Lex Anteinternet: Agadir Crisis

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Saturday, July 15, 1911. Unreasonable demands.

Germany demanded that France cede French Congo to Germany in exchange for a withdrawal of German troops from Morocco.

Turkish troops ambushed Albanian rebels at Ipek.

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Thursday, July 13, 1911. Edward, the Prince of Wales. The Third Anglo-Japanese Agreement of Alliance.

Labels: 1300s, 1301, 1600s, 1616, 1910s, 1911, David Lloyd George, Diplomacy, Japan, Monarchy, United Kingdom, Wales

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Sunday, July 9, 1911. Partido Constitucional Progresista

Francisco I. Madero issued a manifesto changing the name of his movement the Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Partido Constitucional Progresista).

France and Germany agreed to negotiate an end to the Agadir Crisis.

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Saturday, July 8, 1911. Aspinwall rides into New York.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, 62nd Congress, Art, children, entertainment, Equine Transportation, New York, Weather, William F. Cody, Women

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Monday, July 3, 1911. Panther arrives.

The SMS Panther arrived off of the coast of Agaidir.

A British merchant marine strike with the strikers largely prevailing in their demands.

Lightning struck the south-west comer of the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton, New Brunswick, rusling in a major fire doing damaged to the structure and causing its bells to fall.

It was restored.

William Howard Taft visited Marion, Indiana.

Gen. José González Salas, who had served in Diaz's army, was appointed Secretary of War and Navy of Mexico.

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Sunday, July 2, 1911. Krazy Kat debuts.

Labels: 1900s, 1903, 1910s, 1911, Cartoons, Central America, Colombia, Diplomacy, Interstate Commerce Commission, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, Mexico (Juarez), Panama, Panama Canal, Railroads, United States

Friday, July 1, 2011

Saturday, July 1, 1911. The Agadir Crisis commences.

Germany delivered the unwelcome news to France that Germany had dispatched the SMS Panther with troops to occupy Agadir, part of French Morocco, on the pretext that it was to protect German citizens there.

The action would bring Europe to the edge of war.

Australia introduced compulsory military service for men ages 12 to 26, although half were exempted in various ways.

The Jewish Literary Society was closed by Imperial authorities in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

It was a Saturday, and the Saturday before Independence Day.

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Friday, June 30, 1911. The Navy acquires an airplane.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, Aircraft, Infantry, Morocco, Spain, Spanish Army, Spanish Empire, U.S. Navy

Thomas More, counsellor of law and statesman of integrity, merry martyr and most human of saints: Pray that, for the glory of God and in the pursuit of His justice, I may be trustworthy with confidences, keen in study, accurate in analysis, correct in conclusion, able in argument, loyal to clients, honest with all, courteous to adversaries, ever attentive to conscience. Sit with me at my desk and listen with me to my clients’ tales. Read with me in my library and stand always beside me so that today I shall not, to win a point, lose my soul. Pray that my family may find in me what yours found in you: friendship and courage, cheerfulness and charity, diligence in duties, counsel in adversity, patience in pain—their good servant, and God’s first. Amen

"Be at peace. Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life; rather look to them with full hope as they arise. God, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them. He has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms. Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination." St. Francis de Sales

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