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Hevieic of Hfiiens. iO/SJ06. 



DAY BY DAY. 



A CHRONOLOGICAL DIARY OF THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD. 



February 5. — Six childroii are killed in a stampede 

 caused by a cry of fire at a children's service in 

 Vienna - The I'nited Mine Workers of America are 

 endeavouring to raise a strike tiind of £1,000,000, in 

 anticipation of a .strike afiectinfr 400,000 workers in 

 April next ... The Fortis Ministry in Italy resigned 

 ... Earl Hobei-ts'.s appeal for subscriptions to create a 

 RiHe Club fund of £100,000 fails. 



February G. — The Emperor Francis Joseph, a.s King 

 of Hungary, refuses to exercise hi.s Kuprerae rights 

 over the army in accordance with the Hungarian Par- 

 liament, and an alxsolute rrijiinf is regarded a.s immi- 

 nent ... Haron Sonnino is ontrustecT with the task 

 of forming an Italian Cabinet ... The boycott 

 against Ajnericaii goodf- and otticiaKs is levived 

 at Pekin ... Lady Strathcona donates £10,500 

 to the I'nemployed Fund : fJKMXI of it is to 

 be Utsed in stimulating emigration to Canada ... 

 Queen .Mexandra arrives at Copenhagen to attend 

 the obwcjuie.s of her late father — Madame Humbert, 

 of Paris frauds fame, is released ... Intei national 

 dipiomatit-t.s at Caracas protest formally against the 

 cavalier treatment bv President Castro of M. Taignv 



...The Hussian outlook continues to arouse uneaei- 

 neKs and apprehension. A terrible agrarian crisis is 

 anticipated in the coming spring ... The Uiiited States 

 Insurance Investigation Conimitt-ee i-ecommen<ls dras- 

 tic reforms. 



February 7. The i'residejit of the London County 

 Council, visiting Paris, receives a demonstrative wel- 

 come ... .Japan deci<led to buihl all her battleships in 

 future at home ... America ra<lically revises her regu- 

 lations with regard to Chii1e>se exclusion. 



February 9. — The death is announced, in his 89th 

 year, of \fr. James Ikmwick. the Australian historian 

 and educationalist ... Mr. .lolin Burns is accorded an 

 hour's audience with the King ... Mr. Chamberlain 

 makes a statement defining his position regarding 

 tariff reform ... The Salvation Army in England re- 

 quest that some criminals be handed over to them for 

 medical treatment, (ui tlie sui)position that crime is 

 a dis*>a.se ... The (J(>v<'rnm<'nt Moat 8.'. per cent, loan 

 of £1.6W.O0O. The anu)unt suhvorib<>d' is £-2.()87.390. 



February 10.— 'Hic Canadian ^lanufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation advocates more protection ... Earl Carrington 

 promises that a liill to prevent the adulteration of 

 butter shall be introduced lU'Xt session ... ()"e hun- 

 dred persont are killed in strike riots i'\ Cliili ... 

 Coal companies in -Vmerica arc preparing to meet the 

 threatened strike of 400.000 mine workers in April 

 next. Tlie United House of Representatives passes 

 the Hepburn Hailroad Pate Bill, giving the Inter- 

 State Commerce Commission power to fix a jirst mini- 

 mum rate for the carriage of goods by rail. 



February 12.— It is estimated that the political 

 priscmers in Russia anmunt to 75,000 ... It is re- 

 ported that important changes in the British naval 

 stations are in contemplation ... .\ native rising takes 

 place in Natal as a result of the objection of the 

 Zulus te the Poll Tax. 



February 13. The native ri.sing in South Africa is 

 extending ... In Warsaw, a boy throws a bomb at 

 four gensdarnips ; the four are killed ... A general ad- 

 vance is made in the wages of cotton weavers in 

 Lnncn^^hire ... TIh> N.S.W. loan of £2,000,0(K) at S\ 



per c-ent. is succes.sfully floated ... The defence esti- 

 m.ites of Japan are reduced by £500,000 ... The new- 

 British Parliament is formally opened. 



February 14. — Another Jewi-sh massacre takes place 

 in Russia: the Russian Government stops remittances 

 to .Jews from outside IJussia, stating that they are 

 not intended to relieve distress, but to aid the revolu- 

 tion ... The army of Afghanistan orders the extension 

 of the official telephone system throughout the coun- 

 try ... An alliance is said to have been made between 

 Italy, Servia and Monteiu^gro ... The new Franoo- 

 Russian commercial convention is ratified by the 

 Fianch Chamber of Deputies ... America despatches 

 troops to the Philippines, in order to be prepared 

 for emergenci4\s retiuiring their presence on the 

 Chiiu'se maiidand. in conscciuence of the anti-foreign 

 ino\enient ... The rnitc><l States Congre.ss is engaged 

 in passing legi.slation to prevent aliens from fishing 

 within thn^' miles of the United States coast. 



I'ebruary 15. A protest is being made by the 

 iiisiiop of London, l)i . Ingram, against Princess Ena's 

 conversion to the Roman Catholic faith ... J. D. 

 I'ockefelier, who i> wanted as a witness in an anti- 

 trust case, is missing ... A Swiss village is destroyed 

 by an avalanche ... The copper mines of J. Heinze 

 and the I'nited Copi>ei- Companv at Siiverbow (U.S.A.) 

 have been purchase<l for £5^000,000 ... Mr. W. H. 

 .lames, Agent-CJeiicral for W.A., arranges with the 

 Orient Royal Mail Line for the passage of approved 

 emigrants from London to Freinantle at a cost ot 

 onlv £7 per head ... 1 he Cliinese Ainbas,sador at Ber- 

 lin "states taht the National I'arty in China is deter- 

 niiiied to raise the cry of "China for the Chinese." 



Kfbruarv 1(3. .Japan undertakes a scheme for liqui- 

 dating iie'r national debt in 36 years ... Presiclent 

 Roo.sevelt makes an appeal to Americans to relieve 

 the .lapanese famine . . (Jeimany demands the super- 

 vi.sion of the country lu-ar Ceuta. opposite Gibraltar, 

 in order to neutralise the jwwer of Gibraltar. 



Februarv 17. It is reported that there is a serious 

 outbreak of bubonic plague at Hong Kong ... America 

 decides to spend £120.000 for the fortification of 

 Hawaii and the iMiili])pines ... Four Russian univer- 

 sity profe.s.sors on the reform side are shot at the 

 instigation of the authorities, in the vicinity ot the 

 Warsaw Cathedral ... An earthc|uake swallows up the 

 port of Bocagrando in Colombia ... The King grants 

 an audience to the R<v. Wil.son Carlile, of the Church 

 \rm\ ... The taxation c-oinmittee of the German Keich- 

 stag" rejects the Gov(Mnment Bill, providing for the 

 introduction of a tax on receipts ... Miss Alice Roose- 

 velt married to Mr. .Nicholas Longworth. 



Februarv 18.— The funeral of the late King Chris 

 turn IX. of Denmark (Queen Alexaudia.s father) takes 

 place. 



February 19.— One of the leading Japanese news- 

 papers uige-s the I'nited States to offer China 

 •prompt and decisi\e advice" with regard to the 

 bovcott of American goods ... A Conference has been 

 entered into between the United States and Canada 

 with regard to the preservation of the Niagara Falls 

 The ^Emperor Francis Joseph sanctions the dis- 

 solution of the Hung.irian Parliament ... It is stated 

 that the International Commission, consisting of re- 

 presentatives of (Jreat Britain and France, has ar- 



