badly damaged by British and French fleets.
Aug. 25--German steamer Elizabeth sunk.
Aug. 26--British defeated in battle with German torpedo boat off
Kiao-Chau.
Aug. 27--British cruiser Highflyer sinks Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse;
British marines occupy Ostend; German cruiser Magdeburg sunk in Gulf of
Finland; mines in North Sea sink a Danish and a Norwegian steamer;
Japanese bombard island near Kiao-Chau and blockade port.
Aug. 28--British fleet sinks two German cruisers, sets fire to third,
and sinks two torpedo boats off Heligoland; Germans fire at Japanese
fleet near Kiao-Chau; Austrian destroyer sunk by British off Corfu;
British cruiser Welland sinks German torpedo destroyer; other German
ships captured; six vessels blown up in North Sea by mines; Russians
capture crew of German cruiser Magdeburg.
Aug. 29--Port of Cape Jaeschke blocked by Japanese warships; passenger
steamer destroyed by mines near Russian port.
Aug. 30--British official account of battle off Heligoland; New Zealand
expeditionary force captures Apia.
Aug. 31--German gunboat shells abandoned Japanese destroyer at
Kiao-Chau.
Sept. 2--British and French ships again bombard Cattaro; steam drifter
Eyrie sunk by mine in North Sea.
Sept. 4--British cruiser sinks Austrian steamer Bathori in Bay of
Biscay; British gunboat Speedy sunk by mine in North Sea; British
steamship Bowes Castle sunk by German cruiser off St. Lucia.
Sept. 5--German ships sink fifteen British trawlers in North Sea.
Sept. 6--Cruiser Pathfinder destroyed by mine.
Sept. 7--British submarine strikes German warships in Bremerhaven
Harbor.
Sept. 10--British capture German, collier.
Sept. 11--Germans destroy Russian steamer Uleaborg.
Sept. 12--Australian Navy occupies Herbertshoehe in Bismarck
Archipelago; British take German coal ship Heinze.
Sept. 14--Germans capture Fanning Island and cable station; German
cruiser Hela sunk.
Sept. 17--German fleets fire on each other in Baltic by mistake; British
cruiser seizes Holland-America, liner Ryndam: French cruiser Conde
captures German storeship Helna; Canadian Pacific liner made a British
cruiser in Pacific; German cruiser Luxemburg reported to have sunk three
British freighters in West Indies.
Sept. 19--Australian submarine AE-1 lost; Austrian warship Viribus
Unitis damaged in Adriatic.
Sept. 20--Carmania sinks German merchant cruiser Cap Trafalgar; German
cruiser Königsberg disables British cruiser Pegasus; fighting between
British and German ships in Kamerun River, Africa; six British ships
captured by German cruiser Emden; damaged Russian warships arrive at
Helsingfors; Austrian torpedo boat 27 sunk at Pola; German cruiser
Stettin fights British warships.
Sept. 21--British steamer Clan Matheson sunk by German cruiser Emden;
crews of six captured vessels landed in India.
Sept. 22--British cruiser Berwick captures Hamburg-American liner
Spreewald and two German colliers; German submarine U-9 sinks British
cruisers Cressy, Aboukir, and Hogue in North Sea; British steamer
Belgian King sunk near Cape Kureli.
Sept. 23--Russian cruiser Bayan sinks German cruiser and two torpedo
boats; Germany says submarine U-9 sunk British ships unaided in North
Sea fight yesterday; Austrian cruisers Maria Theresia and Admiral Staun
damaged; trawler Kilmarnock sunk by mine.
Sept. 24--Two Austrian torpedo boats and one destroyer sunk by mines in
the Adriatic; Norwegian steamer Hesvik sunk in North Sea; cruiser Emden
bombards Madras; Anglo-French fleet again bombards Cattaro.
Sept. 25--Kronprinz Wilhelm sinks British steamer Indian Prince; British
charge that Germans fired on Carmania after white flag was raised.
Sept. 26--Fortress of Pelagosa dismantled by Anglo-French fleet; British
cruiser Cornwall seizes Dutch steamer with coal consigned to Rio de
Janeiro; French gunboat Surprise sinks two German ships and seizes Coco
Beach, West Africa; British capture German ship Ossa and seize American
ship Lorenzo and Norwegian ship Thor accused of coaling German cruiser.
Sept. 28--French warship sunk at Cattaro by forts.
Sept. 29--German cruiser Emden has sunk five British steamers in Gulf of
Bengal and has destroyed all tank steamers at Madras; British warships
bombard Tsing-tau forts.
Sept. 30--British cruiser Cumberland captures Hamburg-American liner
Arnfried and nine merchant steamers; Italian ships sunk by Austrian
mines.
Oct. 1--Account given out of bombardment of Windau by German squadron;
fighting between German and Japanese warships in Kiao-Chau Harbor.
Oct. 2--British Admiralty plans to lay mines as counterstroke to German
policy; German cruisers shell Papeéte, capital of French Island of
Tahiti; French gunboat sinks German auxiliary ships Rhios and Itolo;
German cruiser Liepzig sinks Union oil tanker Elsinore.
Oct. 3--German cruiser Karlsruhe sinks seven British ships; British
steamer Dawdon and Norwegian steamer Thomos sunk by mines; German
steamer Mark bottled up in Philippine port; Italian boat sunk by
Austrian mine; Japanese cruiser blown up by mine in Laoshan Bay.
Oct. 4--Anglo-French fleet bombards Cattaro and destroys Lustica; Dutch
steamer Nieuwland sunk by mine in North Sea; Rear Admiral Troubridge
recalled from Mediterranean to London to explain escape of German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
Oct. 5--Japanese capture Jaluit Island; British grain ship sunk by mine
near Dover; Japanese shells hit German gunboat Iltis in Tsing-tau
Harbor.
Oct. 6--French lay mines in Adriatic to offset similar action by
Austrians.
Oct. 7--British submarine sinks German destroyer off mouth of River Ems;
six Austrian torpedo craft reported sunk by mines in the Adriatic;
British trawler blown up in the North Sea.
Oct. 9--It is announced that thirty-two German merchant ships were
destroyed at Antwerp.
Oct. 10--Japanese warships silence Iltis forts.
Oct. 11--French fleet sinks two Austrian torpedo boats.
Oct. 12--German submarine sinks Russian cruiser Pallada.
Oct. 13--Russians claim that Germans lost two submarines in attack on
Pallada.
Oct. 14--Report denied by Germans.
Oct. 15--British cruiser Yarmouth sinks German liner Markomannia.
*AERIAL RECORD.*
Aug. 2--Report that French aviators have dropped bombs on Nürnberg;
German troops shoot down French aeroplanes near Wesel; report that
Garros, French aviator, wrecked German airship at Longwy; French
aeroplanes dispatched toward Nancy.
Aug. 3--German airships fly over Belgium.
Aug. 5--Duel between Belgian and German aviators; Austrians report
destruction of Russian aeroplane.
Aug. 13--German aeroplane pursued by Belgians; German aviator throws
bomb on Vesoul.
Aug. 15--Harmless bombs thrown by German aviators on Vesoul and Lure;
French aviators throw bombs on Zeppelins in Metz; five men wounded in
Namur by bombs thrown from German aeroplanes.
Aug. 18--Three Zeppelins wrecked by gunfire, one by fall; German
monoplane drops bombs on Lunéville; German aeroplane destroyed near
Samno, Russia.
Aug. 19--German monoplane captured in Belgium.
Aug. 20--Pegoud's airship destroyed in flight to drop bombs in Germany;
Dutch capture German aeroplanes.
Aug. 23--French destroy Zeppelin.
Aug. 24--France believes five German Zeppelins are out of action.
Aug. 25--Zeppelin bombs fall in Antwerp.
