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DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



MAY 24-jNE. 7 



U. S. House of Representatives (see July n). Presby- 

 terian General Assembly, at Louisville, refuses to admit 

 women to pulpit. Twelfth International Congress of 

 Navigation opens at Philadelphia. 



24. London Transport Workers' strike enquiry under 

 Sir Edward Clarke opens. South Hackney by-election 

 results in return of Mr. H. Morison (Liberal) by majority 

 of 503, being a reduction of over 3,000. Further rioting in 

 Budapest in connection with general strike. General 

 Lyautey arrives at Fez and is met by the Sultan's repre- 

 sentative, El Mokri. Funeral of King Frederick of 

 Denmark. Research Hospital opened at Cambridge, Eng- 

 land. Canada and Australia win large gold medals for 

 fruit at International Flower Show, London. Partial 

 settlement of London tailors' strike. Empire Day cele- 

 brated throughout British Empire. Mrs. Pankhurst and 

 Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, suffragists convicted of 

 conspiracy, granted special prison privileges. U. S. Gov- 

 ernment proceedings against Coffee Trust Degun in Federal 

 District Court, New York. Demachy art sale opens in 

 Paris. At general Methodist conference in Minneapolis, 

 Minn., the last of the eight new American bishops are 

 elected. Board of Estimate approves the new Subway 

 system in New York City. Edson J. Chamberlin appointed 

 president of Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. 



25. Count Berchtold, Austrian Premier, received by the 

 German Emperor at Potsdam. Fez attacked by Moorish 

 tribesmen. Rioting occurs at Lisbon in connection with 

 trial of Portuguese political prisoners. Anglo-Latin Exhi- 

 bition opened in London. Eight hundred English school 

 children visit Paris as guests of the Paris Municipality, to 

 take part in musical competition. Lieut, von Schlichting, 

 German airman, killed at Johannisthal. 1,000,000 given 

 by Mrs. Walter Russell Hall for relief of poverty in Austral- 

 ia. Nine United States war vessels ordered to assemble at 

 Key West for possible service in Cuban waters. Americans 

 warned by revolutionary leader Zapata to leave Mexico 

 City. 



26. Demonstration of London transport workers on 

 strike held in Trafalgar Square, London. 



27. British Govt. afford police protection for unloading 

 and transport of food to Central markets of London. 

 Turkey obtains assent of British Govt. to appointment of 

 five British officers as members of the directorate of her 

 European gendarmerie. Rioting occurs in Cyprus between 

 Greeks and Turks. Mr. John Boraston appointed principal 

 agent of United Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties 

 of Great Britain. Cuba informed by Pres. Taft that mobil- 

 ising of American fleet at Key West does not mean inter- 

 vention. Amendment to Naval appropriation bill, apply- 

 ing eight -hour law to mining of coal used by navy adopted 

 by U. S. House of Representatives. 



28. Sir Edward Clarke reports to the Local Government 

 Board on the strike of London transport workers; the 

 Govt. invites both parties to a conference. Committee of 

 Inquiry of the U. S. Senate issue report on the sinking of 

 the "Titanic." Conference between committees of the 

 Church of Scotland and the United Free Church with 

 regard to Scottish Church Reunion agreed upon. Fire in 

 a cinematograph theatre at Villa Real, Spain; 80 killed.- 

 Australian cricket eleven beat South Africa at Manchester 

 by an inning and 88 runs. Fez again attacked by Moroccan 

 tribesmen, who obtain an entrance into the city but are 

 repulsed. 700 U. S. marines landed at Guantanamo, Cuba. 

 Naval appropriation bill ($IIQ,OOO,OOO), without pro- 

 vision for new battleships, passed by the U. S. House of 

 Representatives. 



29. London shipowners refuse Govt.'s invitation to meet 

 the transport workers in conference. New Jersey presi- 

 dential primaries give a large majority for Mr. Roosevelt. 

 Lord Kitchener visits Malta from Egypt to confer with 

 Mr. Asquith and Mr. Winston Churchill on defence prob- 

 lems. 



30. Turkish patrol attacked at Kalodere in Albania; 3 

 killed. 4 missing. Italians bombard Scalanova, near Smyr- 

 na, owing to killing of two Italian sailors by Turks. Port 

 of London Authority refuse Govt.'s invitation to meet the 

 transport workers in conference.' N. W. Norfojk by-elec- 

 tion results in return of Mr. Hemmerde (Liberal) by 

 reduced majority of 645. Fighting at Sefru, near Fez; 

 rebels repulsed. Lord Kitchener's first report on Egypt, 

 issued. Death of Mr. Wilbur Wright, airman, aged 45. 

 German Emperor unveils a monument at Brandenburg to 

 the Elector Frederick I, and speaks on German Unity. 

 Sir Wilfrid Laurier speaks on Reciprocity at a banquet at 

 Montreal. Wolf-Ferrari's opera, "The Jewels of the 

 Madonna," performed at Covent Garden Theatre, London. 

 University of London appoint a Committee to consider 

 the question of a suitable site. Carcano art sale begins in 



Paris. Steel bill, passed by the House Jan. 29, is passed 

 by U. S. Senate, with an amendment repealing Canadian 

 reciprocity act. 



