DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



JNE. 20- Jv. 2 



raid at Vuchitru in Albania. Pres. Taft signs eight hour 

 law for contract work for U.S. Govt. 



20. On final appeal, in the Thompson-Banister case, 

 House of Lords decides that a clergyman is not entitled to 

 refuse the Sacrament to persons who have married under 

 the Colonial Marriages (Deceased Wife's Sister) Act, 1906. 

 Holmfirth (Yorks.) by-ejection results in return of Mr. S. 

 Arnold (Liberal) by a majority of 1,370. Race for the Ascot 

 Gold Cup won by Mr. Pilkington's "Prince Palatine". 

 Russian Duma votes five years naval programme, including 

 $0,000,000 for construction. French seamen's strike 

 spreads to Marseilles. Chinese troops mutiny at Mukden. 

 Debate on Language clause in Civil Service Bill begins 

 in South African Parliament. ''Six Powers" Loan to 

 China negotiations concluded in Paris. London Transport 

 strike leaders confer with Chief Liberal Whip. Poyer, 

 French motor-cai bandit, arrested in Paris. 



21. British troops sent from Hongkong to Canton. 

 Port of London authority proposes to remove restrictions 

 limiting men competent to act as lightermen on Thames. 

 Dr. G. F. McCleary, editor of Public Health, appointed 

 Principal Medical Officer to the National Insurance Com- 

 missioners. Railway accident near Halifax, Yorks. ; 4killed, 

 over so injured. Mr. Campbell Dodgson appointed to 

 succeed Sir S. Colvin as Keeper of the Dept. of Prints and 

 Drawings, British Museum. Lisbon tramway strike 

 leaders arrested; trams run under military protection. 

 Lt. Felix yon Falkenhayn, German military airman, filled 

 at Dpberitz. Fighting near Fez between French and 

 Moorish tribesmen. Sundry Civil appropriation bill 

 ($109,577,414) passed by U.S. House of Representatives. 

 U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission orders Delaware, 

 Lackawanna & Western Railroad to lower coal rates. 

 W. J. Bryan announces his opposition to Alton B. Parker 

 for temporary chairman of Democratic National Conven- 

 tion. Credentials Committee of Republican National 

 Convention settle most contests for Taft delegates. 



22. Mr. Taft nominated as regular Republican candidate 

 for the U.S. Presidency by 561 votes, against Roosevelt 

 107 , LaFollette 41 , Cummins 1 7, 344 not voting; Mr. Roose- 

 velt '' bolts " and makes proposals for new Progressive party. 

 Mr. Tom Mann, syndicalist leader, released from prison 

 after serving six weeks of his sentence. Draft Agreement 



men's strike. Further rioting in Lisbon; bomb explosions 

 and conflicts between troops and tramway strikers. New 

 building of Royal Academy of Music, London, opened by 

 Prince Arthur of Connaught. Coaching Marathon race at 

 Olympia, London, won by Mr. W. H. Moore of New York. 

 (i. H. Patching (S. Africa) wins 100 yards race at Stam- 

 ford Bridge, England, in gj seconds. Balloon race of 

 Royal Aero Club won by Mrs. John Dunville. 



23. M. Ehrmann, French airman, injured at Vienna. 

 Prince of Wales comes of age. 



24. Industrial Council open public enquiry in London 

 on agreements, in relation to labour unrest. Mrs. Pank- 

 hurst and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, Suffragist leaders, re- 

 leased from prison.- Death of Field Marshal Sir George 

 White, V.C., aged 76. On Budget Debate in British House 

 of Commons Government majority on an amendment alter- 

 ing tea duty falls to 22; Chancellor of the Exchequer an- 

 nounces that five millions out of last year's surplus will go 

 to reducing National Debt and a million to extra naval 

 expenditure. Dalai Lama of Tibet leaves Kalimpong for 

 Lhasa. Mutiny of Albanian troops at Monastir. Govt. 

 of India Bill passed by House of Lords after speeches from 

 Lord Curzon and Lord Crewe.- Alton B. Parker of New 

 York chosen by Democratic National Committee to be 

 temporary chairman of Democratic National Convention. 

 Samuel Gompers, President of American Federation of 

 Labor, sentenced by Supreme Court of Washington, D.C., 

 to a year 's imprisonment for contempt. 



25. Democratic Convention for selection of Presidential 

 candidate opens at Baltimore. Violent protest made in 

 British House of Commons by Mr. George Lansbury, 

 Labour Member, against forcible feeding of Women Suf- 

 fragist prisoners. Mr. Asquith receives deputation urging 

 adoption of proportional representation in Ireland as a 

 means of safeguarding rights of minorities under Home 

 Rule. British'Board of Trade Inquiry into loss of " Oceana" 

 decides that its captain was responsible. British Colonial 

 Secretary appoints Committee under Sir Kenelm Digby 

 to consider Land Question in British West Africa. Death 

 of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema at Wiesbaden, aged 76. 



26. King George and Queen Mary open Welsh National 

 Museum at Cardiff. Debate in House of Lords on ques- 

 tion Hi undue lu-u- in bringing the Insurance Act into opera- 



tion July 15. Encaenia celebration at Oxford; hoairary 

 degrees conferred on Lord Crewe, Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson, 

 Sir G. Askwith, Mr. Henry James, Mr. Robert Bridges, and 

 Prof. Cumont of Brussels. Sotheby sale of mezzotints in 

 London realises 25,165. Test match between England 

 and Australia cricketers at Lord's left drawn. South 

 African ministerial crisis averted by re-arrangement. 