Aug. 29--Russians bring down Zeppelin.
Aug. 30--German aeroplane drops bombs on Paris; French Embassy in
Washington denies that aeroplanes bombarded Nürnberg.
Aug. 31--German aeroplane drops bombs on Paris.
Sept. 1--German aeroplane drops bombs on Paris.
Sept. 2--Fight between French and German aeroplanes; Zeppelin renews
attack on Antwerp.
Sept. 3--German aeroplanes drop bombs on British transport on the Seine
and on Belfort; German aeroplane over Paris destroyed, aviators killed.
Sept. 4--Three German aeroplanes wrecked by French.
Sept. 9--Russian and Austrian aviators killed in battle.
Sept. 12--German aviators killed in battle with French near Troyes.
Sept. 14--Japanese aeroplane drops bomb in Kiao-Chau.
Sept. 17--Berlin claims that no Zeppelins have been destroyed.
Sept. 18--Bomb dropped on Antwerp; Japanese aviator sets fire to ship in
Kiao-Chau Bay.
Sept. 20--Vedrines kills German aviator; French aviator Chevilliard
captured by Germans.
Sept. 21--Japanese aeroplanes wreck two forts at Tsing-tau.
Sept. 23--British drop bombs on Zeppelin shed at Düsseldorf; London
fears Zeppelin attacks and reduces lights to minimum.
Sept. 24--Zeppelin drops three bombs in Belgium; French capture five
Taube machines from Germans; destruction of Zeppelin by Russians near
Sieradz.
Sept. 25--Duel between Belgian and German aviators over Brussels;
Zeppelin drops bombs in Ostend; London prepares to repel attacks.
Sept. 26--Zeppelin raids Warsaw.
Sept. 27--Man killed and child crippled in Paris; three killed in
Warsaw.
Sept. 29--Zeppelin drops bombs on two Belgian towns.
Sept. 30--Japanese aeroplanes attack Kiao-Chau Harbor.
Oct. 1--Zeppelin drops bomb near Antwerp, but is driven off.
Oct. 2--Germans report capture of thirty French aeroplanes; it is
learned that aviators patrolled the Straits of Dover during passage of
British expeditionary force; German aviators drop messages to Russian
troops.
Oct. 5--Searchlight tests made in London in preparation for Zeppelin
raids.
Oct. 6--It is announced that German airship aided in sinking British
cruisers; commander and crew decorated by Kaiser.
Oct. 7--London insures against damage from Zeppelin raids as air fleet
is prepared at Wilhelmshaven; French aviators set fire to German
aeroplanes.
Oct. 8--German aeroplanes drop bombs on Paris and Antwerp.
Oct. 9--British air squadron destroys Zeppelin in hangar at Düsseldorf.
Oct. 11--Three killed, fourteen injured from bombs dropped on Paris by
German aviators; Zeppelin over Ostend driven away by guns; Japanese
drop bombs in Tsing-tau.
Oct. 12--Six more bombs dropped on Paris.
Oct. 13--French rout German aviators near Paris.
Oct. 14--French aviator decorated for bringing down German; Cossacks
bring down Zeppelin near Warsaw; bombs dropped on Nancy.
*AMERICAN INTERESTS.*
July 26--Americans are leaving Carlsbad and other resorts.
July 29--Tourists in Paris abandon plans to go eastward; many in London
take chances and go into Austria.
July 31--Exodus from Geneva; war panic among American tourists in Paris;
President Wilson directs State Department to ask Ambassador Herrick to
remain at his post; many left in London as sailing of the Imperator is
canceled.
Aug. 1--Many demand passports in France; Americans in London will
organize for relief work.
Aug. 2--Americans in Paris form committee to aid countrymen; refugees
from Continent arrive in London; Ambassador Gerard appeals for funds;
State Department has no funds, but will forward deposits for refugees.
Aug. 3--Bankers and Treasury Department officials agree on plan for
$3,500,000 gold shipment to tourists; hundreds reach Paris after many
hardships; fear in Berlin; both houses of Congress pass bill
appropriating $250,000 for relief; embassies will distribute funds.
Aug. 4--Mrs. O.H. Kahn loses automobiles in France; tourists unable to
leave Germany; many destitute in Paris; automobiles requisitioned for
war; President Wilson approves plan to send $5,000,000 from bankers and
national appropriation of $2,500,000 in gold; cruiser Tennessee will
carry it.
Aug. 5--Ambassador Herrick issues transports to stranded in Paris;
millionaires leave in cattle train for Havre; Ambassador Page praises
spirit of refugees; two committees in London to relieve distress;
cruiser Tennessee prepares to sail with relief fund; Congress votes
$2,500,000 appropriation; cruiser North Carolina will follow with more
gold if needed; Mayor Mitchel appoints relief committee.
Aug. 6--Americans in London get funds from Transportation Committee;
many obtain certificates of American citizenship in Paris; Tennessee
leaves with gold; Secretary Garrison will use transports rather than pay
exorbitant prices to charter ships; Board of Relief named to supervise
distribution of funds appropriated by Congress.
Aug. 7--Baroness von Andre and Anne W.N. Davis tell of brutal treatment
by German soldiers; Mrs. Philip Lydig tells of kind treatment by French;
Mrs. Herrick's American Ambulance Corps organized; $100,000 sent by
Treasury to Paris and $25,000 to Italy; many Americans leave via
Denmark; French and German railways will be open for departure of
Americans after mobilization is completed.
Aug. 8--A.M. Huntington and wife reported to be arrested in Bavaria and
held as spies; 7,000 Americans leave England; committee of American and
English bankers formed to administer $3,000,000 gold shipment; Secretary
Garrison confers with Haniel von Heimhausen, German Chargé d'Affaires,
who says Americans will be allowed to leave Germany.
Aug. 9--One thousand five hundred Americans apply [Transcriber: original
'appy'] at Paris Embassy for transports; refugees arrive on the New
York; mines menace relief cruisers.
Aug. 10--Mayor of Berlin and others move to care for refugees in
Germany; many stranded in Bermuda.
Aug. 11--Cancellation of sailing of Olympic causes rush for steerage on
ships leaving London; Mrs. W.H. Page heads committee to look after
school teachers; Secretary Bryan orders Ambassador Gerard to make
representations regarding Mr. and Mrs. Huntington.
Aug. 12--One thousand refugees arrive in New York, on S.S. Philadelphia;
Embassy in Paris arranges for relief of tourists all over France;
Secretary Bryan says Huntingtons are safe; refugees arrive on
Holland-America liner Potsdam.
Aug. 13--Ambassador Page is seeking ships that may be chartered in
London; army officers will aid relief work in Paris; fourteen tourists
reached England via Arctic Sea; Secretary Bryan warns all Americans
going abroad to get passports; emergency passports to be issued; people
in Berlin open homes to Americans; Minister Whitlock reports Consulate
at Liége exposed to fire.
Aug. 14--More than 300 Americans arrive in Rotterdam from Berlin.
Aug. 15--Seven ships leave England; less need for transport; German
Foreign Office says Huntington was not arrested; Ambassador Herrick
arranges for sailings of the Espagne and the Rochambeau; refugees in
Rotterdam report generous treatment while in Germany; Germany will
provide trains to carry Americans to Bremen and will let cruiser
Tennessee land there; Gerard says Americans are now free to leave
Germany; ships leaving Italian ports.
Aug. 16--Cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina arrive at Falmouth with
gold.
Aug. 17--Eighteen ships that will leave England, within a week can
accommodate 20,000; London refugees given gold from cruiser Tennessee;
5,000 stranded in Italy; Nieuw Amsterdam and Laconia reach New York.
Aug. 18--Refugees from Copenhagen arrive on the United States; tourists
flock into Genoa; members of Mayor Mitchel's Committee meet every
steamer and are prepared to help the needy.
