HevitvB of Revietti, 20/uf'}'-'. 



DAY BY DAY. 



A CHRONOLOGICAL DIARY OF THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD. 



Miuch 9. -The attitudt of Gfermany's representa- 

 tives at the Algeciias Conference with regard to re- 

 forms in Moiooco is reported to he more conciliatory 

 ... The Imperial manifesto defining the powers of the 

 National Dounia has evoked bitter disappointment 

 in Riis-^ia . . The reception of Princess Ena of Bat- 

 tenberg into the Roman CUitholic Church takes place. 



March 12. A coal mine in France takes fire, and 

 1193 men are killed ... King Christian leaves the 

 whole of his pereonal estate, valued at £166,550, to 

 hi.s youngest son. Prince Waldemar ... Six hundred 

 natives are killed in a fight in the Philippines ... 

 M. Sarrien forms a French Ministry in succession to 

 that of M. PouvierV ... An American tobacco trust 

 is being forme<l to fight the Imperial Tobacco Com- 

 pany ot Groat Britain ... Twenty-one persons are 

 killed in an avalanche in one of the Lofoden Islands 

 ... Mr. Rockefeller has not yet been found. 



March 13.— Several women, insisting upon seeing 

 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in connection with 

 woman's suffia<;o. :ire arre.sted for refusing to leave 

 the Governnient buikling ... ^Manchuria is almost re- 

 store<l to her normal condition, the last of the Japan- 

 ese troops beinj; withdrawn ... Xine hundred natives 

 are kille'J in the I'hilippine's fight ... The Pope sum- 

 mons seven French bishops to resign their sees ... The 

 outlook at the Morocco Conference is less reassuring... 

 The Or<ler >f Fore^tere in Canada donates £200,000 

 to be devoted to the establishment of a settlement to 

 emigrants .selected by the Salvation Army ... A French 

 submarine boat is succe.ssfully .steeretl by Hertzian 

 waves. 



March 14. — M. Sariien, the French Premier, allots 

 the principal portfolios of the Cabinet ... The mur- 

 derer of M. Dolyanni. Premier of Greece, is sentenced 

 to death ... -Dr.'" Dowie is reportetl to have been 

 deposed fr<nn his position ... A member of the State 

 Legisl.it lire of Iowa introduces a Bill providing for 

 the death of the physical and mentally unfit ... A 

 select .-omraittee is to be appointed to inquire into the 

 butter trade. 



March 15. — .\ minei-s' strike takes place at Cour- 

 rieres. the scene ot the terrible mining disaster ... The 

 English Prime Minister declines a request that a 

 select committee should be appointed to inquire into 

 the question of franking members' correspondence. 



March IG.- The British Cabinet intends to put a 

 rheck upon recruiting ... It is announced that Ger- 

 many JKis authorised the importation into German 

 Kast Africa ot 20(KJ Chinese coolies, for employment 

 on railway formatioii ... The British Prime Minister 

 announces his intention to introduce a Bill providing 

 for the disestablishment of the Church of England in 

 Wales ... The Government accepts the principle of 

 old age pensions ... It is stated that a rural exodus on 

 a remarkable .>c.ale is taking place in the State of 

 Xew York ... The steamer ■ British King " is reportetl 

 to have foundered off Nova Scotia. Twenty-eight out 

 of a crew of fifty-six are drowned ... A terrible erup- 

 tion takes place at Savaii, the largest of the Samoan 

 Islands. 



March 17. — It is reported that there is trouble in 

 Manchuria between the Japanese and Chinese ... Rus- 

 sia and .Japan are exchanging friendly delegations ... 

 A fight takes place in Northern Nigeria between the 



British troops and the Sokoto rebels ... The Natal ris- 

 ing is increasing in seriousness ... A reduction of the 

 British .Vrmv is successfully opposed by the Govern- 

 ment in the British House of Commons ... An Ameri- 

 can syndicate is reported to have offered to construct 

 a tunnel railway from Kansk to Alaska ... A Japanese 

 lieutenant has invented a wireless telephone ... The 

 Dowager Empress of China contribute* the sum of 

 i.12,400 to the .lapanese famine fund. 



March 19. — A dreadful railway accident occurs in 

 the United States, in which forty persons are killed 

 and many others injured ... The Times, in discuss- 

 ing the .\lgeciras Conference, states that the chances 

 of a rupture are great ... The strike among the French 

 coal miners is still spreading ... The Canadian Govern- 

 ment, with the object ot increasing the stream of 

 emigrants, is raising the bonus paid to its agents in 

 Great Britain. 



March 20. — The deadlock in oonuectioii with the 

 .\lgeciras Conference .still continues ... King Charles 

 r ot Koumania, is seriously ill ... The effect of the 

 decisive British victorv is so great that the rebellious 

 native tribes of Nortliern Nigeria all submit to the 

 Government ... Winchester Cathedral is threatened 

 by subsidence. It is estimated that £100,000 is needed 

 for repairs ... A disastrous earthquake occurs in the 

 i.sland of Formosa. Hundreds are killed .. It is 

 announced that the Steel Trust proposes to extend 

 its operations to Canada . . The election of delegates 

 to the primary electoral colleges, by which the mem- 

 bers ot the Russian National Douma will be elected, 

 has begun ... Rio de .Janeiro has experienced floods, 

 and a series of extensive landslips, resulting in .seventy 

 persons being killed or injured. 



March 21. The two new battleships for the .lapan- 

 ese navy, which have been built in England, will be 

 delivered shortly ... Three naval niutineere of Russia 

 are .shot ... The German Heiclistag votes the .sum of 

 tl.oOO.OlHI for the purpas<. of suppressing the Herero 

 rising ... The French coal miners on strike demand 

 a minimum of 6" - per diy of eight hours, and also 

 the payment of pension* to the families bereaved by 

 the terrible disaster at Courrieres ... The Germa;i 

 Goveniment is urging Canada to remove her restric- 

 tions on trade with Germany ... The great water sup- 

 plv scheme of New York Cit\ is completed. The total 

 cost of the work has been L-1..5(J0,00O. 



March 22. Further details regarding the disastrous 

 earthquake in Formosa Island show tlat the loss of 

 life was far greater than was at first reported ... 

 With regaril to the Mor^xco problem. .Vustria pro- 

 poses that a superior office of neutral nationality shall 

 be attached to the diplomatic body at Tangier, with 

 power to supervise the eight Moroccan ports and the 

 police force ... A Bill to amend the Merchant Shipping 

 Acts IS receive<l favourabl\ in the British House of 

 Commons ... An important building scheme in Lon- 

 don is projected by a .syndicate. 



March 24. - The Japanese internal loan of 

 £•20,000,000 is over-subscribed by £17,300.000 . Mr. 

 Winston Churchill is criticised bv the Cape news- 

 papers for his attitude during tW debate on South 

 -Africa ... Labour representatives wait on President 

 Rix>sevelt asking for a conservation of the rights of 

 labour ... The Porte refuses to withdraw Turkish 

 troops from Tobah on the Sinai Peninsula ... \ direct 



