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DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



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"The Mind the Paint Girl," play by Sir A. Pinero, produced 

 at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. Mr. D. Graham 

 Gilmour, British airman, killed at Richmond. 

 . 18. Anglo-Russian Note on future policy presented to 

 the Persian Govt. Riot at Serajevo, Croatia, during a 

 Croatian demonstration against Hungary. 



19. Mr. Ellis J. Griffith, chairman of the Welsh Liberal 

 members, becomes Under-Secretary to the Home Dept. in 

 British Govt. Sir Starr Jameson's motion of censure on 

 the South African Govt. for their treatment of the Civil 

 Service rejected by 72 to 34. The Kaiser speaks on German 

 Unity at Kiel after the launching of a dreadnought. Fifty 

 persons drowned through the foundering of a launch near 

 Rangoon.- U. S. Supreme Court decides that it belongs 

 to Congress, and not the Court, to determine whether a 

 state by its adoption of the initiative and referendum has 

 ceased to be republican in form within the guaranty of the 

 Federal Constitution. 



20. Mr. Asquith invites coal-owners and miners to meet 

 him and discuss means for averting a strike. Count 

 Berchtold succeeds Count Aehrenthal as Austro-Hungarian 

 Foreign Minister, and Dr. de Billinski becomes joint 

 Minister of Finance. In British Parliament the official 

 opposition amendment to the Address is rejected by 324 

 to 231 votes. Coal rises 25. a ton in London. Houston, 

 Texas, largely destroyed by fire. Pres. Taft transmits to 

 U. S. Congress report of Employers' Liability Commission. 

 Sale of Weber collection of pictures in Berlin; 29,500 

 paid for a Mantegna. British Medical Association meet 

 in London to consider the attitude of the profession towards 

 the National Insurance Act. Tuberculosis Prevention 

 Committee appointed by the British Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer, with Mr. Waldorf Astor as Chairman. 



21. Mr. Roosevelt, speaking before the Ohio Constitu- 

 tional Convention at Columbus, outlines a " Charter of 

 Democracy." Sir Edward Grey speaks in British Parlia- 

 ment on the Persian Question. U. S. House of Repre- 

 sentatives passes bill revising chemical schedule of tariff 

 so as to increase revenue. U. S. grand jury in Albany, 

 N. Y., indicts Delaware & Hudson Company under com- 

 modities clause of Hepburn Act. 



22. British coalowners and miners meet at the Foreign 

 Office. "The Secret Woman," a play by Eden Phillpotts, 

 produced in London in spite of the Censorship. Mr. Knox, 

 U. S. Secretary of State, starts on Central American tour. 

 Tariff Reform Amendment to Address in British House 

 of Commons negatived by 258 to 193. Lord Morley 

 speaks in the House of Lords in defence of the change of 

 the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi. Hebert case, 

 involving validity of Ne Temere decree, decided in Canada 

 on the grounds that the decree has no civil effect. Pres. 

 Taft sends to the U. S. Congress message recommending 

 report of commission on second class post matter for in- 

 creased rate on newspapers and magazines.- U. S. grand 

 jury at Cincinnati, Ohio, indicts the officials of National 

 Cash Register Company and Adams Express Company. 



23. Mr. Lloyd George speaks at the Albert Hall, London, 

 on Woman Suffrage. Italian Parliament adopts bill rati- 

 fying the annexation of Tripoli. Death of the Grand-duke 

 of Luxemburg. Lord Kitchener welcomed at Khartum. 

 Charity Commissioners' report on Boxted small holdings 

 evictions issued.- The British Medical Association appoint 

 a Stat<> Sickness Insurance Committee to deal on their 

 behalf with the Govt. 



24. Mansion House meeting in London on threatened 

 coal-strike. Italians sink two Turkish war-ships in Beirut 

 harbour. Mr. Roosevelt declares himself willing to accept 

 Republican nomination as a candidate for the American 

 Presidency.- New speed records in flying made at Pau by 

 Tabuteau, French airman. Mr. Winston Churchill de- 

 clares against the Conciliation Bill (Women's Suffrage) in a 

 letter to the secretary of the Dundee branch of Women's 

 Freedom League. Glasgow (St. Rollox) by-election results 

 in return of N. S. McKinnon Wood (Liberal) by 469, a 

 reduction of 1,448. Ireland beats Scotland in Rugby foot- 

 ball at Dublin by 10 points to 8. 



25. Jamaica tramway riots, suppressed on the 26th. 



26. Coal miners start strike at Alfreton, Derbyshire. 

 Massachusetts strike riots. South African Commission on 

 Trades and Industries issue their Report. Anti-Hungarian 

 disturbances at Agram, Mostar and Spalato. U.S. Supreme 

 Court decides in favour of Southern Pacific Railroad in the 

 "main-line grant" cases involving claim to California land 

 valued at more than $1,000,000. 



27. Miners' national conference meets in London. 

 Further negotiations at Downing Street. Fighting between 

 Arabs and Italians at Margheb in Tripoli; heavy Arab loss. 