Aug. 19--Relief cruiser North Carolina reaches Cherbourg with Major
Hedekin; Miss Morgan's villa accepted as hospital; the Tennessee held at
Falmouth.
Aug. 20--Payment on funds sent on Tennessee delayed in London.
Aug. 21--American Rhodes scholars help in harvesting in Brittany;
missionaries urge sending ship with gold to Turkey; gold from the North
Carolina sent to Italy.
Aug. 22--Refugees arrive on Campania, Baltic, and St. Louis; Ambassador
Gerard denies that Americans have been ill-treated in Germany; cruiser
Tennessee at Rotterdam.
Aug. 23--Refugees in London tell of kindness of Austrians; the Tennessee
left too little gold in England and France.
Aug. 24--Assistant Secretary Breckinridge reaches Berlin with gold;
Ambassador Herrick makes arrangements for Americans in Switzerland.
Aug. 26--Art students in Paris in sad plight; few tourists now ask aid
in London; students leave German universities; refugees from Italy
express satisfaction with arrangements of Government Relief Committee;
relief bureau established at The Hague.
Aug. 27--Cruiser North Carolina sent to Turkey.
Aug. 28--German Government furnishes gold to Ambassador Gerard.
Aug. 31--London again crowded with refugees; tourists in Denmark safe.
Sept. 3--Turkish Government will not permit the North Carolina to go to
Constantinople; Americans in London help Belgian refugees.
Sept. 4--Tennessee takes Americans across Channel; British soldiers give
up quarters for them at Havre; North Carolina starts for Smyrna.
Sept. 9--Refugee aid cost $100,000 in five days in London.
Sept. 10--Passports to be required of all in England.
Sept. 12--Major Hedekin reports nearly all tourists out of France and
Switzerland.
Sept. 13--Treasury Department will receive no further deposits; sailors
on the Tennessee cheer British transport.
Sept. 23--Money from North Carolina reaches Constantinople.
Sept. 28--Americans leaving Brussels.
Sept. 29--Tennessee ordered to Adriatic.
Oct. 10--Consul Deedmeyer says he was forced to leave Chemnitz because
of bad treatment from Germans.
*AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.*
July 24--Minister at Belgrade prepares to leave.
July 25--Diplomatic relations severed with Servia; martial law
proclaimed; Servian Gen. Putnik seized.
July 26--Servian envoy dismissed; Emperor Francis Joseph takes decisive
part in country's action; war measures taken.
July 27--Army deserters sought in Cuba.
July 28--Emperor will take command at Vienna headquarters; food prices
raised in Vienna.
July 29--Emperor sends letter to the Czar.
July 30--Government may declare war on Russia; newspaper correspondents
expelled from Semlin; Emperor cheered in Vienna; men up to 50 years of
age called to service; Count Salm-Hoogstraetem says Slavs in Austrian
Army will be loyal.
July 31--Government assures Italy that there is no desire for more
territory.
Aug. 1--Whole nation wants war; Government was pressed by Germany to
discuss matters with Russia and to localize war.
Aug. 2--Cadets in military academies made Lieutenants; Countess
Széchényi places palace at disposal of army.
Aug. 5--United States represents France at Vienna and Austria at Paris;
food prices fixed; Church permits marriages without publication of bans.
Aug. 6--Russian Ambassador receives passports.
Aug. 7--Pressure brought to bear on Italy to aid.
Aug. 8--Threat to declare war on Italy; full text published of ultimatum
to Servia, of Servia's reply, of circular note to powers, and of notes
exchanged with Germany.
Aug. 10--Government acknowledges receipt of President Wilson's offer of
good offices.
Aug. 11--Army corps marches along Swiss border to relieve Germans in
Alsace; Italy demands explanation of shelling of Antivari; United States
will look after French interests.
Aug. 13--Troops mutiny on southern frontier; United States will look
after interests in England; Prince Hohenlohe arrested in Canada.
Aug. 14--Currency question acute; insubordination of troops; Government
tells Italy British declaration of war was based upon lies.
Aug. 16--Martial law, proclaimed on Italian border; Consul arrested in
St. Petersburg.
Aug. 18--Army mobilization accompanied by disorder and mutiny.
Aug. 19--Massacre at Prague after Czech uprising.
Aug. 25--Troops massing on Italian frontier; Government will join war
with Japan; passports handed to Ambassador.
Aug. 27--Fortification of Vienna begun; children of murdered Archduke
sent to Switzerland.
Aug. 29--Country reported seething with rebellion.
Aug. 30--Servians charge atrocities by retreating Austrians.
Sept. 3--Troops sent to reinforce German left wing.
Sept. 4--Mutiny of Czech soldiers in Vienna, many shot; Gen. Bobrinsky
appointed Governor of Galicia.
Sept. 5--Reports that Italians in Istria and Goerz have been shot for
treason without trial stirs Italy; England releases Austrian ships from
her ports.
Sept. 6--Year's provisions seized at Lemberg; England orders Consular
officers out of Egypt.
Sept. 7--Vienna makes hasty preparations for defense; possibility of
famine.
Sept. 8--Government appeals to Jews in Poland to fight against Russia.
Sept. 10--Panic in Cracow; Archduke Frederick admits loss of 120,000 men
in Galicia.
Sept. 11--Berlin paper tells of agreement with Germany before war
started not to make peace separately.
Sept. 14--Troops admit that there have been no Russian cruelties; Vienna
official report claims victories.
Sept. 16--Guns taken by Russians bear initials of German Emperor.
Sept. 17--Report of preliminary steps for peace with Russia; all
available men called to arms.
Sept. 18--Police forbid public to spread unfavorable war news.
Sept. 21--Field Marshal Vodinowski executed on charge of aiding
Russians; Field Marshal Foreich commits suicide after being cashiered
for defeat.
Sept. 23--Serbs captured at Shabats to be court-martialed for firing at
troops.
Sept. 24--Italian frontier fortified.
Sept. 27--Cholera spreading among wounded soldiers.
Oct. 2--Emperor is urged to shift Government from Vienna.
Oct. 3--Alarm in Vienna over possibility of Russian invasion.
Oct. 8--Panic in Hungary as Russians advance.
Oct. 9--Much distress in Vienna.
Oct. 12--Archbishop accuses Hungarian soldiers of atrocities in Russian
Poland.
Oct. 13--Report that eight commanders have been dismissed and two have
killed themselves.
Oct. 14--Austrian guns were used by Germans at Antwerp.
*BELGIUM.*
July 29--Antwerp's trade paralyzed.
July 30--Forts provisioned; export of horses and vehicles prohibited.
July 31--State Railway trains into Germany suspended.
Aug. 1--Government buys entire wheat supply in Antwerp.
Aug, 2--Neutrality an issue with England; German Ambassador said to have
promised that there will be no invasion; guards mobilized at Liége and
Namur to hold bridges; Civic Guard called out; Parliament summoned.
Aug. 3--Antwerp in state of siege; King appeals to King George; England
will defend neutrality; frontier being intrenched.
Aug. 4--King addresses Parliament; Socialist Leader Vandervelde joins
Cabinet.
Aug. 5--King Albert takes command of troops.
Aug. 7--King issues proclamation to army.
Aug. 8--King thanks President Poincaré for aid.
Aug. 9--Gratitude to Belgian people expressed by French Academy; English
and French stamps sold in Post Offices.
Aug. 10--Germans mobbed in Brussels.
Aug. 11--Government asks Holland's intentions if neutrality is violated;
Germany tries to negotiate for passage of her army.
Aug. 13--Tribute to Belgians from Premier Asquith; Government will
appeal to neutrals because of alleged German atrocities; German
prisoners treated kindly.
