DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



Nov. 6-19 



141. Window-breaking follows in West End of London. 

 Select Committee of House of Commons appointed to 

 inquire into fatal accidents caused by motor omnibuses 

 in London. Sir H. Barren, Governor of Tasmania, ap- 

 pointed Governor of West Australia. French parliament- 

 ary commission appointed to inquire into depopulation in 

 France. Lieut. Petrovics, Austrian military airman, killed 

 at Gorice. Carniola. Sub-Lieut. Marechal, French mili- 

 tary airman, .killed at Chartres. American aviation 

 altitude record broken by H. B. Brown, Staten Island, 

 5,300 ft., with passenger. 



6. Greeks seize island of Tenedos. Turkish force at 

 Tcherkesskeui retreats towards Chatalja lines. Empe- 

 ror Francis Joseph speaks to Hungarian Delegations on 

 need of speedy settlement in Balkan War. Kiamil Pasha 

 summons Council of Ministers and Generals at Constanti- 

 nople to discuss military situation; they decide to continue 

 the war.- Select Committee to inquire into Putumayo 

 atrocities holds first meeting in London.: Native attacks 

 on German factories reported from Liberia. "Royal 

 George," Canadian Northern liner, runs on rocks at Point 

 St. Laurent, Quebec. Lieut. Altrichter, German military 

 airman, with his engineer, killed at Halberstatt. 



7. Bulgarians occupy Tchorlu and Muradli; and cap- 

 ture fort of Delijunus at north end of Chatalja lines. 

 Montenegrins occupy Djakova. Rioting occurs at Vaile 

 de Torno and Candos, Portugal. French battleship 

 '"France" launched at St. Nazaire. Mr. Lloyd Geoige 

 addresses letter to British Medical Association giving in- 

 formation as to regulations under Insurance Act for inspect- 

 ing doctors' work, fixing remuneration, etc. Lord Kitchen- 

 er approves scheme lor redistribution of reclaimed land 

 among jellahin. King's Bench, Dublin, inhibit Belfast 

 magistrates from hearing; riot charges (Nov. 4). Vice- 

 Chancellor of Oxford prohibits production there of "Hindle 

 Wakes," play by Stanley Houghton. 



8. Salonika surrenders to Crown Prince of Greece. 

 Sheikh-ul-Islam at Constantinople calls upon Ulema to 

 preach a holy war. It is reported that Austria-Hungary 

 objects to Servia obtaining a port on the Adriatic. Mr. 

 Bonar Law speaks in Liverpool on need for military pre- 

 paredness as illustrated by Balkan war, and announces 

 scheme for redistribution if Unionists come into power. 

 Lord Chamberlain consents to license ''A Venetian Night." 



''King Harlequin," opera by G. H. Clutsam, produced 

 in Berlin. Brazilian Government sends troops against 

 insurgents (see_ Oct. 25). Two American cruisers 

 ordered to Mediterranean to protect American citizens. 

 .Q. Bulgarians begin attack pn Chatalja lines. M. 

 Pash'itch, Servian Premier, states that Seryia must have 

 a port on the Adriatic. Greeks capture Pentepigadia. 

 Bulgarian force, accompanied by Prince Boris and Prince 

 Cyril, enters Salonika. Mr. Asquith, at Guildhall, Lon- 

 don, deprecates '' raising and pressing of isolated questions " 

 arising out of the war, prior to a general settlement. Mr. 

 Bryce resigns post as British ambassador at Washington. 

 Paris police arrest persons suspected in connection with 

 robbery on Nov. 8 of post-office at Bezons by armed men 

 who shot postmaster dead. Mass meeting of northern 

 doctors at Manchester condemn proposed conditions of 

 service under Insurance Act. Mr. Michaelis buys from 

 Sir H. Lane collection of Dutch Masters for presentation 

 to South Africa. Woman-suffrage victories in elections 

 of Nov. 5 celebrated in New York City by an evening parade 

 of 15,000 women. 



10. Socialist demonstration against war in Vienna. 

 Rodosto evacuated by civil population. 



11. Goyt. defeat in British House of Commons by 21 

 voles on Sir F. Banbury 's amendment to Horn; Rule Bill, 

 limiting financial contribution of Imperial Exchequer to 

 .2.500.000 in any one year. Taunton by-election re- 

 sults in return of Sir Gilbert Wills (Unionist), majority 

 285. Royal Commission on Divorce and Matrimonial 

 Causes issues Report in Ixwidon: minority report signed 

 by Archbishop of York, Sir W. Anson and Sir L. Dibdin 

 opposes extension of grounds for divorce. Unionist cara- 



Eaign in London opened by speeches from Lord R. Cecil, 

 ir R, Finlay and others. M. Daneff, President of Bul- 

 garian Parliament, received in audience by Austrian Em- 

 peror. Diplomatic relations between Chile and Peru re- 

 sumed after 2^ years' suspension. Resignation of General 

 Michel, Belgian Minister of War. Railway accident at 

 Yazoo, La.; 18 killed. 90 injured. U.S. Secretary of War 

 refuses to allow transatlanti : steamship companies to in- 

 crease length of piers in Hudson river opposite New York 

 City to 1,000 ft 32nd annual convention of American 

 Federation of Labor meets at Rochester, N. Y. 



