DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



AUG. 7-20 



Governor of New Zealand in succession to Lord Islington. 

 Mr. MacCallum Scott, Member of British House of 

 Commons, suspended for disregarding Speaker's authority; 

 he makes an apology next day. Trial of women suffragists 

 at Dublin for attempt to set fire to Theatre Royal (see 

 July 18); Miss G. Evans and Wm. Measey Leigh sentenced 

 to 5 years' penal servitude. King's Cup won at Cowes by 

 Lord Dunraven's yacht "Cariad." Arab attack on 

 Zaagar, Tripoli, repulsed. Railway accidents at Lozanne, 

 France (5 killed, 15 injured), and at Labotant, France (a 

 killed, 20 injured). 



7. Turkish Minister at Cettigne announces intention to 

 leave Montenegro owing to dissatisfaction with Montene- 

 grin reply to his remonstrances. Debate on British with- 

 drawal from Sugar Convention in House of Commons; 

 speeches by Mr. Austen Chamberlain and Mr. Asquith. 

 Motor-boat, 36 ft. long, arrives at Queenstown, Ireland, 

 haying crossed the Atlantic in 24 days. Master of Elibank, 

 Chief Government Whip in British House of Commons, re- 

 signs appointment and seat in parliament; he is succeeded 

 as Chief Whip by Mr. Percy H. Illingworth, M.P. Arrest 

 of Kaid Trihahi at Mazagan, Morocco, after a siege of the 

 house of a Spanish subject, in which he bad received 

 Spanish consular protection. Russo-Japanese Agreement 

 reported, determining spheres of influence in Mongolia and 

 Manchuria. Woodrow Wilson accepts Democratic nomi- 

 nation for U.S. Presidency. Progressive party nominates 

 Theodore Roosevelt and Gov. Hiram Johnson, of California, 

 as candidates for U.S. President and Vice-President. 



8. Manchester (N.West) by-election results in unionist 

 victory for Sir J. Randies, majority _i, 202. Turkish Minis- 

 ter leaves Cettigne. Earthquakes in Turkey in the region 

 of the Dardanelles; casualties 6,000. German Emperor 

 speaks at Krupp centenary celebrations. Lord Robson 

 resigns office of Lord of Appeal and is succeeded by Lord 

 Justice Fletcher Moulton; J. A. Hamilton appointed Lord 

 Justice, and Mr. S. Howlatt a Judge. Martial Law pro- 

 claimed at Salonika. Five Englishmen arrested as spies 

 near Kiel are released. The Pope issues an Encyclical on 

 the Putumayo cruelties. Mine explosion at Lothringen 

 Mine, near Bochum, Westphalia, 103 men killed. Gen. 

 Cincinnatus Leconte, President of Haiti, perishes in a fire 

 at his palace. Dam No. 26, on the Ohio river, near Cham- 

 bersburg, 10 miles below Gallipolis, Ohio _washed away. 



9. U.S. Senate passes Panama Canal Bill by 47 votes to 

 15. M. Poincare arrives at Kronstadt, after receiving 

 salute of 21 guns from the German fleet as he entered the 

 Baltic. German Emperor visits Lothringen mine to con- 

 dole with sufferers. Porte reply to Bulgarian remonstrances 

 on the Kotchana massacres, promising strict inquiry and 

 punishment for the guilty. M. Beaumont, French airman, 

 begins Paris to London flight on a hydroplane. Gen. 

 Tancrede Auguste chosen President of Haiti. Pres. Taft 

 vetoes wool bill adopted by House on August 3 and Senate 

 August 5. Luther Conant Jr. (b. 1872) appointed U.S. 

 Commissioner of Corporations. 



10. Mr. Winston Churchill in letter to Sir George Rit- 

 chie, attacks Mr. Bonar Law's and Sir Edward Carson's 

 speeches on Ulster as incitements to lawless violence. 

 Albanian leaders formulate plan of reform and submit 

 it to Ibraham Pasha; ten clauses accepted by Turk- 

 ish Government on the iith. U.S. House of Representa- 

 tives passes measure requiring all ocean-going vessels to be 

 equipped with life-boats enough for every person on board. 



n. Train attacked near Mexico City by Zapatistas; 20 

 passengers and 35 soldiers killed. M. Poincare received 

 by the Tsar at Peterhof . Trial of Egyptians charged with 

 conspiracy against the Khedive begins in Cairo (see July 2 

 and 10). Bomb explosions at Salonika, Turkey. 



12. Mr. Bonar Law replies to Mr. Winston Churchill's 

 letter. Abdication of Mulai Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, 

 announced; pension 14,000 a year. Further earthquakes 

 at Gallipoli, Turkey. L. Jukitch, Croatian law-student, 

 sentenced to death at Agram for attempted assassination 

 of Ban of Croatia (June 8) and murder of M. de Hervoitch. 

 Collection of modern British pictures presented to Luxem- 

 bourg Gallery, Paris, by modern British artist* Strike of 

 miners in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire. 



13. Trial of Egyptians charged with conspiracy at Cairo 

 results in sentences of 15 years' hard labour for one and 15 

 years imprisonment for two. Protest meeting at Sofia 

 against Turkish regime in Macedonian and Kotchana 

 massacre. Mr. R. C. Fenwick, British airman, killed on 

 Salisbury Plain. England wins last Test Match against 

 South African cricket eleven at the Oval, London, by 10 

 wickets. Prince Katsura appointed Grand Chamberlain 

 and Keeper of the Great Seal, Japan. Ixtapa, Mexico, 

 captured by Zapatistas; 200 killed of garrison and inhabi- 

 tants. Resignation of Zia Pasha, Turkish Minister of the 



Interior. Further fighting on Turco-Montenegrin frontier. 

