OCT. 22-Nov. 5 



DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



XXXIX 



Brussels. Lt. Gericke, German airman, with a passenger, 

 Stieler, killed near Spansberg. German navy airship 

 Li injured at Johannisthal. 



22. Kirdjali captured by Bulgarians; Prishtena captured 

 by Servians: and Kotchana occupied by Servians and 

 Bulgarians. Sir William Conyngham Greene appointed 

 British Ambassador to Japan. Lord Roberts and Lord 

 Curzon speak on National Defence at Manchester. 

 British Government appoint Select Committee of House 

 of Commons to enquire into alleged Putumayo atrocities 

 and responsibility of British directors. Serious illness of 

 Tsarevich of Russia announced. 



23. Greek army occupies Selfidje: Servian army occupies 

 Novi Bazar. Meat riots in Berlin owing to butchers' 

 refusal to sell Russian meat. Danish Premier introduces 

 Constitutional Reform Bill, including Woman Suftrage. 

 V'era Cruz, Mexico, captured by Federal troops; Gen. F. 

 Diaz taken prisoner. Mr. Lloyd George announces in 

 British House of Commons Government's decision to 

 increase fees payable to doctors under Insurance Act to 

 QS. per head, including drugs, at increased cost of 1,650,- 

 ooo. National tribute offered to Mme. Sarah Bernhardt 

 on her 6gth birthday at Savoy Hotel, London. 



24. Bulgarian army takes Kirk Kilisse, with over 30 

 guns, 2 aeroplanes and 1,200 prisoners. Servian army 

 takes Kumanovo and advances on Uskub. The Six 

 Powers protest against Chinese Govt.'s assignment of 

 Tientsin salt gabelle as security for London (Crisp) loan. 

 French Govt. refuse to allow Belgian loan to be floated 

 in Paris. British Gpvt. announce Royal Commission to 

 enquire into congestion of legal business. British battle- 

 ship " Marlborough " launched at Devonport by Mrs. W. 

 Churchill. First Congress of Men 's International Alliance 

 for Women's Suffrage opens in London. Rear- Admiral 

 Tchagin, Commander of Russian Imperial Yacht, commits 

 suicide. Sir Gerald Strickland appointed to succeed Lord 

 Chelmsford as Governor of N. S. Wales. Mr. H. Hawker, 

 British airman, achieves record at Brooklands by remain- 

 ing 8 hours 23 min. in the air. Death of Viscount Peel, 

 ex-Speaker of British House of Commons. Outbreak of 

 plague reported from Mauritius; 19 deaths. Dr. Ezra 

 Squier Tipple (b. i86) inaugurated president of Drew 

 Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J. Police Lieutenant 

 Charles Becker found guilty in New York of murder in 

 first degree for killing of Herman Rosenthal (see July 16, 

 Aug. 20, Nov. 20). 



25. Bulgarians advance on Adrianople. Greeks occupy 

 Kozhani. Trial of Portuguese Royalists, arrested in May, 

 resumed at Oporto; 34 acquitted, 4 sentenced to imprison- 

 ment. France and Spain come to an agreement concern- 

 ing all difficulties in Morocco. Brazil police defeated by 

 brigands in Parana. "Ariadne auf Naxos," opera by 

 Strauss, produced at Stuttgart. 



26. Servians occupy Uskub, which the Turks have aban- 

 doned, and capture 123 guns. M. Poincare speaks at 

 Nantes on possibility of European intervention in Balkan 

 war. M. Mairoesco, Rumanian Premier, reconstitutes 

 his Cabinet. Saad-ed-Dowleh becomes candidate for 

 Premiership of Persia. M. Charpentier elected member 

 of French Academy. International Convention for regula- 

 tion of exhibitions signed in Berlin. General Diaz and 

 two Mexican officers sentenced to death by court martial. 



27. Bulgarians occupy Ishtip. 



28. Servians occupy Kuprulu. Bulgarians occupy 

 Drama and cut Turkish line of communication with Con- 

 stantinople at Baba Eski. Servian and Montenegrin 

 troops combine at Sienitza. Tsar of Russia sends message 

 of congratulation to King Peter on success of Servian army. 

 Eleven Powers signatory to Peace Protocol of 1901 pro- 

 test to Chinese Govt. against application of salt gabelle to 

 London (Crisp) loan. Mr. Louis Coderre becomes Canadi- 

 an Secretary of State. Strike of coopers at Oporto. 

 Franco-Italian declaration of mutual friendship in Africa 

 signed in Paris. Irish steamship "Tenet" sinks in Bristol 

 Channel, 6 lives lost. 



2Q. Greeks occupy Veria. Battle between main Turk- 

 ish force under Nazim Pasha and Bulgarians begins near 

 Lule Burgas in Thrace. Servians establish civil govern- 

 ment in conquered cities of Macedonia. Ghazi Mukhtar 

 Pasha, Grand Vizier of Turkey, resigns and is succeeded 

 by Kiamil Pasha. 1 In British House of Commons Mr. 

 Goldsmith's amendment to Home Rule Bill, obliging Lord 

 Lieutenant to refer every Bill passed by Irish Parliament 

 to Imperial Executive, defeated by 114 votes. Canon 

 Hensley Henson appointed Dean of Durham. Railway 

 accident at Streetville, Ont.; 2 killed, 28 injured. 



