Kevieir or Reviews, l/6f06. 



DAY BY DAY, 



A CHRONOLOGICAL DIARY OF THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD. 



April C. — An Imperial force of 600 men is in pursuit 

 of a Kaffir chief ... The Loudon "Times" urges the 

 Government to support the proposal for univei-sal 

 penny postage ... Zionites threaten Dr. Dowie with 

 exposure if he interferes with the new order of things 

 ... A whole tribe of Eskimos is wiped out in Siberia. 

 Rather than suffer starvation, the whole tribe com- 

 mitted suicide. 



April 7. — The collapsing of a building in Germany 

 during a house-warming dance kills forty-two people 

 and seriously injures seventy-one ■. .. A new tower 

 added to the Canadian Parliament House collapses, 

 owing to faulty masonry work ... Mount Vesuvius is 

 in such violent eruption that cinders are falling over 

 Naples, t«n miles away ... The Kaffir outbreak in 

 Natal is assuming somewhat serious dimensions. A 

 conflict has taken place between the Kaffirs and a de- 

 tachment of the Natal field force ... Prince Bnlow, the 

 German Imperial Chancellor, collapses in the Reich- 

 stag ... The National Party is stated to be disap- 

 pointed at the action of tlie Government in not ap- 

 pointing all the seats in the land commission to Irish 

 Nationalists. 



April 9. — In connection with the locksmiths' strike 

 in the French department of Somme, there are nume- 

 rous outrages upon the homes and properties of the 

 employers ... There are llX),UtXJ coal minere out on 

 strike in France. They have reduced their demand 

 for 6s. a day to 5s. 9d., but the companies refuse to 

 accede to the lower terms ... It is anticipated that 

 Great Britain will hand over to France some of its 

 West Indian territory as a solace for France obtain- 

 ing less of a free hand in Morocco than Great Bri- 

 tain has been allowed in Egypt ... The French Go- 

 vernment is instituting a committee of defence, for 

 the purpose of drawing up a scheme for unifying the 

 action of the AFarine departments of the French colo- 

 nies, in the event of France being engaged in war 

 with any foreign power ... Mr. David George has been 

 appointed a member of the advisory committee on 

 commercial intelligence of the Board of Trade, in the 

 special interests of the Australian Commonwealth ... 

 The derelict steamer " Dunmore " has become a 

 danger to navigation, as she is drifting in the track 

 of the trans-Atlantic liners, and seven British cruisers 

 have been sent in search of her to sink her ... The 

 election for the E.ve division (North-east Suffolk) re- 

 sults ui the return of a Liberal candidate ... A flag 

 officer on the French fleet announces that there is a 

 plot by the Anarchists and anti-militarists to destroy 

 France's waiships. 



April 10. — Vesuvius is increasing in activity to an 

 alarming state ... A compromise has been arranged in 

 connection with the Hungarian crisis ... In connection 

 with the Kaffir outbreak several kraals are shelled ... 

 The Postal Congress is opened at Rome ... A message 

 of sympathy is sent to Prince Bulow in his illue^ ... 

 A Russian General is killed by a bomb ... Marshal 

 Oj'ama retires from the command of the Japanese 

 forces. 



April 11. — Russia intends to issue a loan for 

 £82.000,000 ... A new Education Bill has been intro- 

 duced in the House of Commons ... Serious riots occur 

 in Persia owing to distress ... Mount Vesuvius is still 

 erupting ... It is stated to be the worst eruption since 

 1631. 



April 12. — The Education Bill in the House of Com- 

 mons is coining in for a great deal of adverse criti- 

 cism ... Another Boxer outbreak occurs in China ... 

 The natives, fighting with the deposed Kaffir chief 

 B irabaata, are disbanding ... It is intended that Man- 

 churia, shall gradually be thrown open to foreigners 

 ... The Anglo-French Treaty is stated to be unaffected 

 by the Morocco decision. 



April 14. — The Japanese tariff is increased from 20 

 to oO per cent. ... The postponement of the Peace 

 Congress to .June, .'907, has been agreed to ... Presi- 

 dent Castro offers to retire if the Venezuelan Repub- 

 lic will proceed more harmoniously without him. 



-April 17. — The Kaiser sends a complimentary tele- 

 gram to Austria, thanking them for their support at 

 Algeciras. The telegram is regarded as a reproof to 

 Italy, and not even as a compliment to Austria ... A 

 naval mutiny takes place at Lisbon ... A severe earth- 

 quake takes place at Formosa. 



April 18. — A movement is on foot in England to 

 make early closing compulsory ... Relations are 

 strained between the Egyptian Government and the 

 Porte with respect to the occupation of the town of 

 Tabah by Turkish troops, and the claim of the Porte 

 to portion of the territory of the Sinai Peninsula ... 

 The mutiny on board the Portuguese ironclad has fiz- 

 zled out ... Shots wpre exchanged between the Russian 

 Ambassador to Switzerland and Nihilists in the Rus- 

 sian Church at Geneva ... The Moscow police are 

 stated to be clad in armour to protect them against 

 murder ... Jabez Balfour is released after serving 

 eleven years' imprisonment ... Private letters state 

 that a terrible massacre of Armenians has taken 

 place in the Caucasus district of Russia. 



April 19. — The Zulus join the native rebels ... Three 

 men are killed by a boiler explosion in a speed trial 

 b,y the British ships of the Mediterranean squadron 

 ... German newspapers still rail at Ital.v, and state 

 that Gerraan,y is determined to lead in Central Europe 

 . . The trans-Pacific cable from the United States to 

 Shanghai is completed. 



April 2U. — A terrible earthquake takes place in San 

 Francisco ... An invitation is extended to the King 

 and Queen by the Canadian Parliament to visit 

 Canada ... There are signs of volcanic eruption in the 

 Canar.v Islands ... A torpedo boat collides with an- 

 other at the Mediterranean squadron manoeuvres and 

 is sunk ... The Pan-Germans in the Reichstag are at- 

 tempting to interfere in regard to the Anglo-French 

 agreement ... A leading St. Petersburg newspaper 

 strongly advocates the establishment of an Anglo- 

 Russian entente ... 1400 sailors are placeil under ar- 

 rest in connection with the Lisbon mutin.v. 



April 21. — San Francisco is still in flames, and the 

 entire citv is practicallv destroyed. The loss of life 

 is estimatetl at 5000 to" 10,000 "... The strike of coal 

 miners in France has assumed a most serious phase. 

 A Lieutenant is stoned to death b,v the strikers ... A 

 notable French scientist, the discoverer of radium, is 

 crushe<l to death by a dray ... The Pope is suffering 

 from heart trouble ■■. The situation in connection 

 with the Natal native rising is critical. 



April 23. — Eight Hours Day in Victoria. 



.\pril 24. — An Abys.sinian outlaw is raiding Sou- 

 danese villages ... 50,000 persons are reported to have 

 been present at the great Olympic games at Athens. 