Aug. 14--American Vice Consul Duras says Germans underrated Belgians;
fighting spirit due to inspiration of growing democracy; people of Liége
deprived of all means of communication; Government feeds soldiers'
children.
Aug. 15--Refugees say that Germans executed priest held as hostage.
Aug. 22--France pledges aid; report that Minister Whitlock offered to
take Brussels under American protection at time of its surrender.
Aug. 23--Report persists, but United States denies that he was
authorized to offer protection; panic in Ghent and Ostend; German
General's proclamation to Brussels; Cologne Gazette defends levy on
Brussels; country praised in French army bulletin.
Aug. 24--Government rejects another German plea for free passage for
troops; Brussels pays first installment of fine; documents sent to
London in support of atrocity charges against Germans; Minister at
Washington protests to State Department against German statements of
Belgium's conduct on battlefield; legation in London issues note
protesting against reprisals.
Aug. 25--Minister Whitlock reports to Secretary Bryan that he persuaded
Brussels authorities not to oppose Germans; statement made by Minister
in London charging German atrocities; text published of communications
with Germany concerning passage of troops; fugitives rush to Holland.
Aug. 26--Refugees flock to Paris; Ministers of foreign powers protest to
Berlin against Zeppelin attack on Antwerp; Foreign Minister sends
protest to Washington; Baron von der Goltz made military ruler in part
occupied by Germans.
Aug. 27--Resolution in British Parliament for expression of gratitude to
Belgian heroes.
Aug. 28--Men in captured towns ordered by Germans to help with harvest;
Germans name hostages because of failure of Brussels to pay war levy.
Aug. 29--Germany defends destruction of Louvain and other repressive
measures; commission to protest against atrocities may not be received
by President Wilson.
Aug. 30--Gen. Leman's defense of Liége praised by German officer;
Antwerp in darkness to guard against Zeppelin attacks; Government's
reply to Austria's declaration of war; Gen. von Stein says Germany will
grant no concession.
Sept. 1--Mrs. H.H. Harjes tells of German cruelties; refugees must leave
Antwerp because of scarcity of food; four men guarantee payment of
Brussels fine; Dutch artists protest to Kaiser against destruction of
Louvain.
Sept. 2--English residents ordered out of Brussels.
Sept. 4--Namur citizens starving; officials at Brussels warn citizens
against giving Germans excuse for reprisals.
Sept. 5--Germans change clocks to German time; new official German
statement accuses citizens.
Sept. 6--American newspaper correspondents say they saw no cruel acts by
Germans; names announced of famous paintings ruined in Louvain and of
buildings lost and saved; refugees flock to London.
Sept. 7--Officers tell of German atrocities; charges that Germans
destroyed Dinant and shot many inhabitants.
Sept. 8--Survivors tell of attack on Namur; list of fines made public
imposed on Belgian cities.
Sept. 9--Mayor of Ghent sends appeal to President Wilson concerning
German atrocities; council of defense formed.
Sept. 10--Stories of German atrocities greatly exaggerated, says Bank
Director Helfferich.
Sept. 11--Gen. Leman asks King to pardon him for losing Liége; Prince
Henry of Reuss charges atrocities; Mrs. N.L. Duryee describes horrors of
German invasion; Gen. von Boehn replies to charges of German atrocities
in Aerschot; London Daily News says Termonde was burned for lack of
ransom; destruction in towns near Namur; lawyers and Judges in Brussels
refuse to adopt German customs.
Sept. 15--Foreign diplomats inspect conditions in Malines.
Sept. 16--Belgian Commission, which charges German atrocities, received
by President Wilson.
Sept. 21--German official statement issued on destruction of Louvain.
Sept. 22--Only newspapers published in Germany allowed to be sold in
Brussels.
Sept. 25--Nobleman charges that American and Spanish investigators were
deceived by Germans on sacking of Louvain.
Sept. 26--Ostend protests to President Wilson against dropping of bombs
by Germans; outrages against Germans charged by Bethmann-Hollweg.
Oct. 4--Government issues "Gray Paper" on negotiations with Germany,
showing negotiations with Germany and other powers concerning the war,
(printed in full in THE NEW YORK TIMES of Oct. 18.)
Oct. 7--Government moved from Antwerp to Ostend; all able-bodied men of
Antwerp called out for defense of city.
Oct. 8--King and part of army move out of Antwerp; refugees flee in
great numbers to Holland and England.
Oct. 9--Government protests to neutrals against monopolizing by Germans
of foodstuffs in Brussels.
Oct. 10--Germans deny that there is famine in Brussels; much suffering
among Antwerp refugees; German coin put on same basis as Belgian.
Oct. 12--Large quantities of stores fall into German hands in Antwerp
and many prisoners taken; refugees crowd Ostend; people will be allowed
to return to their homes in Antwerp.
Oct. 13--Government moves to France, and will be established at Havre.
*CANADA*.
July 30--Halifax garrison active.
Aug. 1--Cabinet meets, will send to England offer of men.
Aug. 2--Ten thousand men volunteer; Royal Naval Reserve called out;
fishermen will respond.
Aug. 3--Ports of Quebec and Montreal in charge of military authorities;
militia called to duty; reserves to sail for England.
Aug. 4--Cabinet meeting; mobilization of expeditionary force begins;
message of appreciation from King George; British and French reservists
sail.
Aug. 5--Country-wide response to call for service; Government buys two
submarines built for Chilean Navy; Montreal port guarded; German
Consulate at Vancouver attacked.
Aug. 6--Austrian and German Consulates stoned in Winnipeg; England
accepts offer of expeditionary force; Sydney is being fortified.
Aug. 7--German Consuls asked to leave country.
Aug. 9--Canada's offer of 1,000,000 bags of flour accepted by England.
Aug. 10--Cruisers hunt in Atlantic for German ships; ports closed; much
grain goes to England.
Aug. 14--National Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the
Empire will equip hospital ship for Admiralty; married men not accepted
for service without permission of wives; cruiser Good Hope arrives at
Halifax; American mass meeting called in Toronto.
Aug. 15--Japanese of British Columbia want to form regiment.
Aug. 17--Americans of Toronto will raise fund for soldiers' families.
Aug. 18--Emergency session of Parliament opened by Duke of Connaught;
war vote to be $50,000,000.
Aug. 19--Parliament endorses [Transcriber: original 'indorses']
England's participation in war; speeches by Premier Borden and Sir
Wilfrid Laurier; women exercise veto power to prevent husbands from
going to war.
Aug. 21--Move in Parliament to contribute million bags of flour to
Belgium; all war measures passed; Bank of Montreal will contribute
$100,000 for patriotic purposes; two cruisers added to naval force at
Esquimalt.
Aug. 22--War session of Parliament ended; troops on way to Quebec.
Aug. 23--Princess Patricia presents flag to Light Infantry.
Aug. 25--Second army is being mobilized.
Aug. 26--Applications by letter from American citizens for army service
refused.
Aug. 29--All available troops to be maintained under arms; Princess
Patricia Light Infantry sails from Montreal.
Aug. 30--Troops delayed at Quebec.
Aug. 31--England accepts food offers from Alberta and Quebec;
unsuccessful [Transcriber: original 'unsucccessful'] attempt to wreck
troop train near Montreal; volunteers will replace Bermuda garrison.
Sept. 10--Declared that Department of Militia and Defense kept secret
the passage of Indian troops through the Dominion.
Sept. 11--Passage of Indian troops denied; officials of White Pass &
Yukon Railway warn Germans and Austrians not to try to pass through the
Yukon.
Sept. 24--Thirty-two thousand troops sail.
Sept. 28--Laurier wants French-Canadian regiment.
Sept. 30--Cadets from Royal Military College sail for England.
