Remeu of Revitm, 1JSI06. 



DAY BY DAY. 



A CHRONOLOGICAL DIARY OF THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD. 



June 8. — An outbreak of disaffection in Egyptian 

 Soudan is reported. The natives at Talodi have mas- 

 sacred the Soudanese garrison, uumberinw 40 men ... 

 The Emperor of Germany receives a cordial welcome 

 from the Emperor of Austria ... Tiie British Govern- 

 ment receives guarantees from the Servian Govern- 

 ment that the regicide officers, who have been re- 

 tired from the Servian army, will not be reappointed 

 .. Increasing uneasiness prevails in Natal respecting 

 the possibility of a general rising among the Zulu 

 tribes ... France requires Morocco to pay £8000 as 

 compensation to the family of M. Cliarbonnier, _who 

 was murdered at Tangier. 



June 9. — Sir Edward Clarke resigns his seat in Lon- 

 don ... The British Minister of War states that the 

 (rovemment is thoroughly determined to prevent the 

 sweating of employes by the contractors for army cloth- 

 ing ... The steamer "Gothic" arrives at Plymouth 

 with her cargo on fire ... Tlie International Congress 

 of Miners in London passes a resolution in favour of 

 abolishing tlie employment of women and establishing 

 a minimum wage. 



June 10. — Mr. Richard Seddon dies suddenly from 

 heart failure at 6 o'clock p.m., on the "Oswestry 

 Grange." shortly after leaving Sydney. 



June 11. — The Russian Douma proposes a new Con- 

 stitution providing for a Constitutional Monarchy ... 

 The Miners' Congress in London favours the national- 

 isation of mines ... It is stated that the losses to the 

 Chicago beef packers will amount to £4,000,000. in 

 consequence of the disclosures ... The news of the 

 sudden death of Mr. Seddon is received with much 

 regret in England. 



June 12. — There is an indication of a move towards 

 reform in connection with the Congo Free State ... 

 It is stated that the British Government intends to 

 make substantial economies in connection with both 

 the army and navy ... A revolt breaks out in Russia, 

 more particularly in Warsaw and Odessa ... It is an- 

 nounced that President Roosevelt intends to put a 

 check on land monopoly. 



June 13. — The German Government decides to widen 

 and deepen the Kiel Canal which will involve an ex- 

 penditure of £10,000,000 ... It is reported that much 

 local indignation has been aroused by AiLstralia's sug- 

 gestion that Mauritius should be offered to France in 

 exchange for the Xew Hebrides ... Six well-known 

 swimmers are in training for the purpose of swimming 

 the English Channel. 



June 14. — His Majesty the King attends a dinner 

 given by the I'nited States Ambassador to Great Bri- 

 tain ... It is computed that since the Natal rising 

 commenced, the total number of rebels killed has been 

 575 ... It is reported that 10 members of the Russian 

 Duma, who signed the Labour manifesto, are to be 

 arraigned ... A lady parachutist in Yorkshire (Eng- 

 land! is killed ... 'The British Prime Minister states 

 that he is in cordial and complete sympathy with the 

 reduction in the military and naval expenditure ... Six 

 deaths have occurred in a workhouse in England, 

 through the eating of frozen meat from the Argentina. 



June 15. — The Finance Bill, embodying the Budget 

 proposals, passed its third reading in the British House 

 of Commons ... Supposed German espionage in connec- 

 tion with the BritLsh naval manoeuvres is engaging 

 public attention ... Further fighting is stated to be 



imminent in Southern Nigeria. A British officer is 

 murdered by natives ... Three more deaths have oc- 

 curred as a result of the Spanish outrage ... The Un- 

 ited States Government agrees to the appropriation of 

 £400,000 for the inspection of meat products by Go- 

 vernment officers ... Mr. T. A. Edison, the famous 

 eJectrician and inventor, announces that he has made 

 a discovery which will result in revolutionising elec- 

 tric traction ... Notable successes have been acliieved 

 in the tripos examinations at Cambridge University by 

 two Indian students. 



June 16. — A massacre, provoked by a bomb outrage, 

 takes place in Bielnstok (Ru^ia) ... Several British 

 officei"s are attacked by villagers in Egypt in conse- 

 quence of their shooting pigeons ... It is stated that 

 General Booth can find an outlet for lO.OOO East End 

 aliens in a foreign country ... Alien cigarette makers 

 in Germany, numbering, with their dependents, 3000 

 persons, are ordered to leave Gerinanv ... Stock for 

 £7,000,000 for Irish land purchase, at £89, 2} per cent., 

 is subscribed nine times over ... The Italian Minister 

 for Foreign Affairs supports Britain in her proposed 

 reduction of armaments ... The motion to include in 

 the Workmen's Compensation Bill, in the British 

 House of Commons, a clau.s6 to compel industrial em- 

 ployers to insure their workmen m any approved 

 mutual trade in.surance scheme, is carried ... Sir 

 Joseph Ward has an audience with the King ... Mr. 

 J. F. Farrer, a Government candidate, is returned by 

 the Barwon election in Victoria. 



June 18. — Bambaata is reported to have been 

 killed ... General Booth's East End alien immigrants 

 are to be sent to South America ... Diplomatic rela- 

 tions have been resumed between Britain and Servia. 



June 19. — A Japanese steamer strikes a mine off the 

 coast of Korea. Fifty lives are lost ... An early ter- 

 mination of the Natal rising is expected ... It is re- 

 ported that the United States House of Representa- 

 tives, by 110 votes to 36. has now adopted the lock 

 system for the Panama Canal ... A serious mpture oc- 

 curs between the Governments of Greece and Ron- 

 mania ... It is stated tliat tlie political situation of 

 Russia is nearly desperate, anarchy existing every- 

 where ... The agreement with regard to reforms in 

 Morocco, which was arrived at by the International 

 Congress at Algeciras. still remains without the writ- 

 ten confirmation of the Sultan. 



June 20. — The Russian Government has modified its 

 attitude of hostility towards the Duma The death 

 is announced, at the age of 33 years, of Mr. H. N. 

 Pillsbury. the famous American chess player. 



June 21. — King Haakon and Queen Maud, of Nor- 

 way, are crowned at Trondhiem ... Canada donates 

 £16.000 to the San Francisco sufferers ... The finst step 

 towards the abandonment of Chinese labour is being 

 taken by mine owners on the Rand, who are engaging 

 unemployed whites ... A sharp fight, in which 500 Natal 

 rebels are defeated, has occurred near Mapumulo ... A 

 serious outrage is perpetrated in South-Eastern China, 

 in which Dr. Home, formerly of Melbourne, and Mr. 

 F. Eadie are attacked. 



June 22. — Both Dr. Home and Jlr. Eadie are re- 

 covering from the wounds they received in the Amoy 

 outrages ... A regiment of the Russian Armv breaks 

 into open rebellion, several officers being killed ... In- 

 stances of bad faith on the part of Russia, which 