 Revolution in Paraguay; Pres. Rojas compelled to resign 

 and Pres. Pena appointed. Paris motor-car bandits steal 



a car and shoot a policeman dead. Anthracite coal miners 

 in Pennsylvania demand a 20% increase in wages and an 

 eight hour day (see April i and May 18). 



28. Lord Loreburn, Lord Curzon and others address an 

 Anti-Suffrage meeting in the Albert Hall, London. 



29. Military mutiny in Peking; looting of city. Fight- 

 ing in the Zemmer district of Morocco between French 

 soldiers and natives. Mr. Neil Kennedy appointed Chair- 

 man of the Scottish Land Court, and Sir Robert Patrkk 

 Wright Chairman of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland. 

 Capt. Maurice Hankey appointed Secretary to the British 

 Committee of Imperial Defence. Senator Joseph M. 

 Dixon of Montana selected as manager of Roosevelt cam- 

 paign to secure Republican presidential nomination. 

 March: 



1. Coal strike becomes general in Great Britain. M.C.C. 

 cricket eleven win the Fifth Test Match at Sydney by 70 

 runs. Window smashing by suffragettes in London: 

 arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst and others. Death of George 

 Grossmith at Folkestone, aged 65. The Registration 

 (Plural Voting) Bill read a second time in the British House 

 of Commons by 223 votes to 142. 



2. Pres. Taft warns Americans in Mexico to observe 

 neutrality laws; the American ambassador there advises 

 Americans to leave danger zones. All indictments against 

 officers of United Shoe Machinery Company except that 

 charging monopoly by leasing patented machinery dis- 

 missed in U.S. District Court in Boston (see Sept. 19, 1911). 

 M. Venezelos, Greek Premier, begins a political tour 

 throughJGreece. Deathof Edward Blake, Canadian states- 

 man, at Toronto, aged 79. Dollfus picture sale begins in 

 Paris. Mrs. Pankhurst sentenced in London to two 

 months' imprisonment for window smashing. Peking 

 placed under martial law. The "four nations" banks 

 (England, France, Germany an^d the U. S.) agree, with the 

 approval of Russia and Japan, to make a loan to China. 

 Scotland beats Wales in Association football at Edinburgh 

 by i goal to o. 



4. Fighting at Derna in Tripoli. Over 200 suffragettes 

 arrested for window-breaking in London. Retirement of 

 Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson from active list of British Navy. 

 Trial of Frederick Henry Seddon and his wife for murder 

 by poisoning begins in London. German miners' strike in 

 Dortmund district. Death of Admiral Aubry, commander 

 in chief of Italian naval forces, on his flagship at Toronto, 

 aged 63. Murder of Mr. Frederick Day, British mission- 

 ary, at Chichau, near Peking. Bill passed by U. S. House 

 of Representatives declares all citizens of Porto Rico to be 

 citizens of United States. 



5. South Manchester by-election results in loss of seat 

 to the Government by defeat of Sir A. Haworth on accept- 

 ance of office; majority for Mr. Glazebrook (Unionist) 579. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence and other suffragists 

 arrested in London on charge of conspiracy in connection 

 with wholesale window-breaking. Revolutionary conspira- 

 cy discovered in Bangkok, Siam. Milestones, a play by 

 Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch, produced at 

 Royalty Theatre, London. 



6. Nicaragua newspaper staffs arrested for suggesting 

 use of dynamite against American Secretary of State. 



7. Capt. Amundsen reports having reached South Pole 

 on December 14, 1911. U. S. Senate adopts Anglo- 

 American and Franco-American Arbitration treaties by 

 76 votes to 3 after striking out (by 42 votes to 40) article 3 

 constituting Joint High Commission, and excluding certain 

 questions as not arbitrable. Khuen-Hedervary Cabinet in 

 Hungary resigns. Non-stop flight, London to Paris, made 

 by M. Salmet, French airman, in 3 hours 12 minutes. 

 Standard Oil Company of Indiana increases its capital 

 stock from $1,000,000 to $30,000,000. 



8. British Government holds a conference with coal- 

 owners and miners on the means of settling the coal strike. 

 Mr. Asquith entertained at a lunch given at Covent Garden 

 Theatre to celebrate the passing of the Parliament Act. 

 Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson appointed to the Order of 

 Merit. By-election at Hereford results in the return of 

 Mr. W. A. S. Hewins (Unionist) unopposed. Pres. Taft 

 speaks at Toledo (Ohio) against the "recall" of judges. 

 M. Jaures speaks in the Chamber of .Deputies against 

 French Government's policy in Morocco. 



Q. The Ambassadors of the Great Powers ask Italy to 

 state the terms on which she would accept arbitration in the 

 war with Turkey. King George lays the foundation stone 

 of the new County Hall in London. Sir H. Hesketh Bell 

 appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands. General 

 increase of 5 % to 7% announced in wages of textile workers 

 in New England affecting more than 125^000 persons. 

 Ireland beats Wales in Rugby football at Belfast by 12 

 points to 5. 