Oct. 5--Col. Hughes. Minister of Militia, says he can raise another
large contingent of men; second expeditionary force is to be organized.
Oct. 7--New York Staats-Zeitung barred from the mails.
Oct. 8--First [Transcriber: original 'Frist'] contingent of troops
reaches Southampton.
*ENGLAND.*
July 24--England will side with Russia in event of hostilities with
Austria.
July 27--Sir Edward Grey asks France, Italy, and Germany to confer with
England to avert general conflict.
July 28--Germany refuses to accept Sir Edward Grey's proposal for
conference, but sends conciliatory reply; nation averse to war, but will
aid Allies; Home Rule strife forgotten.
July 29--Report that Grey is forming new peace proposals; London Times
pessimistic.
July 30--Unionist papers declare England must fight if Germany attacks
France; war preparations continue; political parties declare truce;
amending bill to Home Rule bill dropped; preparations in Far East, at
Malta, and Cape Town.
July 31--Government joins France in trying to adjust matters between
Russia and Austria; country is calm; preparations at Hongkong for
hostilities.
Aug. 1--Sir Edward Grey favors throwing weight of navy at once in favor
of France and Russia; Lloyd George does not favor participation; special
meeting of Cabinet called; King George appeals to Czar for peace;
Cabinet in night session; Belgian neutrality an issue; London Times
denounces Germany.
Aug. 3--Sir Edward Grey addresses House of Commons; country will defend
French coast; Redmond pledges Ireland's aid.
Aug. 4--Ambassador leaves Berlin; King issues call to arms and thanks
colonies for their support; Government controls railways and takes
foreign warships building in her ports; Vice Admiral Jellicoe takes
command of fleet; papers in London reduced in size; people advised to
economize.
Aug. 5--Food prices rise; order specifying contrabands of war; bill
passes House of Commons to restrain movements of undesirable aliens;
many spies arrested; women volunteer as nurses; King's message to fleet;
Prince of Wales wants to fight; United States will care for interests in
Germany; German cable cut at Azores.
Aug. 6--House of Commons grants army increase of 500,000 men; royal
decrees revoke prohibition against importation of arms into Ireland,
making trading with enemy illegal, prohibit English vessels from
carrying contraband of war between foreign ports, and make it high
treason to lend money to Germany; Asquith says "White Paper" issued by
Government shows how Sir Edward Grey tried to obtain peace; coast towns
arm; contraband of war announced.
Aug. 7--Rush of volunteers; Prince of Wales receives commission in
Grenadier Guards; Embassies stoned in Dresden and Berlin.
Aug. 8--Parliament passes bill providing for Government seizure of
foodstuffs; Capt. Fox, commander of the lost Amphion, given new command.
Aug. 9--More Germans arrested.
Aug. 10--Newfoundland offers men; Government acknowledges receipt of
President Wilson's offer of good offices.
Aug. 11--King inspects troops at Aldershot; mobilization of Territorials
completed; Information Bureau gives out official war news; Admiralty
notifies United States of planting of mines in North Sea; Secretary
Bryan transmits Germany's request for permission to send messages
through London to the United States; Admiralty says Atlantic is safe,
but that Germans have laid mines in North Sea.
Aug. 12--Exports of foodstuffs forbidden, no Americans barred.
Aug. 14--Prisoners of War Information Bureau formed; money situation
improved; embassy informs Secretary Bryan of rules governing aliens;
Kitchener's plan for raising new army contemplates long war.
Aug. 15--College men volunteer.
Aug. 16--Refugees from Berlin reach Scotland and tell of abuses; J.E.
Redmond says he has rifles for Irish volunteers.
Aug. 17--Government reassures the United States that Japan's activities
will be limited.
Aug. 20--Troops impress French favorably.
Aug. 21--Public told to watch for notes from aeroplanes; country
protests against German levy of war tax on Liége and Brussels; press
asks President Wilson to try to stop violation of rules of war.
Aug. 22--Admiralty says Germany violates Hague rules by planting mines
in North Sea; protest to United States against allowing fuel to be
carried to German cruisers at sea.
Aug. 23--Full text of British "White Paper" published in THE NEW YORK
TIMES.
Aug. 24--First casualty list of expeditionary army includes Earl of
Leven and Melville.
Aug. 25--Kitchener appeals for men; probability of three years' war
discussed.
Aug. 26--Recruiting active; Indian Moslems loyal; members of staffs in
Munich complain of bad treatment by German military authorities; Daily
Chronicle warns against quarrel with United States on contraband
question; army's marching song for this war is "It's a Long Way to
Tipperary."
Aug. 27--Army's pluck lauded by Gen. Joffre; Parliament votes expression
of admiration of Belgians.
Aug. 28--Sir John French's report on activities of troops read in
Parliament; Peeresses sign letter expressing devotion to country.
Aug. 29--Message to Scots Grays from Russian Czar; Lord Roberts says
hundreds of thousands of men will be needed and assails young men who go
on playing games; navy congratulated by Canadian Premier and Sir John
French.
Aug. 30--Lord Kitchener tells of British share in fighting in Belgium
and France and of loss of life, but says troops have been reinforced.
Sept. 1--Government asks United States to care for her interests in
event of war with Turkey; Anglo-American corps being formed in London.
Sept. 3--Many recruits join army.
Sept. 4--Asquith, Balfour, Bonar Law, Churchill, and others speak in
London Guildhall, appealing for volunteers; 700 Ulster volunteers enroll
in one hour.
Sept. 5--Allies sign agreement that none shall make peace without
consent of all; official denial that dumdum bullets were used; London
agreement regarding contraband will be adhered to as far as is
practicable.
Sept. 6--Churchill announces formation of one marine and two naval
brigades.
Sept, 8--Gen. Joffre expresses thanks for army's support; Kitchener's
reply; five thousand recruits in one day; German prisoners held in
concentration camps.
Sept. 9--Government will not consent to peace proposals unless Germany
will acknowledge that Belgium is entitled to redress; troops praised by
Belgians.
Sept. 10--House of Commons votes to add 500,000 men to regular army.
Sept. 12--Permission from Greece to establish naval base at Lemnos;
complete equipment for Territorials lacking.
Sept. 16--John Redmond calls Irish to arms.
Sept. 17--Prize courts established.
Sept. 19--Lloyd George appeals for Welsh recruits.
Sept. 20--Casualty list shows many officers killed or wounded.
Sept. 21--Percentage of officers in casualty lists out of proportion to
number of men.
Sept. 24--Censorship tightened.
Sept. 25--Admiralty publishes report on sinking of three cruisers in
North Sea, saying disabled ships must look after themselves; shortage of
rifles denied in London Spectator; Asquith and Redmond appeal to Ireland
for aid.
Oct. 4--Thousands of Irish enlist.
Oct. 8--Sportsmen's Battalion organized by Mrs. Cunliffe Owen.
Oct. 9--Government will not allow American army and navy officers to
observe operations.
Oct. 11--Loss of officers is a peril.
Oct. 12--Fall of Antwerp aids recruiting; infantry standard lowered to
admit more men; London Morning Post condemns Churchill's attempt to
relieve Antwerp with small naval force.
Oct. 14--Foreign Office denies existence of secret agreement with
Belgium, which Germans charge is shown by documents found in Brussels.
*FRANCE.*
July 24--Government will side with Russia in event of hostilities with
Austria.
July 25--Paris mobs want war; President Poincaré and Premier Viviani
absent from France.
July 26--Emergency council of Cabinet held; people see hand of Germany.
July 27--Government agrees to Sir Edward Grey's proposal for conference
to avert conflict; general impression that Germany inspired Austria's
act; President Poincaré hurries home; anti-war demonstrations in Paris;
Ambassador tries to enlist Germany's aid for mediation.
July 28--Army moves to frontier; Socialists protest against war.