 Mulai Yusef proclaimed Sultan of Morocco. Post-Office 

 appropriation bill is passed by U.S. Senate. 



14. General Botha appointed an honorary general of the 

 British Army. Khost rebellion in Afghanistan terminated 

 by concessions to the tribes. National Memorial at 

 Halifax, N. S.. to Nova Scotian Assembly, first opened 

 1758, dedicated^ by Duke of Connaught. Fourteen medical 

 members of National Health Insurance Advisory Committee 

 decline to withdraw though requested to do so by British 

 Medical Association; thirty other medical members with- 

 draw. Massacre of Christians at Berane on the Montene- 

 grin frontier; 12 villages burnt. Steel and Iron tariff- 

 revision bill, passed by U.S. Congress, vetoed by President 

 Taft, but passed by House of Representatives over his veto. 

 Bill reducing cotton duties about 21%, passed by House 

 August 2, passed in U.S. Senate; Army appropriation bill 

 again passed with provisions objectionable to Pres. Taft 

 eliminated. 



15. Report of Merchant Shipping Advisory Committee 

 on life-saving at sea published in London. Celebration 

 of 25th year of reign of King; Ferdinand of Bulgaria at 

 Tirnovo. Mr. Montagu, British subject, committed for 

 trial at Constantinople for having shot Mr. Dayan on 

 August 8. Arabs defeated by Italians at Zuara (Tripoli); 

 Italians, 6 killed, 98 wounded. Pres. Taft vetoes Legisla- 

 tive, Executive and Judicial appropriation bill, passed by 

 U.S. Congress (Aug. 7), because of ''riders" providing for 

 restriction of civil service and abolition of the commerce 

 court (see Aug. 22). Bill providing for commission on 

 Industrial Relations passes U.S. Senate. 



16. Austrian Foreign Minister, Count Berchtold, invites 

 Great Powers to engage in "conversations" upon the situa- 

 tion in the Balkans, ^with a view to "co-ordinating their 

 several efforts in the interest of Balkan peace." M. Poin- 

 care terminates his official visit to Russia. U.S. Senate 

 agrees to Panama Canal Bill as modified by Joint Confer- 

 ence of the two Houses. Notification of poliomyelitis 

 (infantile paralysis) and cerebro-spinal fever made com- 

 pulsory in England and Wales. Capt. Lord, master of the 



Californian," issues explanatory statement as to failure 

 of that ship to come to the rescue of the "Titanic." Mr. 

 G. B. Haddon-Smith appointed Governor of the Bahamas. 

 Fighting hi Shawia district of Morocco, French lose a 

 killed, so wounded. Jacob Gould Schurman (b. 1854) of 

 York appointed U.S. minister to Greece and Montenegro 

 as successor of George H. Moses, resigned July 12. Wool 

 and Steel tariff-revision bills fail to pass U.S. Senate over 

 President's veto. Mr. Roosevelt opens at Providence, 

 R. I. .campaign for U.S. presidency. 



17. Albanian insurgents march towards Salonika, reaca- 

 ing Kuprili in force. U.S. House of Representatives adopts 

 report of Joint Conference of the two Houses on Panama 

 Canal Bill; British Charge d 'Affaires at Washington makes 

 representations to the President against infraction of Hay- 

 Pauncefote Treaty. Mr. Justice Woodroffe in High Court 

 of Bengal aljows the appeal of Mr. Weston and two police 

 officers of M id napur against their condemnation in damages 

 by Mr. Justice Fletcher, and dismisses them from the suit, 

 with costs. Germany approves Count Berchtold 's propo- 

 sal with regard to the Balkan "conversations." Generals 

 Hwang-hui and Chang Chin-wu_ arrested and summarily 

 executed for revolutionary conspiracy at Peking. Monte- 

 negrins attack Turkish blockhouse near Berane on the 

 frontier; 4 Turks killed. Garrison of Managua, Nicaragua, 

 massacred by insurgents. Emperor of Austria celebrates 

 82nd birthday.- The British Government present memo- 

 randum to China requiring China to refrain from despatch- 

 ing a military expedition to Tibet. 



19. British Govt. accepts Count Berchtold's Balkan 

 "conversations" proposal. Prince Katsura included 

 among the Genro (Elder Statesmen) of Japan. Peking 

 Advisory Assembly resolves by 52 votes_to n to petition 

 Yuan-Shih-kai for an explanation within three days of 

 execution of two generals. Pres. Taft sends message to 

 Congress urging an amendment to the Panama Canal Bill 

 allowing foreign nations to test validity of free tolls pro- 

 vision, and stating that the Bill is not intended to repeal 

 any part of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Conference report 

 on Naval appropriation bill, authorising construction of one 

 battleship, accepted by U.S. Senate. Fighting at Tilbury 

 Docks, London, between union men and free labourers; 

 revolver shots fired. Ibrahim Pasha grants Albanians at 

 Uskub 24 hours in which to submit. Five persons^ found 

 shot at Eastbourne, Sussex, in a burning house. Guillermo 

 E. BUlinghurst elected President of Peru. 



20. Peking Advisory Assembly demand attendance of 

 Premier and Minister of War. Forty Chinese pirates raid 

 British island of Cheungchan, near Hong-Kong. Confer- 



