Review of Rnieirt, IjllOS, 



DAY BY DAY. 



A CHRONOLOGICAL DL\RY OF THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD. 



May 8. — An attack by Zulus ou the native forces is 

 repulsed ... Tlie Grand Duke Vladimir is practically 

 a prisoner in a hotel at Paris owing to threats of 

 death by Anarchist.s ... The volcano at Stromboli is 

 active ... The Trade Insurance Company in Xew York 

 fails as a result of the San Francisco earthquake. 



May 9. — Troops are dispatched from England to 

 Egypt ... The crew of the blockade ranner " Socra- 

 baya " has been found at Xikolaievsk frozen to death 

 ... It is stated that arms for tlie Natal natives have 

 been imported from Europe ... King Edward returns 

 to London. 



May 10. — The mine-ownirs on the Rand challenge 

 the legality of the propo.sal to repatriate coolies ... 

 Vesuvius is again active ... American banks are ex- 

 periencing a great shortage of money ... Mr. Joseph 

 lieiter, the Chicago millionaire, is robbed of bonds 

 worth £20.000 ... Three hundred thousand workers are 

 affected by the lockout in Germany ... It is an- 

 nounced that Fanning Island is not to be sold. 



May 11. — In a fight between the troops of the Sul- 

 tan of Morocco and those of the Pretender, the Sul- 

 tan's army is repulsed ... Many changes are made in 

 the official appoiptments of the Chinese Customs De- 

 partment ... The British House of Commons accepts a 

 resolutio i in favour of the reduction of the armaments 

 of the nation ... It is found that slavei-y is rife amongst 

 Canadian Indians. 



May 12. — The Education Bill in England passes 

 through its second reading. 



May 14. — The Porte is reported to have promised 

 the evacuation of the Sinai Peninsula ... A Bill intro- 

 duced in the House of Commons, providing for 

 graduated reductions in hours of labour in coal mines, 

 passes its second reading ... Sir Henry McCallum, 

 Governor of Natal, reports to Lord Elgin the existence 

 of a conspiracy amongst South Africans to kill all the 

 Europeans in the territory ... Since the San Francisco 

 earthquake the geyser region at Yellowstone Park is 

 very active ... In German South-West Afi-ica fresh 

 fighting takes place, and the rebels are driven into 

 British territory ... M. Izvolsk.v, the Russian Ambas- 

 sador at Copenliagen, is the new Russian Minister for 

 Foreign Affairs. 



May 1.5. — Mme. Curie, the discoverer of radium, is 

 appointed to the Chair of Chemistry at the Sorbonne 

 University ... The Germans acknowledge that their 

 troops trespassed on British terrRory in the last fight 

 with the blacks ... The strike of Parisian workmen 

 in various trades in favour of an eight hours day is 

 rapidly extending ... The Tsar, with the aid of a 

 microphone, listens to the proceedings of the Douma, 



May 16. — France and Germany give support to 

 Britain over the Turkey dispute ... German burgo- 

 masters pay a visit to London, and are entertained ... 

 Sir Joseph Ward entertains the International Postal 

 representatives ... A semi-official denial is given to the 

 statement that Germany hopes to secure a coaling 

 station at Polo Laut. south-east of Borneo ... German 

 newspapei"s oppose the idea of a reduction of arma- 

 ments. 



May 17. — The Russian Douma protests to the Tsar 

 the inadequacy of the privileges he has granted ... 

 The Deceased Wife's Sister's Bill is read a second time 

 in the British House of Commons ... Turkey recog- 

 nises the English protectorate over Egypt ... The 



Natal Government narrowly escapes defeat over tha 

 Unoccupied Land Tax Bill. 



May 18. — A Bill providing for the payment of £150 

 per annum to members is passed by the German 

 Reichstag ... The rebel forces in Natal are streiigthen- 

 ing ... Tlie rumour of a Treaty between Britain and 

 Russia causes alarm to Gennany ... It is stated that 

 the Sultan is displeased with Germany's want of sym- 

 pathy with Turkey in the recent dispute. 



May 19. — The French Minister states that it would 

 be most imprudent for France to reduce her arma- 

 ments ... It is proposed by the committee of the 

 United States Senate to have a sea level canal in 

 connection with the Panama Canal instead of one on 

 the lock system ... Ajiother attempted outrage on the 

 part of Anarchi.sts in Paris is reported ... President 

 Roosevelt expresses his intention to visit New Zealand 

 at the end of his Presidential term ... The German 

 Burgomasters, who are nov. on a visit to London, are 

 entertained at luncheon at Windsor Castle ... A Bill 

 introduced in the House of Commons at the instance 

 of tlie Labour Party is defeated. 



May 21. — Fifteen people are killed by lightning at 

 a funeral in Austria ... Count Witte advises the Coun- 

 cil of the Empire to co-operate with the Douma when- 

 ever possible ... Sir Joseph Ward announces that he 

 will visit America on his way home ... Sensational 

 statements are piiblished regarding Germany's objec- 

 tions to the attitude .stated to have been assumed by 

 Lord Strathcona. with regard to continental emigra- 

 tion ... Five supporters of the British Ministry urge 

 the Government to forcibly repatriate the Transvaal 

 Chinese ... A visit of the British fleet to Kronstadt is 

 reported ... Mr. E. Steinkopft, the ApoUinaris mineral 

 springs' proprietor, dies leaving £1.247.000. 



May 22. — It is reported by a London newspaper 

 that a plot is being arranged against the Russian 

 Douma ... An announcement that Japan intends to 

 adopt a protective tariff is causing alarm in the 

 United States ... The Simplon tunnel through the 

 Alps, connecting Italy and Switzerland, has been for- 

 mally opened ... A London deputation of 550 women 

 suffragists waits on the British Prime Minister ... A 

 second note is presented to the Chinese (Jovemment 

 from Great Britain, demanding a satisfactory assur- 

 ance that the appointment of two Chinese officials to 

 the control of the Customs Department will not affect 

 the administration of the department ... Another out- 

 break is threatened in Natal. 



May 23. — The Education Bill is being considered in 

 committee by the British House of Commons ... A 

 gigantic proiect is brought forward in the United 

 States, involving the construction of a boulevard 

 f3300 miles long) right across the continent from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific ... It is formally announced 

 that Baron Komura has been appointed Japanese Am- 

 bassador at London in succession to Viscount Hayashi 

 ... The French elections for the new Chamber of Depu- 

 ties result in giving the Government a sufficient Re- 

 publican majority to enable it to dispense with the 

 support of the United Socialists ... The Chief of 

 Ordnance in the United States navy states that his 

 department is neglected. 



May 24. — The commercial banks in San Francisco 

 re-open ... The Canadian House of Commons states that 

 the sui-plus of revenue over expenditure for the past 