July 29--Demonstration as Poincaré returns from Russia; Cabinet council;
business at standstill in Paris.
July 30--Troops guard railroad.
July 31--Answer to Germany's note about Russia; Government joins with
England in trying to adjust matters between Russia and Austria;
steamship La France taken over in service of Government.
Aug. 1--President Poincaré orders mobilization after Germany asks
intention of Government concerning her ultimatum to Russia; Cabinet
council; Delcassé becomes. War Minister; American Ambassador and Consul
will look after German affairs; Government promises to respect Belgian
neutrality unless another power violates it; German Ambassador is
leaving.
Aug. 2--Ambassador Cambon blames Germany for conflict; state of siege
declared in France and Algiers; Socialists patriotic; railway
communication with Germany and Belgium cut off.
Aug. 3--Berlin reports acts of hostility by French; Ambassador leaves
Berlin and German Ambassador leaves Paris; riots in Paris.
Aug. 4--Paris newspapers reduced in size; General Staff prepared for
German moves; Prince Roland Bonaparte offers services; Gen. Joseph
Joffre leaves for frontier; statement by Premier Viviani in Chamber of
Deputies; war measures passed; many Americans want to fight for France.
Aug. 5--War bills voted in Parliament; United States represents Austria
at Paris and France at Vienna; President Poincaré's address to nation;
Gen. Pau will command one arm.
Aug. 6--Ambassador embraced by the Czar; Premier Viviani asks women to
gather crops; army under command of Gen. Joffre.
Aug. 8--President Poincaré replies to King Albert's message of thanks;
Paris City Council changes name of Rue de Berlin to Rue de Liége.
Aug. 9--Academy salutes Belgians; martial law proclaimed.
Aug. 10--J.G. Demombynes, student, tells how Germans killed French
refugees on frontier; diplomatic relations with Austria broken off;
Government acknowledges receipt of President Wilson's offer of good
offices.
Aug. 13--Dr. Alexis Carrel goes to front as surgeon.
Aug. 17--Garibaldi offers to raise army; Prince Antoine of Orleans wants
to fight for France.
Aug. 18--American volunteer corps raised in Paris; severe military law
enforced; Carthusian monks, who were expelled, return to fight.
Aug. 19--Third reserve army raised; Gen. Joffre in supreme command.
Aug. 20--Government will protest to powers against German atrocities
which it charges.
Aug. 21--Prefects ordered to take note of atrocities; foreign volunteers
mobilize in Paris; service of Anglo-American Rough Riders accepted.
Aug. 22--Government charges Germans with using dumdum bullets; Paris
food prices low.
Aug. 23--Government protests to The Hague against use of dumdum bullets
by Germans; army bulletin praises Belgians; success of Gen. Pau thrills
people.
Aug. 26--Refugees from frontier flock to Paris; American volunteers go
to Rouen to enter training.
Aug. 27--Government presents affidavits to neutral countries that German
officer shot at Red Cross nurses.
Aug. 30--1914 reserves to be called out; Paris stores food; Vice Admiral
de Lapeyrere will command allied forces in Mediterranean.
Sept. 2--Germans accused of setting fire to wood that sheltered St.
Quentin refugees.
Sept. 3--Gen. Gallieni issues proclamation to people of Paris; many
leave city; Government in Bordeaux; Havre guarded.
Sept. 4--Exodus from Paris continues; sanitary precautions taken.
Sept. 5--Schools of Paris closed; Cabinet takes steps to send food to
country districts.
Sept. 6--Gen. Joffre warns troops against premature attacks in mass;
siege awaited calmly; 1915 recruits called out; neutral diplomats want
Ambassador [Transcriber: original 'Ambasador'] Herrick to ask United
States to protest against possible destruction of Paris art treasures;
Germans levy war taxes on captured cities.
Sept. 8--Suggestion to have art works regarded as international property
taken into consideration by President Wilson.
Sept. 9--Decree ordering all men exempt from service because of
ill-health to be reexamined; many regret flight from Paris.
Sept. 10--Gens. Exelmans and Toutee wounded; military authorities warn
Parisians against overconfidence; intrenchments dug.
Sept. 11--President Poincaré sends message to President Wilson in answer
to Kaiser's charges on dumdum bullets; Government commandeers all
automobiles; Gen. Joffre and army congratulated by President Poincaré.
Sept. 12--Road from Havre to Paris reopened, rail service being resumed;
fresh troops ready in Paris.
Sept. 14--Much booty has been taken from Germans; Senlis laid waste.
Sept. 16--Troops accused of destroying German field hospital and killing
doctors.
Sept. 18--Stricter watch on spies; minors allowed to enlist, with
permission of mothers.
Sept. 19--Suffering in Lunéville; statement issued by Washington
Embassy to show that Germany began the war.
Sept. 20--Northern France is being laid waste; Menier château raided.
Sept. 21--Foreign Office sends protest to neutrals against bombardment
of Rheims Cathedral; Ambassador Jusserand lays complaint before United
States State Department.
Sept. 22--Loss in officers very heavy; their uniforms may be changed;
refugees return to Paris.
Sept. 23--Germans say they were compelled to bombard Rheims.
Sept. 24--Germans admit aiming one shell at Rheims Cathedral to drive
out observers; refugees advertise in newspapers for relatives.
Sept. 25--Germans again shell Rheims Cathedral; formal complaint of
German atrocities filed at United States State Department; statement by
Ambassador Jusserand.
Sept. 26--Stricter news censorship in Paris; Belgian refugees aid in
gathering grapes at Bordeaux.
Sept. 28--Joffre denies Rheims Cathedral was being used for observatory;
two German spies shot.
Sept. 30--Association of Architects expels German members.
Oct. 2--French soldiers are charged by German Foreign Office with
torturing wounded at Orchies.
Oct. 4--German charges officially denied.
Oct. 6--German prisoners sentenced to die for looting.
Oct. 7--French are charged by Germans with themselves pillaging French
towns, an alleged order of Gen. Joffre being quoted.
Oct. 11--Problem of caring for refugees becomes serious.
Oct. 15--Learned societies plan expulsion of German members.
*GERMANY.*
July 23--Government approves of Austria's course in Servian trouble.
July 25--Berlin mobs want war; Kaiser leaves Norway for Berlin.
July 26--War spirit in Berlin; French believe Government had hand in
trouble, despite explanation of Baron von Schoen; Government wants
Austro-Servian quarrel localized.
July 27--Kaiser returns to Berlin and confers with military officers;
Government was warned of mobilization of entire Russian Army; France
still suspects that Government inspired Austria's note to Servia.
July 28--Socialist anti-war meetings fail.
July 29--Kaiser holds naval council of war and exchanges messages with
the Czar.
July 30--Government calls on Russia to stop mobilization within
twenty-four hours; three questions put to Russia; panic at Saarbrucken;
Cabinet meets at Potsdam; troops massing at Tsing-tau.
July 31--Nation put under martial law; Kaiser makes speech in Berlin;
"nuptials of war" of Prince Oscar and Countess von Bassewitz; Reichstag
summoned; Crown Prince assigned to command.
Aug. 1--Government's inquiry about France's intentions concerning
ultimatum to Russia causes French mobilization; Kaiser signs
mobilization order; Reichstag convoked; war speech by Chancellor;
Government pressed Austria hard for understanding with Russia and tried
to localize war; reserves in China go to Tsing-tau; officials in South
Africa hurry home.
Aug. 2--Russian Ambassador receives passport; ships at sea ordered to
seek neutral port; Minister von Pourtales made demands upon Russian
Foreign Minister three times; Albert Ballin says Kaiser sought peace;
martial law declared in Kiao-Chau.
