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DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



into the causes of disaster. Dillingham Immigration bill, 

 making ability to read and write a condition of entrance 

 into U. S., passed by U. S. Senate. 



20. French liner " La France," of the Compagnie Gene- 

 rale Transatlantique, sails from Havre on her maiden 

 voyage. Dr. de Lukacs, Hungarian Minister of Finance, 

 becomes Prime Minister. U. S. Senate urges treaties with 

 maritime powers providing for safety at sea. U. S. House 

 of Representatives passes measure requiring report of 

 contributions and expenditures for candidates for Pres. 

 and Vice-Pres. Cyclones in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois and 

 Indiana cause death of nearly a hundred persons. Final 

 tie for Football Association Cup played at Crystal Palace 

 results in draw. 



22. German Reichstag begins debate upon Defence 

 Bills. The Archbishop ol Canterbury speaks at Carnarvon 

 against Welsh Church Disestablishment. Mr. A. J. Bal- 

 four appointed Clifford Westbury at Glasgow. Further 

 French reinforcements enter Fez; order restored. U. S. 

 Senate passes bill granting independent tobacco companies 

 an appeal from decree of Federal Circuit Court approving 

 dissolution of Tobacco Trust. Eastern U.S.A._ railroad 

 locomotive engineers who voted (April 12) to strike, their 

 demands for wage increase and better working conditions 

 having been refused Mar. 25, accept offer of mediation 

 made by U. S. Commissioner Neill and Judge Knapp. 

 (See April 23, 30, Nov. 24.) 



33. Turkish Government replies to Powers' enquiry as 

 to whether they would terminate the war with Italy, that 

 they could only accept mediation if the sovereign rights of 

 Turkey were maintained and Italy evacuated Tripoli. 

 The Home Rule Bill is accepted by the Irish Nationalist 

 Convention at Dublin. Bill for the Disestablishment and 

 Disendowment of the Church in Wales introduced into the 

 British House of Commons by Mr. McKenna. Insurance 

 Act Amendment League holds first meeting in London. 

 Russian Ambassador at Constantinople hands to the Porte 

 a. written protest against the closing of the Dardanelles. 

 Italians take possession of the island of Stampalia, near 

 Crete. Arabs attack the Italian force landing at Bu- 

 Kemmesh, Tripoli, and are repulsed with much loss. Offer 

 of mediation made by U. S. Commissioner Neill and Judge 

 Knapp accepted by the railroads (see April 30). 



24. The firemen on the White Star jiner "Olympic" 

 refuse to sail owing to dissatisfaction with the provision 

 of boats; the vessel is detained at Southampton. The 

 ministers of the Four Powers demand that the Anglo- 

 Belgian loan to China shall be cancelled. Ratification by 

 the United States Senate of the Declaration of London, 

 1909. Lord Methuen speaks at Cape Town on Imperial 

 Defence on the eve of his departure from South Africa. 

 M. Jouin, assistant Chief of the Paris Detective Service, is 

 shot dead whilst endeavouring to arrest motor-car bandits. 



25. Inauguration of the new Campanile of St. Mark's, 

 Venice. The Education in Single-School Areas Bill with- 

 drawn from the Standing Committee of the House of Com- 

 mons. Major General E. C. Bethune becomes Director- 

 General of the British Territorial Force. Pres. Taft 

 speaks in Mass, against Mr. Roosevelt. Debate on the 

 German Defence Bills in the Reichstag concluded. Debate 

 in the Russian Duma on the shooting of strikers on the Lena 

 goldfields, Siberia. Death at Folkestone of Mr. Justin 

 McCarthy, aged 81. Sixteenth annual art exhibition opens 

 at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pa.; Charles Sims's paint- 

 ing "Pastorella" awarded medal of the first class. 



26. Memorial service at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 

 for the American victjms of the "Titanic" disaster. 

 Voyage of the "Olympic" abandoned owing to refusal of 

 the firemen and sailors to sail. Field-Marshal Sir William 

 Nicholson appointed a member of the Committee of 

 Imperial Defence, London. Draft ordinance issued at 

 Salisbury, Rhodesia, abolishing trial by jury in the case of 

 serious crimes involving race differences. M. Sazonoff, 

 Russian Foreign Minister, speaks in the Duma on foreign 

 affairs. 



if. General Lyautey appointed first French Resident- 

 General in Morocco. Mr. Roosevelt speaks in Mass, 

 against Pres. Taft. The Persian Qovt. makes aeries 

 of arrests on suspicion of members of the late Mejliss. 

 Committee on Banking and Currency of U. S. House of 

 Representatives begins enquiry into "money trust," _its 

 powers having been expressly enlarged, April 25. Owing 

 to protests from U. S., Great Britain, France and Germany, 

 China cancels contract for a Belgian loan of 10,000,000. 

 German battleship, "KCnig Albert," launched at Danzig. 