3 1 . London transport workers and employers confer with 

 Ministers at Home Office, but decline to meet each other. 

 British Treasury makes a provisional grant of 30,000 to 

 Welsh National Library building fund. Greek Minister 

 of Finance, M. Dimitrakopoulos, resigns, owing to the 

 forcible exclusion from the Chamber at Athens of the Cretan 

 deputies. Steengracht gallery at the Hague closed to the 

 public. Strike of waiters jn New York becomes general. : 

 Turkish patrol attacked in Albania; four killed. House 

 bill for an eight-hour day on all government contract work 

 passed by U. S. Senate; conference report upon Agricultural 

 appropriation bill rejected. 

 June: 



1 . King Ferdinand of Bulgaria visits Emperor of Austria 

 at Vienna. Queen and Prince Consort of Holland visit 

 Paris and are welcomed by French Pres. British Admiralty 

 announce that Malta will be maintained as a naval base. 

 Italian subjects ordered to leave Chios. Mr. Redman, 

 British instructor to the Shereefian army, killed in fighting 

 at Fez. Mr. Falconer Madan appointed Bodley's Libra- 

 rian at Oxford. Rioting at N. Y. in connection with wait- 

 ers' strike. Cunard liner "Carmania" seriously damaged 

 by fire at Liverpool. Cretan deputies endeavour to force 

 an entrance into the Chamber at Athens and are repulsed; 

 Chamber prorogued till October i. Persian Govt. troops 

 enter Kernanshah, and the pretender Salar-ed-Dowleh 

 takes flight. Lieut. Stille and Herr Buchstatter, German 

 airman, killed at Bremen. Ruby, a mechanic, killed while 

 flying with Collardeau (French airman) at Juvisy. Philip 

 Parmelee, American airman, killed at North Yakima, 

 Washington. Scotland wins internal, golf match at West- 

 ward Ho, Devon. Legislative, Executive and Judicial 

 appropriation bill eliminating radical provisions of House 

 is reported in U.S. Senate. U.S. transport "Buford" 

 arrives at San Francisco, having brought 364 American 

 refugees from Mexican to Californian ports. 



2. Belgian elections, turning on school question, result in 

 Clerical victory. 



3. Albanians attack Turkish troops in Ipek and are 

 repulsed. Hungarian Premier, Dr. de Lukacs, refuses to 

 alter Army Bill. Widener library bequeathed to Harvard 

 University. Great fire at Stamboul destroys four mosques, 

 seven schools, and over 1,000 houses. -Visiting German 

 warship? received by Pres. Taft in Hampton Roads, U.S.A. 



4. Transport Workers' .Federation of Great Britain 

 resolve on a national strike unless the London demands are 

 granted. Mr. Bruce Ismay gives evidence before the 

 "Titanic" Inquiry Commission in London. London 

 tailors ' strike ends. Canada resolves to join in the celebra- 

 tjon of a hundred years of Anglo-American peace. Strike 

 riots at Oviedo, Spain; one person killed. Hungarian 

 Chamber, after scene of disorder, accepts Army Bill. U.S. 

 battleship "Arkansas" damaged off coast of Maine. Riot- 

 ing in Belgium over result of elections. 



5. Mr. Lloyd George makes a statement in British House 

 of Commons with regard to Transport Workers' strike. 

 American marines landed in Cuba, and a division of the 

 American fleet sent to Cuban waters. South Dakota 

 Presidential primaries show a majority for Mr. Roose- 

 velt. Suit filed in U.S. District Court in N. Y. City against 

 Prince Line, Lamport & Holt Line, Hamburg American 

 Line and Hamburg-South American Line as a combina- 

 tion contrary to Sherman Act. Scene in Hungarian 

 Chamber; Opposition expelled by police, and in their 

 absence Count Tisza 's majority pass Army Bill. Sale of 

 Jacques-Doucet Collection in Paris. Huth Library Sale 

 at Sotheby 's, London. Race for the Derby at Epsom won 

 by Mr. Raphael's "Tagalie. "Fighting between Turkish 

 patrol and Bulgarian troops near Egri Palanka on Bulgarian 

 frontier. Parcel post convention between U.S.A. and Re- 

 public of Panama signed at Washington, D.C.. 



6. Sultan Mulai Hafid of Morocco leaves Fez unaer 

 French protection (see Aug. 13). Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, 

 destroyed by fire. "Hundred Years Ago" costume ball 

 at the Albert Hall, London. U.S. Republican National 

 Committee meets in Chicago, elects Victor Rosewater 

 chairman, and votes to open hearings of contested delega- 

 tions to representatives of the press. 



7. M. Kovacs, Hungarian Deputy, fires at Count Tisza 

 in the Hungarian Parliament, and then shoots himself. 

 French Govt. 's Electoral Reform Bill submitted to a Com- 

 mittee of Chamber of Deputies. King Ferdinand of 

 Bulgaria arrives in Potsdam on a visit to German Emperor. 

 Mr. John Ball at Westward Ho, Devon, wins British 

 Amateur Golf Championship for the 8th time. Bagdad 

 Railway Report for 1911 published. Strike of Boston 