 Austrian Chamber adopts Army Bill on second and third 

 readings by a two^thirds majority. Lt. Etienne, French 

 military airman (injuredjune 10), dies in Versailles hospital. 

 In Democratic National Convention W. J. Bryan refuses 

 chairmanship of Credentials committee; by 555KtO4Q5the 

 rule for unit voting of state delegations is abrogated. 



27. Debate on Colonial Vote in British House of Com- 

 mons; Mr. Harcourt reviews work and progress of last six 

 years. Protest meeting of domestic servants against 

 Insurance Act in Albert Hall, London. Italians attack and 

 take Sidi Said in Tripoli, carrying intrenchments after severe 

 fighting. Estenoz, lead:: of Cuban rebels, reported killed. 

 Mutiny of Turkish troops extending in Turkey. Francis 

 Bacon memorial unveiled by Mr. Balfour at Gray's Inn, 

 London. Capt. Bayo, Sp-nish military airman, fatally 

 injured at Madrid. Baron Vincenzo Paterno sentenced to 

 penal servitude for life for murder of Countess Giulia 

 Tringona on March 2. Mr. Pethick Lawrence, British 

 suffragist leader, released after serving 5 weeks_of his sen- 

 tence. Ehlers, German sailor, sentenced at Leipzig to six 

 years' penal servitude_ for betraying naval secrets. 



28. Debate in British House of Commons on treatment 

 of suffragist prisoners, opened by Lord Robert Cecil. 

 Window breaking by suffragists in London and provincial 

 towns as a protest against forcible feeding. Ilkeston by- 

 election results in return of Col. Seely (re-elected on ap- 

 pointment as War Minister) by a majority of i 211, a 

 reduction of 2,800. Yuan-Shih-kai accepts resignation 

 of Chinese Premier, Tang-Shao-Yi. Free State education 

 controversy in South Africa settled. Funeral procession 

 of Field Marshal Sir George White across London. U.S. 

 Interstate Commerce Commission suspends new restric- 

 tions of baggage carried free by railways and steamships. 

 In Democratic National Convention at Baltimore on the 

 first ballot for Presidential nomination Champ Clark re- 

 ceives 440% votes, Woodrow Wilson 324, Judson Harmon 

 148. Oscar Underwood 117 > and Thomas R. Marshall 31; 

 eleven more unsuccessful ballots are taken. Death of Mr. 

 Enoch Edwards, President of the Miners' Federation of 

 Great Britain, aged 60. Lord Morley delivers an address 

 on Democracy at Manchester. Celebration of bi-centenary 

 of birth of Jean Jacques Rousseau at Geneva. Zeppelin 

 airship, "Schwaben," wrecked at Diisseldorf. 



29. Mr. Lloyd George speaks at Woodford on the "free 

 the land" policy. Demonstration against Welsh Church 

 Bill at Cardiff. French Congress at Quebec; Mr. Bourassa 

 protests against Americanism. Thirty-five Arabs sentenced 

 to death in Tunis for participation in November riots 

 (see Nov. 8). Lu Cheng-Nsieng, Chinese Foreign Minis- 

 ter, appointed Premier. Schadt, German airman, killed 

 at Miilhausen. Lt. Blaschke, Austrian officer, flies up to 

 13.970 ft. at Vienna. Royalist demonstration at Barcelloo, 

 Portugal. 



30. Rousseau bicentenary celebrated in Paris. Benno 

 Konig, German airman, fatally injured at Hamburg. 

 "Sokol" (physical culture) Slav festival begins at Prague. 

 July* 



1. Pres. Taft names William Marshall Bullitt, of Louis- 

 ville, to be U.S. Solicitor-General as successor to F. W. 

 Lehmann, resigned June 26. Resolution passed in both 

 branches of U.S. Congress extending appropriations of last 

 fiscal year through July. Miss Harriet Quimby, American 

 aviator, and her pilot, killed at Dorchester Bay, U.S.A. 

 Hibernians attack Protestant Sunday school excursion 

 party near Maghera, Ireland. Ude district of Belgian Con- 

 go opened to freedom of trade. Cyclone sweeps over 

 Western Canada, destroying Regina and causing great loss 

 of life. French Chamber ratify the treaty establishing 

 protectorate over Morocco by 460 votes to 79. Sir Francis 

 Champneys elected President of Royal Society of Medicine, 

 London/ Taylor Art Saje begins at Christie's. London. 

 Death of Dr. Milovanovich, Servian Premier, at Belgrade, 

 aged 50. Serious outbreak of foot and mouth disease stops 

 showing of cattle, sheep and pigs in Royal Show at Doncas- 

 ter. Command performance at Palace Music Hall, Lon- 

 don, attended by King George and Queen Mary. 



2. Opening of Congress of Universities of the Empire 

 in London by Lord Rosebery. Dr. Woodrow Wilson nomi- 

 nated as Democratic candidate for the American Presidency 

 on the 46th ballot at Baltimore, receiving 990 votes, against 



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84 for Champ Clark and 12 for Harmon. Thomas Riley 

 Marshall nominated for Vice President. Debate in 



