restraint 

 of trade. John D. Rockefeller resigns presidency of Stand- 

 ard Oil Company of New Jersey; John D. Archbold as 

 chosen to succeed him. 



_ 5. German Imperial Chancellor replies in Reichstag to 

 Sir E. Grey's speech in House of Commons. Two out- 

 breaks of fire in Delhi. J. B. McNamara sentenced at Los 

 Angeles to life imprisonment and his brother John to 15 

 years for having blown up office of Los Angeles Times on 

 Oct. i, 1910. Arbor stronghold_ at Kekar Monn Ying 

 captured by Gen. Bower. British Postmaster General 

 announces extension of wireless telegraphy, and cheapening 

 of cable rates between Great Britain and both the colonies 

 and the U. S. Pres. Taft in a special message to U. S. 

 Congress recommends amendments to Sherman Act, 

 federal incorporation for interstate commerce companies 

 and a new commission to approve plans for reorganisation 

 of trusts. Bill to abolish U. S. Commerce Court introduced 

 in U. S. Senate by Miles Poindexter. 



6. Chinese Regent resigns and guardians are appointed 

 for infant Emperor. British Home Secretary appoints 

 Committee to enquire into selection and summoning of 

 juries. Mr. H. Oxley, English airman, and a pupil, killed 

 a*: Filey, Yorkshire. Insurance Bill passes its third reading 

 in British House of Commons after Mr. H. W. Forster's 

 amendment to postpone its coming into operation had been 

 rejected by 320 votes to 223. Mr. A. C. Gpw, R.A., made 

 Keeper of Royal Academy, London. American Rivers and 

 Harbours Congress begins its eighth annual session at 

 Washington, D. C. 



7. King George and Queen Mary enter Delhi. General 

 election in New Zealand; govt. majority reduced. Chinese 

 edicts issued abolishing pigtail and ordering means to be 

 devised for adopting Western calendar. Naval Prue Bill 

 passes British House of Commons by a majority of 47. 

 Mr. Bonar Law speaks at Bootle (Lancashire), on Home 

 Rule. Mr. H. Bottomley, M.P., applies for receiving 

 order at London Bankruptcy Court. Lord Morley, in 

 reply to Lord Curzon, makes statement in House of Lords 

 on Persian affairs. M. Kistemaecker's play, La Flambee, 

 dealing with espionage, produced at the Porte St. Martin 

 theatre, Paris. Franco-Spanish negotiations with regard 

 to Morocco begin in Madrid. American jury finds the two 

 owners of the Triangle Waist Co., of New York City, not 

 guilty of manslaughter (see Mar. 25). Death in London 

 of Sir George Lewis, solicitor, aged 78. It is announced 

 in British Parliament that the Irish Commissioners under 

 the National Health Insurance Act will be Mr. J. A. Glynn 

 (chairman), Mr. W. S. Kinnear, Dr. W. J. Maguire. and 

 Mrs. Dickie. 



8. King George places in position at Delhi the All-India 

 memorial of King Edward. Shops Bill passed by British 

 House of Commons. Pres. Taft indicates that he will press 

 U. ,S._ Senate to ratify British and French Arbitration 

 Treaties. American Peace Society convenes at Washing- 

 ton, D. C. After examining wreck of '' Maine" in Havana 

 harbour naval experts report that ship's destruction was 

 due primarily to an external explosion. 



9. Armistice in China continued until December 24. 

 Explosion in coal-mine near Briceville, Tennessee; over 100 

 men entombed. Trial of Cullera strikers concluded at 

 Sueca, Spain. Report of L. D. Brandeis on the Controller 

 Bay controversy accepted by_ committee on expenditures 

 of U. S. House of Representatives. 



^10. Nobel Prizes distributed at Stockholm. Death of 

 Sir Joseph Hooker, O.M., at Sunningdale, aged 94. 

 Tramcar accident at Oporto; 14 killed, 30 injured. One- 

 cent letter postage and parcel post recommended by 

 Postmaster-General, U. S. 



n. At Board of Trade Conference in London, settlement 

 arranged between railway companies and leaders of the 

 railwaymen's unions, whereby strike averted. U. S. Rail- 

 way Securities Commission reports against Federal regula- 

 tion of issue of new securities until federal incorporation act 

 is passed. 



12. King George holds Coronation Durbar at Delhi and 

 announces transfer of the Indian capital from Calcutta to 

 that city, which will be largely rebuilt for the purpose. 

 House of Lords reject second reading of Naval Prize Bill. 

 Mass meeting in New York in favour of Arbitration treaties 

 broken up in disorder; Mr. Carnegie refused a hearing. 

 Queen of Spain gives birth to_a daughter. Explosion on 

 board H.M.S. Orion"; 18 injured. Cabinst crisis in 

 Persia; Mejliss refuse to accept Ministry willing to submit 

 to Russia.- Sherwood Service "dollar-a-day" Pension bill, 

 giving a pension of $15 to $30 a month to every soldier and 

 adding $75,000,000 a year to the country's expenditure, 



