DEC. 19-31 



DIARY OF EVENTS 1912 



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gests neutralisation of Albania. Lord Grey speaks at 

 Mansion House, London, on British-American peace. 

 M. Kokovtsoff speaks in Russian Duma on Balkan crisis. 

 Mine explosion at Mengede, near Dortmund, Germany; 

 25 killed, 15 injured. M. Garros, French airman flies from 

 Tunis to Sicily, 143 miles. Burnett immigration bill, 

 excluding immigrants over 16 years old unable to read, 

 passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. 178-10 52. 

 Illinois Republicans confer on p;>rty reorganisation. 



10. Prince Katsura forms a cabinet in Japan, with Baron 

 Kato as Foreign Minister. Green Park site for London 

 memorial statue of Edward VII abandoned in favour of 

 site at bottom of Waterloo Place. Bodies of Mr. H. 

 Kearney and Mr. Chester Lawrence, American airmen, 

 found in sea near Redondo Beach, Cal. U.S. warns rebel 

 leaders in San Domingo not to disturb provisional govern- 

 ment on penalty of American intervention. Pres. Taft 

 sends a message to Congress on departmental affairs and 

 urging that Cabinet members have seats, but not votes, 

 in both houses. Pres. Taft leaves Washington for Panama. 

 U.S. Congress adjourns for Christmas recess. J. Pier- 

 pont Morgan testifies before "Pujo committee." 



20. Conference of Ambassadors in London announce 

 Great Powers' acceptance of principle of Albanian autono- 

 my together with a provision guaranteeing Servia com- 

 mercial access to Adriatic. Delegates to London Peace 

 Conference entertained at Mansion House of Lord Mayor. 

 General Botha forms new South African Cabinet, ex- 

 cluding Gen. Hertzog and Col. Leuchars. Mr. F. E. 

 Smith, at Dudley, states that main object of Unionist party 

 is Imperial Preference, and that a Colonial Conference is 

 only a means to that end. Select Committee of House 

 of Commons recommend reference of Sir Stuart Samuel's 

 case (see Nov. 22) to Judicial Committee of Privy Council. 

 "Florence," British steamer, wrecked off Cape Race, 

 Nfd.; 22 drowned. Memorial service held in Westminster 

 Abbey for Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the coffin being conveyed 

 next day to Victoria station on a gun carriage with a mili- 

 tary escort, for transport to United States on British war- 

 ship. Fire at Blohm & Voss ' shipbuilding yard, Hamburg. 

 U.S. government files suit at Los Angeles, Cal., to re- 

 cover from Southern Pacific Railroad Co. mineral lands in 

 Fresno county. 



21. Peace Conference again adjourned because re- 

 victualling of Adrianople is demanded by Turkish delegates. 

 British Medical Association rejects Govt. 's proposals 

 under Insurance Act by 182 votes to 21. Fighting be- 

 tween Greeks and Turks near Yanina; Djavid Pasha killed. 

 M. Poincare speaks in French Chamber of. Deputies 

 on Powers' attitude to Balkan question. Duke of Con- 

 naught elected chancellor of Cape University. Section of 

 Bagdad railway through Taurus opened to traffic. 

 Strike in Kiel dockyard. French force Col. Massoutier be- 

 sieged at Dar-el-Kadi near Mogador, Morocco. Aeroplane 

 collision near Paris; Jacques Delcasse injured. 



22. M. Chemet, French airman, flies from Venice to 

 Trieste and back in a hydro-aeroplane. 



23. Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India, wounded and his 

 attendant killed by bomb thrown from a house in Delhi 

 during State entry into the capital. Territorial claims of 

 Balkan League presented to Turkish delegates at .Peace 

 Conference. Greeks repulse Turkish attack at Dodona 

 and occupy Koritza. Ohannes Bey Kouyoumjian, Ar- 

 menian Catholic, appointed Governor of the Lebanon. 



British Govt. refuse British Medical Association's proposal 

 for administering medical benefit independently of Insur- 

 ance Committees. Completion of Assuan dam celebrated 

 in presence of Khedive and Lord Kitchener. Two British 

 steamers wrecked in Gulf of Mexico; 22 lives lost. Dr. 

 Weiskirchner, Christian Socialist, elected Burgomaster 

 of Vienna. Decision dismissing all indictments but one 

 against the United Shoe Machinery Co. for violation of 

 the Sherman law appealed to Supreme Court. Patrolman 

 and two collectors from disorderly houses for New York 

 City police indicted. Federal Grand Jury indicts officials 

 of the New Haven and the Grand Trunk railways for 

 conspiracy to restrain trade. 



24. Attempt to assassinate Prince Yamagata in Japan. 

 Quebec Legislature pass Bill doubling land subsidy for 

 Montreal-Hudson's Bay railway. Hostile demonstra- 

 tion in Teheran against M. Mornard, Treasurer-General 

 of Persia. French force besieged at Dar-el-Kadi near 

 Mogador, Morocco, relieved by Gen. Brulard. Kiel dock- 

 yard strike settled. Mr. E. Petre, British airman, killed 

 at Marske-on-Sea, Yorks. U.S. Steel Corporation an- 

 nounces increased wages for its 200,000 employees. 



26. M. Poincare accepts candidature for French Presi- 

 dency. Chinese Govt. replies to British note on Tibet 

 fiat it regards any agreement to maintain status quo as 

 unnecessary. P. & O. liner "Narrung," conveying emi- 

 grants to Australia, disabled by storm off Ushant, France, 

 and puts back to London. U.S, government sues the 

 Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co. for fixing a uniform job- 

 bers' and retailers' price. 



27. M. Ribot accepts candidature for French Presi- 

 dency. American liner "Austrian Prince" sinks after 

 collision with "Amasis" in Montevideo harbour. 



28. Turkish proposals, presented to Peace Conference, 

 unanimously repudiated by Balkan Allies. Principals of 

 International Association of Bridge & Structural Iron- 

 workers convicted at Indianapolis, Ind. of complicity in 

 dynamite outrages. Irish Unionist Members of Parliament 

 propose to move amendment to Home Rule Bill excluding 

 Ulster. Demonstration in Pretoria in favour of Gen. Hert- 

 zog, addressed by Gen. De Wet. 



29. Resignation of M. Makaroff, Russian Minister of 

 Interior, and appointment of M. N. A. Maklakoff as acting 

 minister. 



30. Death of Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter, German 

 Foreign Secretary. Gen. Sukhomlinoff, Russian War 

 Minister, received by German Emperor in Berlin. New 

 York City and Newark garment workers strike. Samuel 

 M. Felton is elected president of the Pere Marquette 

 Railroad, successor to Wm. Cotter, resigned Dec. 14. 

 Sentence of penal servitude passed on 33 labour leaders con- 

 victed in dynamite conspiracy trial (see Dec. 28). 



31. China defaults on payment of Boxer Indemnity 

 instalment, through failure to obtain foreign loan. 

 Panels of British doctors willing to serve xinder Insurance 

 Act close, but are subsequently kept open in certain cases 

 to allow of more coming in. Spanish Cabinet re-constituted 

 by Count Romanones, the Premier. Ex-Pres. Castro of 

 Venezuela detained at Ellis Island, New York, pend- 

 ing decision as to whether he is an undesirable alien. 

 London taxi-cab drivers decide to strike on Jan. i. 

 Three New .York, New Haven and Hartford railway offi- 

 cials are arrested for manslaughter for the VVestport wreck 

 (see Oct. 3). 





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