12. King George of Greece arrives in Salonika. 

 Bulgarians occupy Rodosto. Austro-Hungarian Minister 



at Belgrade has interview with Servian Premier and sug- 

 gests preference for Austrian trade, autonomy for Albania, 

 and a Servian port on the Aegean. Sortie from Adrianople 

 repulsed. Senor Canalejas, Spanish Premier, assassinated 

 in Madrid by Serrato, an anarchist, who commits suicide. 

 Federated Malay States offer ist class armoured ship to 

 British Navy. Opening of Portuguese Parliament; speech 

 by Premier on failure of Royalist insurrections. Nobel 

 prize for Physics awarded to M. Gustaf Dalen (Switzer- 

 land), and for Chemistry divided between Prof. Grignard 

 (France) and Prof. Sabatier (France). Stafford House, 

 London, sold to Sir William Lever. Steamer "Zelia" lost 

 off Dublin; 7 lives lost. Debate on White Slave Traffic 

 Bill in British House of Commons; clause carried making 

 flogging penalty for male offenders; Bill read third time. 



13. Turkish Government instruct Nazim Pasha to open 

 negotiations for armistice with Bulgarian generals. Mr. 

 Asquith moves in British House of Commons to rescind 

 vote on financial clauses of Home Rule Bill given on nth; 

 disorderly scene follows; Speaker first suspends and then 

 adjourns debate. Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs re- 

 signs on Mongolian question. Pres.Taft issues proclama- 

 tion fixing Panama Canal tolls at $1.20 per net ton. M. 

 Poincare speaks in Paris on .European Concert and policy of 

 France. Sir Cecil Spring Rice appointed British ambassa- 

 dor to U.S. Resignation announced of President James 

 McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., vice-president 

 Samuel Rea chosen in his place. Railway accident near 

 Indianapolis, Ind.; 15 killed, 20 injured. 



14. At suggestion of Speaker, British House of Commons 

 adjourns till i8th. Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Bonar Law 

 speak at meeting of National Unionist Association. Albert 

 Hall, London. Count Romanones sworn in as Spanish 

 Premier. Powers enquire at Sofia whether Bulgaria will 

 accept their mediation. Franco-Spanish treaty initialled 

 in Madrid. Larz Anderson, minister to Belgium, ap- 

 pointed U.S. ambassador to Japan as successor to Charles 

 P. Bryan, resigned Nov. n. 



15. Outbreak of cholera reported among Turks at Cha- 

 talja lines. Kiamil Pasha proposes to King Ferdinand 

 cessation of hostilities with a view to direct discussion of 

 preliminaries for peace. Greek ma/ines occupy peninsula 

 of Mt. Athos. Servians attack Monastir. Capt. Koste- 

 vitsch, Russian officer, sentenced at Berlin to two years' 

 detention for espionage. Mr. William O'Brien, speaking 

 at Cork, condemns financial clauses of Home Rule Bill. 

 Mr. Austen Chamberlain, speaking in Queen's Hall, Lon- 

 don, defines Unionist land policy. Gun explodes at 

 Shoeburyness; 4 men seriously injured. Capt. Amundsen 

 lectures before Royal Geographical Society, London, on 

 South Pole discovery. -Nobel prize for literature iwarded 

 to Gerhart Hauptmann. President-elect. Woodrow Wilson 

 promises to call U.S. Congress in extraordinary session not 

 later than April 15. 1913 to revise tariff. Agreement 

 supplementing Newfoundland fisheries award ratified at 

 Washington. Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North 

 America in New York City closes after session of 3 days. 



16. Arrest at Constantinople of Talaat Bey and other 

 members of Committee of Union and ^rogress on charge 

 of conspiracy. Montenegrins occupy .San Giovanni di 

 Medua. Law oromulgated in France amending Code 

 Napoleon a.nd. permitting establishment of paternity of an 

 illegitimate child. Mukhtar, Egyptian nationalist, sen- 

 tenced to to years' imprisonment for sedition. German 

 Emperor inaugurates Bober Valley dam, Silesia. Wonga 

 Shoal lighthouse, Adelaide, destroyed by collision with 

 sailing ship. 28th annual exhibition National Horse 

 Show Association opens in New York City. 



17. Bulgarians begin general attack on Chatalja lines. 

 Servians capture Monastir. 



18. Servians and Montenegrins capture Alessio. 

 Naval guards landed from foreign warships in Constanti- 

 nople. British House of Commons decides how to proceed 

 with Home Rule Bill. Chinese Govt. decides to make 

 military demonstration in Mongolia. Railway accident 

 to Simplon-Calais express at Longpre, France; driver 

 killed. Great storm in Jamaica causes loss of over 100 

 lives. Imperial Education Advisory Committee holds 

 first meeting in London. U.S. Supreme Court upholds 

 decree of dissolution, handed down by the Federal Court 

 of Maryland, acainst the Standard Sanitary Manufactur- 

 ing Co. ("Bath-Tub Trust"). 



10. Balkan allies telegraph to Porte terms on which they 

 will grant peace. British Medical Association decide not 

 to acceot service under Insurance Act on terms proposed, 

 but by majority of 107 to 84 resolve to confer further with 

 Mr. Lloyd George, and select five representatives. 

 British Govt. decide to drop Mental Deficiency Bill for the 

 session. Prison mutiny at Rochefort, France; 3 persons 



