AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS,

THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF GOVERNORS A NEW MACHINERY ADDED TO

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA A.D. 1910 PROF. STEPHEN LEACOCK

PORTUGAL BECOMES A REPUBLIC A.D. 1910 WILLIAM ARCHER

THE CRUSHING OF FINLAND A.D. 1910 JOHN JACKOL BARON VON PLEHVE BARON SERGIUS WITTE J.N. REUTER

MAN'S FASTEST MILE THE AUTOMOBILE AGE A.D. 1911 C.F. CARTER ISAAC MARCOSSON

THE DOWNFALL OF DIAZ MEXICO PLUNGES INTO REVOLUTION A.D. 1911 MRS. E.A. TWEEDIE DOLORES BUTTERFIELD

FALL OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE OF LORDS GREAT BRITAIN CHANGES HER

THE TURKISH-ITALIAN WAR EUROPE SEIZES THE LAST OF NORTHERN

WOMAN SUFFRAGE THE MOVEMENT COMES TO THE FRONT BY ITS TRIUMPH

MILITARISM ITS CLIMAX IN THE THREAT OF UNIVERSAL WAR OVER

PERSIA'S LOSS OF LIBERTY A.D. 1911 W. MORGAN SHUSTER[1]

DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH POLE A.D. 1911 ROALD AMUNDSEN

THE CHINESE REVOLUTION A.D. 1912 ROBERT MACHRAY R.F. JOHNSTON TAI-CHI QUO

A STEP TOWARD WORLD PEACE THE UNITED STATES ARBITRATION TREATIES A.D. 1912 HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT

TRAGEDY OF THE "TITANIC" THE SPEED CRAZE AND ITS OUTCOME A.D. 1912 WILLIAM INGLIS

OUR PROGRESSING KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE SURGERY PERPETUATES THE BODY'S ORGANS A.D. 1912

THE OVERTHROW OF TURKEY THE FIRST BALKAN WAR A.D. 1912

MEXICO PLUNGED INTO ANARCHY HUERTA SEIZES A DICTATORSHIP A.D. 1913 EDWIN EMERSON WILLIAM CAROL

THE NEW DEMOCRACY THE FORCES OF CHANGE DOMINATE AMERICA A.D. 1913 WOODROW WILSON

THE INCOME TAX IN AMERICA THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AMENDED A.D. 1913 JOSEPH A. HILL

THE SECOND BALKAN WAR GREECE AND SERVIA CRUSH THE AMBITIONS OF

OPENING OF THE PANAMA CANAL A.D. 1914 COL. GEO. W. GOETHALS BAMPFYLDE FULLER

CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN

Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914)

Author: Charles F. Horne, Editor

Language: English

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Gwidon Naskrent and PG Distributed Proofreaders

THE GREAT EVENTS

BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES. BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

EDITED BY

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.

Aided by a staff of specialists

CONTENTS

VOLUME XXI

An Outline Narrative of the Great Events
  CHARLES F. HORNE

The United States House of Governors (A.D. 1910)
  WILLIAM S. JORDAN
  THE GOVERNORS

Union of South Africa (A.D. 1910)
  PROF. STEPHEN LEACOCK

Portugal Becomes a Republic (A.D. 1910)
  WILLIAM ARCHER

The Crushing of Finland (A.D. 1910)
  JOHN JACKOL
  BARON SERGIUS WITTE
  BARON VON PLEHVE
  J.H. REUTER

Man's Fastest Mile (A.D. 1911)
  C.F. CARTER
  ISAAC MARCOSSON

The Fall of Diaz (A.D. 1911)
  MRS. E.A. TWEEDIE
  DOLORES BUTTERFIELD

Fall of the English House of Lords (_A.D. 1911)
  ARTHUR PONSONBY
  SYDNEY BROOKS
  CAPTAIN GEORGE SWINTON

The Turkish-Italian War (A.D. 1911)
  WILLIAM T. ELLIS
  THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS

Woman Suffrage (A.D. 1911)
  IDA HUSTED HARPER
  ISRAEL ZANGWILL
  JANE ADDAMS
  DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE
  ELBERT HUBBARD

Militarism (A.D. 1911)
  NORMAN ANGELL
  SIR MAX WAECHTER

Persia's Loss of Liberty (A.D. 1911)
  W. MORGAN SHUSTER

Discovery of the South Pole (A.D. 1911)
  ROALD AMUNDSEN

The Chinese Revolution (A.D. 1912)
  ROBERT MACHRAY
  R.F. JOHNSTON
  TAI-CHI QUO

A Step Toward World Peace (A.D. 1912)
  HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT

Tragedy of the "Titanic" (A.D. 1912)
  W.A. INGLIS

Our Progressing Knowledge of Life Surgery (A.D. 1912)
  GENEVIEVE GRANDCOURT
  PROFESSOR R. LEGENDRE

Overthrow of Turkey by the Balkan States (A.D. 1912)
  J. ELLIS BARKER
  FREDERICK PALMER
  PROF. STEPHEN P. DUGGAN

Mexico Plunged Into Anarchy (A.D. 1913)
  EDWIN EMERSON
  WILLIAM CAROL

The New Democracy (A.D. 1913)
  PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON

The Income Tax in America (A.D. 1913)
  JOSEPH A. HILL

The Second Balkan War (A.D. 1913)
  PROF. STEPHEN P. DUGGAN
  CAPT. A.H. TRAPMANN

Opening of the Panama Canal (A.D. 1914)
  COL. GEORGE W. GOETHALS
  BAMPFYLDE FULLER

Universal Chronology (1910-1914)