30. Bulgarians take Lule Burgas. Death of Mr. Sher- 

 man, Vice-President of United States. Anglo-German 

 friendship Congress meets in London. American battle- 



ship "New York" launched at Brooklyn, N. Y. Lt. 

 Hamburger, Bavarian military airman, killed at Oberwei- 

 senfeld. Rumanian Parliament dissolved. Helen Craggs, 

 suffragist (see Oct. 19), discharged from Holloway prison 

 after serving 1 2 days of her sentence. Race for Cambridge- 

 shire at Newmarket won by Mr. L. Winans's "Adam 

 Bede." 



31. Main Turkish army under Nazim Pasha routed by 

 Bulgarians, who capture Tchorlu, and force Turks to re- 

 treat towards Chatalja lines. Servians occupy Prisrend. 

 Greeks occupy Greyena, and Islands of, Imbros and 

 Thasos. Montenegrins take Ipek. French Government 

 propose that Powers should jointly proclaim "disinterested- 

 ness" and offer to mediate between Turkey and Balkan 

 allies.-^Moslem riot in Bulak district of Cairo. General 

 Lyautey and M. Emile Boutroux elected members of 

 French Academy. In British House of Commons Govern- 

 ment amendment of Clause 8 of House Rule Bill, providing 

 for first Senate to be nominated by the Crown, and subse- 

 quent Senate by proportional representation, carried by 

 298 votes to 209. Death of Isa Boletinatz, Albanian 

 guerrilla leader. Motor car accident at Alicante, 9 per- 

 sons drowned. Lt. Poultrain. French airman, dies of 

 injuries received Oct. 18. "L'Idee de Franjoise," by M. 

 Piul Gavault, produced at Renaissance Theatre, Paris. 

 November: 



1. Bulgarians occupy Demotika. Govt. amendments 

 to White Slave Traffic Bill, authorising arrest on suspicion 

 without warrant and making flogging possible penalty for 

 second offence, passed by British House of Commons. 

 Lord Curzon speaks at Glasgow against woman suffrage. 

 Borough Councij elections in London result in large 

 majority for Municipal Reformers. The Pope sends a 

 letter to Portuguese clergy condemning Law of Separation 

 and censuring clergy who have accepted stipends under it. 

 Gordon Bennett race, Stuttgart to Moscow, won by two 

 Frenchmen, M. Bienaime first and M. Leblanc second. 

 Lieut. Dahm, German officer, sentenced at Warsaw to 5 

 years' hard labour for espionage. In Omaha, Neb., Federal 

 grand jury indicts 5 railroads for rebating. Gen. Mario G. 

 Menocal, Conservative, is elected president of Cuba. 



2. King Peter of Servia enters Uskub in triumph. 

 Montenegrin powder magazine explodes at Antivari; 5 

 soldiers killed. Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid taken to Constan- 

 tinople from Salonika. Turkish troops rally at Tcher- 

 kesskeui. British battleships and destroyers ordered to 

 Turkish waters. Explosion on U.S. battleship " Vermont ' ' 

 near Norfolk, Va.; two men killed, four seriously injured. 

 Adolfo Diaz, Conservative, is elected president of 

 Nicaragua, without opposition. 



3. Turkish Govt. begs Powers to intervene and bring 

 about suspension of hostilities, and consents to allow each 

 Power to send a warship to Constantinople. Greeks 

 capture Prevesa. Five lives lost in fire at John Barker 

 & Co., drapers, Kensington, London. 



4. Greeks take Yenidje and capture 18 guns. French 

 Government reject Turkish appeal for intervention. 

 Treaty between Russia and Mongolia concluded at Urga, 

 Siberia. Mr. Justice Parker decides, in Chancery Court, 

 London, that the Bank of England is not entitled to deduct 

 income tax from dividends before Finance Act for year 

 has passed. British House of Commons reject amendment 

 to Home Rule Bill, providing that the First Chamber should 

 be elected by proportional representation, by 265 votes to 

 162. Crown solicitor excludes certain Belfast magistrates 

 from hearing charges of riot against persons re-arrested 

 after Recorder's court had entered nolle prosequi."A 

 Venetian Night," by Max Reinhardt, refused licence at 

 Palace Theatre, London, by Lord Chamberlain. M. 

 Borrelly, French astronomer, discovers new comet at Mar- 

 seilles. U.S. Supreme Court promulgates simplified rules 

 of equity procedure in Federal courts. 



5. Bulgarians defeat Turkish retreating force, driving 

 it back on Chatalja lines; Turks lose 25,000 killed and 

 wounded, 2,000 prisoners and 37 field guns. General 

 election in U.S. results in sweeping Democratic victories 

 and election of Wilson and Marshall as President and Vice- 

 President. Arizona, Kansas and Oregon adopt woman's 

 suffrage; West Virginia, state-wide prohibition of sale of 

 intoxicants. Sir E. Grey states in British House of Com- 

 mons that Balkan States have right to formulate terms of 

 peace and that Powers can scarcely intervene unless re- 

 quested by both Parties. Count Berchtold assures Foreign 

 Affairs Committee of Austrian Delegations that Austria 

 is in accord with other Powers on question of intervention 

 in Balkan war. Mr. Philip Snowden's amendment to 

 Home Rule Bill, substituting local register for parliament- 

 ary register and thus giving votes to women rate-payers, 

 rejected in British House of Commons by 314 votes to 



