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DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



Jy. 13-24 



General strike at Zurich caused by importation of German 

 workmen. Point Tupper (N.S.) destroyed by fire. New 

 York shipping strike spreads to Pennsylvania Railroad 

 freight dockers. At Atlantic City, N.J., National Prohibi- 

 tion Convention nominates Eugene W. Chafin and Aaron 

 S. Watkins for President and Vice-President of U.S. 



13. Hanley by-election results in return of Mr. Outh- 

 waite (Liberal) by majority of 654. Report by Sir Roger 

 Casement on treatment of Indians in Putumayo rubber 

 industry, Peru, issued in London. Mr. Lloyd George 

 speaks at meeting in Kennington to celebrate Insurance 

 Act. Two women suffragists arrested for attempt to burn 

 Nuneham House, near Oxford. Five Chinese Ministers, 

 including Finance minister, resign, and a committee of three 

 is appointed to deal with foreign loans. Mr. Knox, U.S. 

 Secretary of State, formally notifies Senate of British pro- 

 test against preferential treatment of American shipping in 

 Panama Canal. Senator Lprimer unseated by U.S. Senate 

 on the ground that his election as Senator from Illinois was 

 secured by corruption. 



14. Hyde Park dock strike demonstration; some dis- 

 order. Portuguese Govt. issues note denying that Spanish 

 Goyt. have assisted them by discouraging Royalist plots. 

 Railway accident near Chicago; 15 killed, 30 injured. 



15. National Health Insurance Act comes into operation 

 in the United Kingdom. U.S. Senate begin formal con- 

 sideration of Panama Canal Bill. "Hindle Wakes," play 

 by Stanley Houghton, produced at Playhouse Theatre, 

 London. Meeting between Lord Devonport and represen- 

 tatives of London Transport Workers. Lord Curzon opens 

 debate in House of Lords on the Trans-Persian Railway; 

 replies by Lord Morley and Lord Crewe. Prince Henry of 

 Prussia speaks at Frankfurt-am-Main on German Unity 

 at the golden jubilee of the League of German Marksmen. 

 Turkish Chamber pass vote of confidence in the Govt. by 

 194 votes to 4. M. Oliveres, French airman, killed at 

 Bourthen-Bresse. Mr. Asquith receives deputation of 

 miners in regard to Minimum Wage Act. It is announced 

 that William F. McCombs will direct campaign of 

 Woodrow Wilson for U.S. presidency. U.S. Interstate 

 Commerce Commission promulgates order relating to 

 express rates, practices, accounts and revenues (see Oct. 9). 



16. Hurshid Pasha, Turkish Acting Minister of War, 

 resigns owing to disaffection of the army in Albania. 

 Albanians present a remonstrance setting forth their griev- 

 ances to the Grand Vizier. Mr. Borden, Canadian Premier 

 and members of Canadian and S. African parliaments, dine 

 at British House of Commons; speech by Mr. Borden on 

 Imperial Union. Italians accused by Turkish Commander 

 in Tripoli of poisoning the wells. Sir Percy Girouard re- 

 signs post of Governor of East African Protectorate, and 

 is succeeded by Mr. H. C. Belfield. Taylor art sale closes, 

 having realised nearly 359,000. Beaufoy first four-folio 

 Shakespeare sold in London for 3,500. Lord Devonport 

 and Transport Workers strike leaders confer with Mr. 

 Asquith. Royalist conspirators at Torres Vedras arrested 

 by Portuguese Goyt. General Mahmud Mukhtar becomes 

 Minister of War in Turkey. Stadium events in Olympic 

 Games at Stockholm result: America 128, Sweden no, 

 England 68 CBritish Empire no), Finland 46, Germany 37, 

 France 21, S. Africa 16, Canada, 13, Australia 13. Herman 

 Rosenthal, a gambler, about to testify against New York 

 Police Department, shot dead in New York (see Aug. 20). 



17. The Turkish Ministry of Said Pasha resigns owing 

 to dissensions in the Cabinet. Negotiations for settlement 

 of London dock strike end in failure. Australia beats S. 

 Africa at Cricket at Lord's, by TO wickets. Fighting in 

 Northern Persia between Shahsevens and Russian troops. 

 U.S. House of Representatives pass Bill for creating 

 Dept. of Labor. 



1 8. Debate in British House of Commons on Finance 

 Bill; Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law speak on fall in 

 price of Consols. Mr. Asquilh arrives in Dublin and has a 

 cordial reception. Both parties to London dock strike 

 reject compromise suggested by the London members of the 

 House of Commons. Sultan of Turkey appoints Tewfik 

 Pasha Grand Vizier. Supplementary Naval Estimate for 

 990.000 is issued by British Admiralty. Campaign 

 against Electoral Reform Bill begins in France. Li-Hon- 

 Hung, who attempted to assassinate Sir F. May at Canton, 

 sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life. 

 Suffragist attempt to set fire to Theatre Royal. Dublin. 

 Sergt. H. Ohmundsen (Royal Scots) wins Bronze Medal in 

 King's Prize at Bisley. Monument unveiled at Acote's 

 hill in Chepachet, R. I., to Thomas Wilson Dorr, of " Dorr's 

 Rebellion." 



19. Mr. Asquith speaks in Dublin on the future of the 

 Home Rule Bill. Hatchet thrown by suffragist at Mr. 

