MCH. 30-Ap. 19 



DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



XXV 



Smoot pension bill providing a double standard of pension 

 for age and service and involving an addition to the pension 

 roll of $20,000,000 a year for the coming five years. 

 Compromise between American coal operators and bilu 

 minous coal miners increases rate on screened lump coa 

 5 cents a ton 



30. Home Rule demonstration in Dublin attended bj 

 100,006 people. Oxford and Cambridge boat-race results 

 in both boats sinking and is declared by the umpire "no 

 race." Sultan of Morocco signs a treaty making Morocco 

 a French Protectorate. Emperor of Austria threatens to 

 abdicate unless situation between Austria and Hungary 

 improves. Three men arrested in connection with French 

 motor-car murders. French navy law passed providing 

 for two new fleets. Federal U. S. jury in New York City 

 fails to agree in Govt. suit of American Sugar Refining 

 Company (see March n). 

 April: 



1. Oxford and Cambridge boat-race re-rowed, resulting 

 in a victory for Oxford. The Prince of Wales arrives in 

 Paris for a stay of some months. News received that Capt 

 Scott, on Antarctic expedition had on Jan. 3 reached a point 

 150 miles from the South Pole and is remaining in the Ant- 

 arctic for another winter. Partial eclipse of the moon. 

 Sun-Yat Sen and the Provisional Govt. in. China lay down 

 office. Carpenters' strike in Chicago. Fortnight's sus- 

 pension of American coal-mining industry begins. Woo] 

 bill passed by U. S. House of Reps, by 189 (20 Republicans] 

 to 92 (i Democrat) puts duty of 20 per cent on raw wool 

 and 30 to 45 per cent on woolen manufactures' (see July 

 25). U. 'S. Supreme Court, reversing Commerce Court, 

 holds that Interstate Commerce Commission can ask from 

 water lines reports on intra-state business as well as on 

 inter-state. 



2. Mr. Lloyd George introduces the Budget in the 

 British House of Commons. Lord Cheytesmore elected 

 Chairman of the London County Council. Mr. Hamel 

 crosses the English Channel in an aeroplane with a lady 

 passenger. British punitive expedition in the Sudan re- 

 sisted by the Annaks; 2 British and 3 Egyptian officers 

 killed. Dacca conspiracy case in India results on appeal 

 in acquittal of 21 prisoners and reduction of sentence for 

 14. The Russian Senate at St. Petersburg decide that of 

 146 Americans charged with attempted revolution 94 should 

 be acquitted and 52 sentenced to penal servitude or impris- 

 onment. 



3. British House of Commons rises for Easter recess. 

 Croatian autonomy suspended. Serious floods reported in 

 Mississippi basin.- Arrest of Carouy, one of the French 

 motor-car highwaymen. New York Public Service Com- 

 mission rejects application of New York Central system to 

 acquire New York, Ontario & Western Railway. 



4. Ballot of British coal-miners results in majority of 

 42,998 against resuming work.- Memorandum issued by 

 the joint Committee of the Church of Scotland and the 

 United Free Church concerning Church re-union in Scot- 

 land. -Another motor-car robbery committed in France 

 near Choisy-le-Roi. Chinese Republic proclaimed in Tibet. 

 Pres. Taft in a special message to U. S. Congress asks an 

 appropriation for the Commission on Economy and Effi- 

 ciency. 



6. National Conference of Miners' Federation of Great 

 Britain meets in London and endorses the decision of its 

 executive that the men should resume work. Russia de- 

 cides to join the "Four Powers" banking syndicate for the 

 jssue of a loan to China. French warship's launch swamped 

 in Tangier harbour, 5 persons drowned. 



7. Argentine elections take place under compulsory and 

 secret ballot, and result in weakening the influence of the 

 Union Nacional. Paris police make three arrests in con- 

 nection with the motor-car crimes. Celebration of the 

 75th anniversary of the founding of the University of 

 Athens. 



8. Mr. Bonar Law arrives in Belfast and is enthusiastical- 

 ly received. Celebration of the anniversary of the declara- 

 tion of Greek Independence at Athens. Socialist disturb- 

 ances at San Diego, California. Excursion steamer sunk 

 on the Nile after a collision; heavy loss of life. England 

 beats France in Rugby football at Auteuil by 18 points to 8. 



9. Anti-Home. Rule demonstration in Belfast addressed 

 by Mr. Bonar Law. Preferential agreement between 

 Canada and West Indies signed at Ottawa. Sir Herbert 

 Tree produces "Othello" at His Majesty's Theatre 

 London. Pres. Taft signs bill creating a Children's 

 Bureau (see April 17). Esch match bill putting tax of 

 2C a hundred on matches made of poisonous white phos- 

 phorus, passed by U. S. Congress. 



10. Rioting among coal-miners in South Lancashire. 

 White Star liner "Titanic" leaves Southampton on her 



maiden voyage to New York. Sir Starr Jameson resigns 

 leadership of Unionist Party in South Africa and is suc- 

 ceeded by Sir Thomas Smartt. Italy lands a fresh body of 

 troops in Tripoli. Illinois presidential primaries result 

 in favour of Mr. Roosevelt. Advisory Committee to the 

 British National Health Insurance Commissioners ap- 

 pointed consisting of 159 members; Chairman the Chancel- 

 lor of the Exchequer; Vice-chairman Mr. C. F. G. Master- 

 man. 