28. The Cretan Deputies to Athens are arrested on board 

 the "Peloponnesus" by the British cruiser "Minerva" and 

 taken to SuJa Bay. Arrival at Plymouth of the survivors 

 of the crew of the "Titanic." Bonnot, chief of the motor- 



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car bandits in Paris, and Dubois killed after a siege with 

 dynamite at Choisy-le-Roi, near Paris. U. S. Army trans- 

 port "Buford" leaves San Francisco for Mexican Pacific 

 ports to remove American citizens. The soth anniversary 

 of founding of Vassar College celebrated in Poughkeepsie, 

 N. Y. 



20. Yuan Shih-kai opens the Advisory Council in Pe- 

 king. M. Vedrines, French airman, seriously injured near 

 Epinay-sur-Seine. Enquiry ordered by U. S. Senate into 

 contributions and disbursements in Presidential campaigns 

 of 1904 and 1008. 



30. The second reading of the Home Rule Bill is moved 

 by Mr. Winston Churchill in the British House of Com- 

 mons. Liverpool shipping strike settled. Ship-building 

 strike breaking out at Hamburg. " Oceana " enquiry begun 

 in London before Mr. Dickinson and Assessors. The 

 steamer "Texas" strikes a mine in the Gulf of Smyrna and 

 sinks with a loss of 68 lives. Count Berchtold speaks on 

 foreign relations in the Hungarian Delegation Committee. 

 Royalist raid into Portugal occurs at Moncao. Suit 

 brought in St. Paul, Minn., for dissolution of Internal. 

 Harvester Co. Arbitration agreement signed in N. Y. 

 City between employers and railway engineers (see April 

 22, 23 and Nov. 24). 

 May: 



1. Porte decides to re-open the Dardanelles to shipping. 

 British Admiralty's scheme for reorganising the Fleet 

 into six battle squadrons announced. Committee for 

 enquiring into the hours and conditions of labour for van 

 and warehouse boys appointed by British Home Secretary. 

 Tailors of the West End, London, strike for an increase 

 of wages and better workshops. Race for Two Thousand 

 Guineas won at Newmarket by Sweeper II. Massachu- 

 setts presidential primaries result in a tie between Taft 

 and Roosevelt. First of the two French fleets provided by 

 the Navy Law of March 30, fully commissioned. U. S. 

 Secretary of State Knox issues report which shows that 

 Japan is not attempting to control Magdalena Bay, Lower 

 California. Mississippi levee at Torras, La., breaks. 



2. "Titanic" enquiry opened in London under presi- 

 dency of Lord Mersey. Afghan tribal rising at Khost; 

 Mangals and JTadraus rebel against the local Governor, and 

 besiege him in Matun. Post Office appropriation bill 

 ($260,000,000) passed by U. S. House of Representatives, 

 including authorisation for establishment of parcel post. 

 Strike begins on Chicago newspaper owned by William R. 

 Hearst. 



3. State Sickness Insurance Committee of British 

 Medical Association issue pledge to members to resign all 

 contract work unless Association's demands are met by the 

 Government. A Rembrandt belonging fo Lord Feversham 

 sold to Mr. Frick, of the U. S., for 50,000. Italians 

 capture Lebda, near Tripoli. Bengal Chamber of Com- 

 merce protests against change of the Indian capital to 

 Delhi. Action for damages, brought in the High Court, 

 London, by the " Pisagua " against the " Oceana, decided 

 against the latter. Railways entering Chicago grant 

 freight-handlers half wage increase demanded. 



4. Italians occupy Rhodes. Trial of the "Olympic" 

 seamen at Portsmouth for mutiny results in verdict of 

 "guilty," but no penalty is imposed. French column 

 attacked near Mekinez by Moroccan tribesmen. Rioting 

 in Lisbon in connection with textile workers' strike. 



6. Mr. Asquith addresses a Scottish deputation on 

 "Home Rule all round." German Emperor calls conference 

 in Berlin to consider the safety of sea -going passengers. Mr 

 Bryce's conduct as British Ambassador at Washington is 

 defended in the British House of Commons by Sir E. Grey 

 Royal Academy exhibition opens at Burlington House, 

 London. Duke and Duchess of Cpnnaught start on a tour 

 through Canada. Employers' Liability and Workmen's 

 Compensation bill passed by U. S. Senate. 



7. King George leaves London fcr inspection of the 

 Fleet. Browning centenary celebrations in London. 

 P. & O. shipping strike threatened in London. 

 Maryland presidential primaries show small majority 

 for Mr. Roosevelt. New anti-typhoid serum submitted 

 to French Academy of Sciences by Metchnikoff and 

 Broughton Alcock. Mr. A. Chamberlain speaks against 

 Home Rule bill in British parliament. 



8. P. & O. shipping strike in London averted. Sale of 

 Wertheimer collection at Christie's in London. Mr. W. 

 Llewellyn elected A.R.A. Rioting among miners in an- 

 thracite coal district of Pennsylvania. New medicinal 

 treatment of cancer is submitted by Dr. Grezda of Aeram 

 to the Paris Academy of Medicine. Break-down of the 

 Minimum Wage Act in South Wales owing to refusal of 

 miners to accept award. Fighting in Albania results in 

 loss of 9 to Turkish troops and 15 to rebels. . 