 Asquith 's carriage wounds Mr. Redmond. Mental 



Deficiency Bill read a second time in British House of 

 Commons. Attempt by Italian torpedo boats to enter 

 Dardanelles results in narrowing of the channel left open 

 to neutral shipping. Tewfik Pasha decides to form new 

 Turkish ministry. Albanians agree to truce pending 

 despatch of Parliamentary Commission to investigate their 

 grievances. Failure of attempts to form non-party Cabinet 

 in China. U.S. Govt. 's special agent arrives at Iquitos to 

 proceed to Putumayo district to see that Peruvian Govt. 

 punish those guilty of cruelty to native Indians. Sergt. G. 

 H. Harvey (S. Africa) wins Silver Medal in King 's Prize at 

 Bisley. England wins 2 events in Rowing. competitions of 

 Olympic Games. Rose arrested for murder of Herman 

 Rosenthal in New York. 



20. Committee of British Medical Association resolve to 

 break off negotiations with the Govt. on the National In- 

 surance Act unless their minimum demands are met. 

 Emperor of Japan announced to be seriously ill of uraemia. 

 M. Poincare, French Premier, speaks on home and foreign 

 politics in the Vosges dept.. and declares the Government's 

 intention to carry proportional representation. Ghazi 

 Mukhtar Pasha appointed Turkish Grand Vizier; forms a 

 Cabinet containing Kiamil, Nazim, Hilmi and Ferid Pashas, 

 Zia Bey and Djemal-ed-Din. M. Klotz, French Finance 

 Minister speaks at St. Gratien on the fall in the French 

 Rente. King 's Prize at Bisley (Gold medal) won by Pri- 

 vate A. G. Fulton (Queen's Westminsters). Prishtina 

 taken by Albanian rebels, who propose a conference. 

 Dissolution of National Packing Company ("Meat Trust") 

 of U.S. announced (see June 17). 



21. Pan- American students' congress opens at Lima, 

 Peru. Prince Katsura arrives in St. Petersburg on a 

 political mission. Rebels blow up a train near Mexico 

 City. Mr. E. H. Watts, a Bucks county gentleman, mur- 

 dered by gamekeeper W. Farrow, who commits suicide, 



22. Mr. Borden speaks at banquet given by London 

 Chamber of Commerce on results of his mission and on 

 responsibilities of the Empire. Mr. Winston Churchill 

 makes statement in British House of Commons on need for 

 increased provision of ships and men in North Sea fleet and 

 on proposed naval force to be kept in Mediterranean. 

 King George opens new railway dock at Immingham near 

 Great Grimsby. It is announced that Mr. Lloyd George, 

 with the support of Mr. Asquith, will embark upon a land 

 policy campaign in the autumn Mr. Austen Chamberlain 

 speaks on future policy of Unionist Party. Committee of 

 British Medical Association pass resolutions in favour of 

 working with the Govt. with regard to the Sanatorium 

 benefit of the National Insurance Act. Dock strike in 

 Liverpool as protest against new clearing house system. 

 Attack on sanatorium near Lucan, Co. Dublin, by mal-con- 

 tent residents. Two German naval officers drowned by 

 capsizing of pinnace belonging to battleship "Thuringen," 

 near Nidden. U.S. District Judge Cornelius H. Hanford 

 of Washington resigns, and investigation of his case is 

 dropped by the House of Representatives. 



23. British Medical Association in full meeting confirm 

 Committee's decision to insist on minimum demands of 

 the profession before agreeing to work National Insurance 

 Art. Debate in House of Lords on British naval policy 

 initiated by Lord Selborne. Eight girls lose their lives in 

 fire in Moor Lane, City of London; a ninth dies subsequent- 

 ly in hospital. Foundation at Oxford of Gladstone Pro- 

 fessorship of Political Theory and Institutions. Armgaard 

 Karl Graves sentenced at Edinburgh to 18 months' im- 

 prisonment for espionage. Dr. Ethel Smyth, musical 

 composer and suffragist, arrested for conspiracy in suffragist 

 attempt to set fire to Nuneham House, Oxford, on July 13. 

 U.S. Senate votes to continue annual appropriation for 

 Tariff Board, against which House voted. 



24. British Medical Association in full meeting decide 

 to work sanatorium part of National Insurance Acton terms 

 to be agreed upon with the Govt. Rioting at London docks 

 after inarch of dockers through the streets of the City to 

 Tower Hill where meeting is addressed by the strike leaders. 

 Mr. Ben Tillett asks the men to join him in a prayer "that 

 God would strike Lord Devonport dead." Two bread vans 

 are overturned and plundered, two carts set on fire, and 

 fighting occurs with men at work. The police charge with 

 batons and about 20 of the strikers are injured. Twenty 

 arrests made. Lord Lansdowne. speaking at annual meet- 

 ing of Rural League, outlines future land policy of Unionist 

 Party. Mr. Winston Churchill makes further statement 

 in British House of Commons on Govt. 's naval programme. 

 First International Congress on Eugenics opened in 

 London by a banquet at which Mr. Balfour speaks. It 

 is reported that potato disease has appeared in Ireland. 

 M. Clemenceau in an open letter defines his grounds for 

 opposing M. Poincare 's Government's scheme for electoral 



