AUG. 2I-SEPT. 6 



ence at Salonika between Albanians, under Isa Boletinatz, 

 and Ibrahim Pasha; Ibrahim Pasha announces that 

 Albanian chiefs at Prishtina have accepted Turkish Govern- 

 ment 's terms, and that the insurgents are returning to their 

 homes. Indictment of murder in first degree returned 

 by grand jury in New York against Police-Lieut. Becker 

 and "gangsters" for killing Herman Rosenthal. Lt. Kas- 

 koff, Russian military airman, drowned off Sevastopol. 

 El Hiba, Moroccan Pretender, enters Marakesh. 

 Death of General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, 

 in London, aged 83. W. Hurlock, Walworth draper, 

 prosecuted for non-compliance with British National 

 Health Insurance Act, and fined 15 and 5.55. costs, this 

 being first prosecution under the Act. Conference report 

 on Naval bill providing for one battleship accepted by U.S. 

 House of Representatives. George R. Sheldon (b. 1857) 

 chosen treasurer of U.S. Republican National Committee. 



21. American marines landed at Bluefields, Nicaragua, 

 by request of Nicaraguan Government. Hilmi Pasha, 

 Turkish Minister of Justice, resigns. Yuan-Shih-kai 

 declines to attend Peking Advisory Assembly. Reported 

 that peace has been concluded at Lhasa between China and 

 Tibet. French Govt. agree to join in Count Berchtold 's 

 Balkan "conversations." Macedonia "liberation" speeches 

 delivered at mass meeting of Bulgarians at Phillipopolis. 

 Herr von Vollmar speaks in Bavarian Diet on social 

 democratic patriotism. Further fighting near Berane on 

 Montenegrin frontier; Christian villages burnt. Resigna- 

 tion of Montenegrin Cabinet announced. 



22. East Carmarthen by-election results in return of 

 Rev. T. Jones (Liberal) by reduced majority of 2,728. 

 England wins final Test Match against Australian cricket 

 eleven at the Oval, by 244 runs, thereby winning Triangular 

 Tournament (England, Australia, South Africa). Col. 

 Mangin's French force defeats Moroccan pretender. El 

 Hiba, near Marakesh. U.S. Appropriation Bill (see Aug. 

 15) finally passed without objectionable ''riders. "Con- 

 ference reports on Indian and Sundry Civil appropriation 

 bills agreed to by U.S. Senate. 



23. Bahaloo tribesmen attack Bander Abbas, Persia. 

 Sir Hugh Clifford appointed Governor of Gold Coast. 



24. Sun Yat Sen visits Yuan Shih-kai in Peking and 

 receives popular welcome. Pres. Taft signs Panama Canal 

 bill, Labour Commission bill, Civil appropriation bill (with 

 no provision for a Tariff Board) and several others. 

 Massacre of Servians by Turks at Sienitza, on Servian 

 frontier. Montenegrins make surprise attack on Berane. 

 Fighting in Timor, Malay Archipelago; native rebels 

 defeated by Portuguese troops. Miss Julia Curran, 

 Englishwoman, found dead in a New York hotel. Fire 

 at General Post Office, London, causes suspension of all 

 telegraphic communication. French Govt. decide to dis- 

 solve Teachers' Unions by Sept. 10, owing to anti-patriotic 

 resolutions passed at August Congress at Chambery. 



25. AH Danish Bey becomes Turkish Minister of the 

 Interior, and Halim Bey Minister of Justice. Lieut. 

 Manzini, Italian military airman, killed in Tripoli. Trial 

 of Korean conspirators resumed at Seoul, Korea. Mass 

 meetings at Sofia to advocate autonomy of Macedonia. - 

 Fighting at Suk-el-Arba, near Marakesh; Moors repulsed 

 by French. 



26. Toronto Industrial Fair opened by Duke of Con- 

 naught. 300 Russian sailors sent on shore at Sevastopol 

 to be tried for revolutionary propagandism. U.S. Senate 

 pass resolution for investigation by Campaign Funds 

 Committee into alleged contributions by Standard Oil Co. 

 to Mr. Roosevelt's 1904 election. Prince Arthur of Con- 

 naught leaves England for Tokio to convey to the Emperor 

 of Japan the order of the Garter. Hydro-aeroplane race 

 from St. Male to Jersey won by Weymann. Exceptional 

 rainfall (over 6 in. at Norwich) causes extensive floods in 

 eastern counties of England, with interruption of railway 

 and telegraph service; two lives lost. Egyptian nationalists 

 arrested at Cairo for posting seditious placards. General 

 Deficiency appropriation bill passed by U.S. Senate. First 

 session of 62nd Congress of U.S. adjourns at 4.30 P.M. 

 Governor Marshall, Democratic nominee for U.S. Vice- 

 Presidency, opens campaign in Portland, Me. 



27. British Charge d' Affaires at Washington renews 

 protest with regard to the Panama Canal rates. Posthu- 

 mous title of Emperor of Meiji conferred on Mutsuhito, 

 late Emperor of Japan. Strike of miners in Rhondda 

 district, Wales. Corner-stone of cathedral of St. Albans, 

 Toronto, laid by Duke of Connaught. 