11. Rioting of coal-miners in S. Lancashire collapses. 

 Irish Home Rule Bill introduced into British House of 

 Commons by Mr. Asquith. Mr. Knox, United States 

 Secretary of State, visits Cuba. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt 

 appears as Queen Elizabeth in M. Emile Moreau's play of 

 that name in Paris. -Lord Balfour and Mr. Austen Cham- 

 berlain entertained at St. Petersburg by the Russian and 

 English Bank. Maine delegation declares for Mr. Roose- 

 velt. 



12. Memorial to Queen Victoria unveiled at Cimiez. 

 Kiangsi and Hunanese troops mutiny at Nanking. Price 

 of coal in London reduced by 103. a ton. Mediation pro- 

 posals made in Constantinople by the Powers with regard 

 to the war in Tripoli. Italians occupy Fort Bu-Kemmesh, 

 Tripoli, andcut caravan routes to Tunisia. Lord Hardinge, 

 Viceroy of India, opens Upper Chenab section of the Punjab 

 ir'igation scheme. Bomb explosion in a Paris taxi-cab. 

 Ideal Home Exhibition opened at Olympia, London. 

 Maritime Court at Hamburg decides that in the collision 

 between P. and O. liner "Oceana" and German barque, 

 "Pisague," the "Oceana" was at fault. Federal U. S. 

 grand jury at Buffalo, N. Y., indicts Adams Express Com- 

 pany and American Express Company for exceeding 

 schedule rates. Large dike at Greenville, Miss., broken by 

 flood. 



13. Memorial to King Edward VII at Cannes unveiled. 

 Scottish Medical Council meet at Edinburgh and re- 

 affirm the six "cardinal points" to be insisted on if doctors 

 are to work the National Insurance Act. An "Amend the 

 (Insurance) Act" league inaugurated in London. The 

 presidential "primaries" of Pennsylvania show a majority 

 for Mr. Roosevelt. Busoni's opera, "Die Brautwahl," 

 produced at Hamburg. Railroad Commission of Califor- 

 nia, forces Wells, Fargo & Co. to file a complete schedule 

 of express rates. 



14. Death of M. Henri Brisson, President of the French 

 Chamber of Deputies, aged 76. General Huang Hsing 

 appointed Generalissimo of the Southern Forces of China. 



15. Mr. Balfour speaks against the Home Rule Bill in 

 British House of Commons. The White Star liner "Ti- 

 tanic," after striking on an iceberg, sinks in the Atlantic; 

 1,513 of the passengers and crew drowned, 711 saved. 

 New Defence Bills introduced in German Reichstag. M. 

 Poincare, French Premier, speaks at Council General of 

 Meuse Department on the political situation in France. 

 Sir Joseph Saba Pasha, Egyptian Finance Minister, resigns. 



16. Turkish Govt. approached by the Powers on the 

 question of terminating the war with Italy. References 

 to "Titanic" disaster in British House of Commons, 

 American House of Representatives, and German Reichs- 

 tag. First cross-channel flight by a woman, Miss Harriet 

 Quimby (see July 2). Strike riots attended by loss of life 

 occur i& Peru. Turks attack Fort Lombardia at Derna, 

 Tripoli, and are repulsed. 



17.. Investigation into causes of "Titanic" wreck 

 ordered by U. S. Senate (see May 28); Marine House relief 

 fund op'ened in London for sufferers. Resignation of Count 

 Khuen Hedervary, Hungarian Premier. Russian Premier, 

 M. Kokovtsoff, speaks at Moscow on popular representa- 

 tion. Eclipse of the sun! Price of coal falls 55. a ton in 

 London. Mutiny of native troops at Fez. Russia and 

 Japan join with the "four nations" (Great Britain. France, 

 ermany and the United States) to guarantee the 60.000,- 

 ooo Chinese Reorganisation Loan. Mexico refuses to 

 recognise U. S. government's right to interfere in her 

 affairs. Miss Julia C- Lathrop appointed head of the 

 Children's Bureau (see April 9). M. John Verrept, French 

 airman, killed at Versailles. 



18. Dardanelles closed to shipping by the Turkish 

 Government; Italian warships bombard forts at entrance. 



unard liner " Carpathia," with survivors of the "Titanic," 

 arrives at New York. Rioting at Lena goldfields, Siberia; 

 ihooting of strikers by police. 



19. French reinforcements enter Fez. E. Nottingham 

 >y-election results in return of Sir J. D. Rees (Unionist) by 

 1,324. Lieut, de Ville d'Avray, French airman, killed at 



/erdun. Price of coal in London falls from is. to 25. a 

 on according to quality. Memorial service at St.' Paul's 

 Cathedral, London, for those who perished in the " Titanic." 

 Opening in New York of Senatorial Committee's inquiry 