Aug. 3--Rumor of invasion of Holland, but Minister gives assurance that
neutrality will be respected; United States will protect German
interests in Russia and other countries.
Aug. 4--British envoy leaves Berlin; appeal made to Italy; Reichstag
opens; speeches by Kaiser and by Chancellor, who promises to make
reparation to Luxemburg and Belgium after the war; emergency measures.
Aug. 5--Russian Ambassador and staff assaulted in Berlin; Embassy in St.
Petersburg wrecked; school children sent to garner crops.
Aug. 7--Report that pressure was brought to bear on Italy to secure aid;
Kaiser's proclamation to nation; soldiers march cheerfully to war;
British Embassies stoned in Dresden and Berlin.
Aug. 8--Threat to declare war on Italy; Russian official papers blame
Germany for war; papers says Government is traduced.
Aug. 9--Hermann Wendel, Socialist member of Reichstag, volunteers for
service in the army.
Aug. 10--Men of the Landsturm being mobilized.
Aug. 11--Anti-war riots in Berlin.
Aug. 12--Official hints that Kaiser halted attack on Liége to prevent
further loss of life; attempt on life of Crown Prince at
Aix-la-Chapelle; receipt of President Wilson's offer of good offices
acknowledged.
Aug. 13--Troops in Belgian Luxemburg said to be starving; British,
French, and Belgians charge cruelties by troops.
Aug. 14--Chancellor states Germany's case and calls war a life-and-death
struggle of the German and the Slav; report that Kaiser sent personal
telegrams to Belgian King demanding surrender of Liége forts; aviators
drop pamphlets over Poland urging revolt against Russia.
Aug. 15--Government said to have asked Ambassador Whitlock to repeat to
Belgium offer of increased territory in return for free passage of
troops; belief that acquisition of Russian Poland is sought; many
members of Hohenzollern family in field; French and English signs
removed from shops.
Aug. 16--Prisoners well treated by French; French say officers' corps is
tyrannical and demoralized; Russians accused of cruelty.
Aug. 17--Untrained men called to colors; Paris journal reports prisoners
bitter against Kaiser.
Aug. 18--Chancellor said to have called treaty guaranteeing Belgian
neutrality a "scrap of paper"; E.G. Treat says Kaiser called the Czar an
Asiatic barbarian.
Aug. 19--Speech in Reichstag shows that Socialists are backing
Government.
Aug. 20--Alsatian Deputies escape to France; Kaiser said to be
responsible for attacks on Liége; Government asks United States to
represent her in Far East in event of war with Japan.
Aug. 21--Committee of merchants works to aid trade and addresses
explanation of the war to Americans; French charge German prisoners with
robbing the dead.
Aug. 22--Japanese envoy ordered to leave Berlin; American Ambassador
will look after interests of Japan; dumdum bullets not used by Germans,
it is declared; great mortality of officers attracts attention; England
protests to United States against allowing fuel to be carried to
cruisers at sea.
Aug. 24--Full text of German "White Paper" printed in THE NEW YORK
TIMES; German-Japanese Commercial Treaty will cease to be effective;
statements on Belgium's conduct on battlefield protested against by
Belgian Minister at Washington; Berlin newspapers given to returning
Americans to meet alleged false reports.
Aug. 25--Kaiser decorates two sons and Duke of Württemberg for bravery;
tax levied on Brabant; boys from 16 to 19 years ordered to drill.
Aug. 26--Prince of Saxe-Meiningen killed at Namur; food supply
limitless, says Count von Bernstorff.
Aug. 27--Food prices fixed by Government.
Aug. 28--Emperor orders Ministry to care for fleeing population of East
Prussia; army to be sent from Alsace.
Aug. 29--Force withdrawn from Belgium to meet Russians; name of
Englische Strasse in Berlin changed to Deutsche Strasse; Japanese State
debt seized.
Aug. 31--Fourteen staff officers captives of Allies; many losses have
occurred in charges of massed infantry; Gen. von Stein says there will
be no concession to Belgium; railways again open.
Sept. 1--German officers take charge of mobilization of Turkish Army;
Socialist manifesto assailing the Kaiser.
Sept. 2--Casualty lists show heavy losses; new gun developed by Krupp
hurls powerful shell; wireless reports to Washington Embassy accuse
Russians of atrocities.
Sept. 4--Czar says he will take from Prussia more than Kaiser gets in
Belgium; Namur citizens starving.
Sept. 5--Six hundred Japanese students captured on Dutch frontier; new
official statement puts blame for destruction of Louvain on citizens;
Prince Lichnowsky goes to front; Russian refugees from Germany charge
cruelty.
Sept. 6--Reichstag leaders pledge nation's entire strength.
Sept. 8--Professors in universities will renounce distinctions conferred
upon them by British universities.
Sept. 9--Attempts made to obtain Dutch sympathy; Kaiser sends message to
President Wilson, charging use of dumdum bullets by Allies.
Sept. 10--Experts from Krupp works brought down in aeroplane by
Belgians.
Sept. 11--Prince Engalitcheff charges atrocities on Russian border;
Consular officers leave Egypt; aviators decorated by Kaiser.
Sept. 12--Crown Prince appeals for tobacco for men; many officers and
men decorated.
Sept. 13--Gen. von Boehn's reply to Belgian charges of atrocities in
Aerschot.
Sept. 16--Government notifies China that Germany reserves right to deal
with Chinese Empire as she sees fit because of breach of neutrality;
placard set up in Compiègne asserting sovereignty over territories
occupied.
Sept. 17--Ambassador Gerard reports peace talk with Chancellor, who
suggests that United States ask Allies their terms; heavy losses
reported.
Sept. 18--Prussian Guard Corps said to be wiped out; eight army corps
leave Belgium and France for eastern frontier; Crown Prince appeals for
clothing for soldiers.
Sept. 19--Prince August William receives the Iron Cross; stories of
looting in French towns; fine demanded of Lunéville; food problem acute
for army in the west.
Sept. 20--Some States of empire said to resent Prussia's plunging
country into war.
Sept. 21--Dutch traffic along the Rhine halted; soldiers' diaries show
shortage of rations; discontent among Bavarian troops; French find iron
crosses inscribed "1814-1914."
Sept. 22--Troops accused of atrocities in report of Sir John French;
Frenchwoman says artillerymen shelled hospital at Etain.
Sept. 24--Fine of $600,000 exacted from Tournai, Belgium, for death of
one Uhaln.
Sept. 25--General Staff lists prisoners for exchange and admits totals
announced were erroneous; thirty-first casualty list given out.
Sept. 26--Krupp works running night and day.
Sept. 27--Epidemic of typhoid among soldiers.
Sept. 28--Brussels used as intrenched camp; shortage of horses.
Sept. 29--Big Krupp guns being placed on warships; Winter clothing for
army ordered; Rotterdam hears that soldiers are ill from lack of food
because commissariat broke down.
Sept. 30--Krupp guns are dubbed "Busy Berthas"; women give gold
ornaments in exchange for iron rings.
Oct. 4--The King of Bavaria is in command of six army corps in Silesia.
Oct. 5--Losses at Antwerp shown to be heavy.
Oct. 8--Director of Berlin Royal Museum says that works of art brought
into Germany will not be retained.
Oct. 12--Prussia's losses estimated at 211,000; officials guard Antwerp
from plunderers.
Oct. 14--Notice sent to Holland that status of River Scheldt will be
continued as heretofore; rejoicing in Berlin over fall of Antwerp.
*HOLLAND.*
July 30--Government declares neutrality.
July 31--Mobilization of army ordered; Austrian Government steamer
detained for time, but released.
Aug. 2--Country may be flooded to prevent invasion; fear that Germany
may not respect neutrality; bill in Parliament to stabilize food prices.
Aug. 3--Rumor of invasion, but German Minister promises that neutrality
will be respected.