28. Mr. Borden in answer to deputation from Women 's 

 Social and Political Union in London states that he has no 

 intention of introducing a bill into the Canadian parliament 

 to give women votes on the same terms as men. U.S. 

 troops ordered to proceed to Nicaragua. Germany asks 



DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



that Spanish and French portions of Moroccan customs 

 should be fixed in forthcoming Franco-Spanish treaty. 

 Lieut. Chandenier, French military airman, burnt to 

 death near Crecy-sur-Serre. General Botha speaks at 

 Frederikstad, Transvaal, OP. South African Nationalism 

 and its compatibility with Imperial co-operation. Duke 

 of Connaught leaves Montreal for a tour in western Canada. 

 20. Fighting at Suk-el-Arba, Morocco; El Hiba's forces 

 repulsed by French under Col. Mangin, Funeral of Gener- 

 al Booth; procession through London. Railway accident 

 at Vauxhall, London; r killed, 20 injured. Cruiser "Syd- 

 ney," built for Australian Govt., launched at Glasgow. 

 Great floods in Wen-chan river district of China destroy 

 30,000 inhabitants. Cunningham claims to Alaska coal 

 lands finally cancelled by U.S. Dept. of the Interior, and 

 lands become part of public domain. 



30. Mr. Borden leaves London for Canada. Centenary 

 of ' Comet," first steamship, celebrated at Glasgow. 

 Mr. Cody wins British Army Council's prize for best mili- 

 tary aeroplane. Political rioting in Para, Brazil; news- 

 paper office burnt. Chinese Finance Minister signs con- 

 tract with London firm of Birch Crisp & Co. for loan of 10,- 

 000,000, secured on free surplus of salt gabelle. Senate of 

 the island of Samos presents note to Commanders _ of 

 French and British warships at Valley and to Russian 

 consul at Smyrna demanding evacuation of the island by 

 the Turkish troops. 



31. U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission suspends 

 proposed increases in freight rates between East and Pacific 

 Coast till Dec. 31. Col. C. P. Townsley becomes superin- 

 tendent of U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., as 

 successor to Gen. Thos. H. Barry. 



September: 



1. Mr. Roosevelt denies soliciting or accepting Standard 

 Oil money in presidential campaign of 1904. 



2. 45th Trade Union Congress of Great Britain opens 

 at Newport, Mon. Fighting in Mexico; Zapatistas routed 

 with 60 casualties. British cavalry manoeuvres begin. 



3. British Trade Union Congress by large majority pass 

 resolution to oppose Government's Trade Union Bill, un- 

 less amended to meet their wishes. German Emperor 

 attends Swiss Army Manoeuvres at Zurich. Sheikh 

 Shawish arrested at Cairo on charge of participation in 

 conspiracy against Khedive and Lord Kitchener. Mr. 

 Montagu acquitted of having shot Mr. Dayah at Constanti- 

 nople on August 8 (see Aug. 15). "Drake," historical 

 drama by Louis Parker, produced at His Majesty's Thea- 

 tre, London. Railway accident at Riola, Italy; 3 killed, 

 15 injured. Ohio vote ratifies proposed constitutional 

 amendments, except eight (including that for woman 

 suffrage). Vermont elections result in no majority vote 

 for governor, and the election is thrown into the legislature 

 (see Oct. 2). 6th triennial congress of International 

 Association for Testing Materials meets in New York City. 

 Break in Erie canal at Bushnell's Basin, near Rochester, 

 N. Y., does much damage. 



4. British Association meeting opens at Dundee, with 

 Presidential address from Prof. Schafer on Nature and 

 Origin of Life. New regulations for life-saving at sea 

 issued by British Board of Trade. Sir Edward Grey writes 

 to Newcastle Chamber of Commerce stating that Panama 

 Canal Act undoubtedly violates Hay-Pauncefote treaty. 

 Explosion at Clarence coal-mine, Pas de Calais, France; 24 

 lives lost. Marseilles shipping strike ends.- Great Britain 

 wins International Trophy for marine motoring at Hunting- 

 ton, N. Y. Collision on Piccadilly underground ejectric 

 railway, London; 15 persons injured. ; Chinese Minister 

 notifies British Foreign Office, and Yuan-Shih-kai notifies 

 British Minister, that loan of 10.000,000 to China has 

 been arranged with British firm. Evan E. Young resigns 

 as U.S. minister to Ecuador. Eighth International Con- 

 gress of Applied Chemistry meets at Washington, D.C. 



5. Interview at St. Petersburg between Russian and 

 French Ambassadors with regard to Count Berchtold 's 

 Balkan proposals. News received in Paris that ship con- 

 veying French Borodino commemoration monument has 

 sunk in the Baltic with all on board, including the sculptor, 

 M. Paul Besanval. Colonel Mangin 's.French force leaves 

 Suk-el-Arba to march on Marakesh. Fifteen Christians 

 massacred by Turks at Heimeli, near Skutari, Turkey. 

 Twenty -foot hydroplane "Tech Jr." on Huntington Bay, 

 New York, makes i mile at record rate of 58.3 statute miles 

 an hour. Federal (U.S.) District Court hold Armour & Co. 

 responsible for damages for infected meat product. 



6. British Trade Union Congress votes against Syndi- 

 calism, by passing resolution re-affirming support of inde- 

 pendent working-class political action. Capt. P. Hamilton 

 and 2rid-Lt. Wyness-Stuart. British military airmen, killed 

 near Hitchin, Herts. Mr. Borden welcomed at Quebec on 