Aug. 5--Reservists in America summoned.
Aug. 6--Neutrality in Anglo-German and Belgo-German wars declared.
Aug. 8--Frontier guarded.
Aug. 9--Uhlans captured and disarmed at Maastricht.
Aug. 10--Queen Wilhelmina suggests formation of committee to aid the
needy.
Aug. 11--Martial law in several provinces.
Aug. 13--Troops massed on frontier; some districts flooded.
Aug. 15--Queen orders Court festivities canceled.
Aug. 16--Paralysis of trade in Rotterdam will render thousands
destitute.
Aug. 18--Everything ready to flood frontier if Germany strikes.
Aug. 20--Food supply causes anxiety; patrols capture German aeroplane.
Aug. 21--Country prepared against invasion; soldiers fire on Zeppelin
using searchlight; declaration of neutrality renewed; bakers making
bread from potatoes; people of Tongres flee from Germans.
Aug. 23--Minister of Industry and Commerce assures England that goods
will not be improperly supplied to Germany.
Aug. 25--Mobilization ceased.
Aug. 29--Southern frontier under martial law.
Sept. 9--Germans want people's sympathy; some places put in state of
siege; rice substituted for wheat flour.
Sept. 15--Artists protest to German Emperor against destruction of
Louvain.
Sept. 26--Martial law on eastern frontier to stop smuggling of goods
into Germany.
Oct. 2--Neutrality is being maintained at great cost; trade is
paralyzed.
Oct. 3--Severe embargo on foodstuffs.
Oct. 7--Amsterdam fixes price of wheat.
*INDIA.*
Aug. 15--Mass meetings in Calcutta and Bombay to voice people's loyalty
to England.
Aug. 26--Moslems still loyal to England.
Aug. 28--Troops will be sent to France.
Sept. 9--Men and money offered to England; message from Viceroy read in
House of Commons.
Sept. 14--German tale of revolution denied; loyalty reported by British
Foreign Office.
Sept. 15--Mussulmans in Russia support declaration of loyalty to
England.
Sept. 21--Aga Khan, leader of Mohammedans, offers to enlist; potentates
eager to serve.
Sept. 24--Preparations for comfort of soldiers being made in England.
Oct. 1--Troops land in France; message to them from King George.
Oct. 2--Great welcome given to troops at Marseilles.
*ITALY.*
July 24--Country will simply safeguard her interests in the Balkans and
on the Adriatic; appeal made to other countries to be conciliatory.
July 25--No disposition to espouse Austria's cause.
July 26--Government looks to England to prevent war.
July 28--Concentration of the first and second naval squadrons ordered
at Gaeta; warships on the Clyde ordered home.
July 31--Government assured that Austria is not seeking more territory.
Aug. 1--Government informs Germany of neutrality and says obligations
under Triple Alliance apply only to defensive war.
Aug. 2--Cabinet ratifies declaration of neutrality; Government orders
all Bourses closed.
Aug. 3--Fleet assembles in Far East; neutrality formally proclaimed, but
reserves are called to colors.
Aug. 5--Report of German ultimatum to Italy; war may be declared on
Austria.
Aug. 6--Ambassador to London justifies attitude of neutrality.
Aug. 7--Germany and Austria bring strong pressure to bear to obtain aid.
Aug. 8--Germany and Austria threaten war; King said to be indignant at
reported offer of colonies in return for aid.
Aug. 13--Alpine passes and northern frontier guarded.
Aug. 14--Government aroused by report that Turkey has purchased two
German cruisers.
Aug. 16--Strong feeling in favor of England.
Aug. 19--Refugees from Germany complain, of outrages.
Aug. 21--Prefects vote against joining with Germany.
Aug. 24--German Ambassador's efforts fail to persuade press to advocate
intervention; Allies are pressing Italy.
Aug. 31--Romans leave cards at Belgian Legation to show sympathy over
Louvain.
Sept. 7--Socialist Reform Party endorses [Transcriber: original
'indorses'] neutrality.
Sept. 13--Populace of Rome cheers for France.
Sept. 14--Radicals favor war; anti-Austrian demonstration in Rome.
Sept. 16--Rioters in large cities demand aid to Allies.
Sept, 20--More than 500,000 men are under arms.
Sept. 21--Damage to Rheims Cathedral arouses sympathy for France;
British Embassy in Rome cheered.
Sept. 22--Thousands offer to enlist in British Army.
Sept. 30--Gabriele d'Annunzio urges country to join Allies.
*JAPAN.*
July 30--Alliance with England may involve Government in war in case of
attack on British warships.
Aug. 1--Navy prepared.
Aug. 2--Emperor summons Council and asks War Minister to report on
condition of army; warships get ready.
Aug. 4--Proclamation prepares people for war on behalf of England.
Aug. 5--Count Okuma says Japan would have liked to join the United
States in mediation offer.
Aug. 7--Warships off Tsing-tau; reserve army officers told to be ready;
navy squadrons organized.
Aug. 11--Army aboard transports.
Aug. 12--Telegraphic communication with Europe interrupted; Ambassador
confers with Russian Foreign Minister.
Aug. 17--Official announcement in London that Japanese operations will
be confined to China Sea and to protection; ultimatum to Germany made
with concurrence of England.
Aug. 18--Count Okuma emphasizes war limitation and England reassures the
United States; ultimatum to Germany was not inspired by England.
Aug. 20--Count Okuma denies that Government has territorial ambitions.
Aug. 21--United States sends formal declaration of policy bearing on
ultimatum.
Sept. 5--Baron Kato makes speech in Diet outlining events leading up to
war with Germany and break with Austria, and thanking United States for
good offices.
Sept. 10--Government tells Russia that no peace will be concluded until
Allies consent.
Sept. 15--Papers controlled by Germans ordered suppressed.
Sept. 26--Charges of misconduct on part of troops in China denied at
Washington Embassy.
Oct. 5--Assurance given to China that Shantung Railroad will only be
used temporarily.
Oct. 7--Ambassador Guthrie and embassy at Washington assure State
Department that taking of Jaluit Island is only a temporary move.
Oct. 15--England tells China that she cannot interfere with the
occupation of railroad.
*RUSSIA.*
July 21--Belief that Government will aid Servia in possible conflict
with Austria.
July 24--Cabinet meets; Government will ask Austria to extend time
allowed for Servia's answer to ultimatum.
July 25--Army is mobilizing.
July 26--Warning to Germany against invasion of Servia; army manoeuvres
countermanded, but Government still hopes for peace.
July 27--Czar warns Germany of general mobilization of army.
July 28--Force masses on eastern border; lights along Black Sea coast
ordered extinguished.
July 29--Intervention imminent; prayers for Serb victory; Baltic lights
out; Czar summons reservists.
July 30--Germany demands halting of mobilization within twenty-four
hours and sends Grand Duke of Hesse to urge peace; war activity in
Warsaw; railroads taken over.
July 31--Railway bridge on Vienna-Warsaw line blown up; no reply sent to
German note; mobilization order.
Aug. 3--Czar issues statement outlining events leading up to war.
Aug. 8--Czar addresses Duma and Council of Empire; Duma pledges people
to country's defense.
Aug. 9--Minister Sazonof, in speech before Duma, blames Austria for war.
Aug. 10--Government acknowledges receipt of President Wilson's offer of
good offices.
Aug. 14--Army works in secret, 5,500,000 men mobilized; Poles support
Russia.
Aug. 15--Home rule promised to Poland after war if people remain loyal.
Aug. 16--Poles enthusiastic over promise of autonomy.
Aug. 17--Unrestricted use of Dardanelles demanded of Turkey.
Aug. 18--Many Poles join army.
Aug. 24--Finns loyal.
Aug. 27--Poles loyal; St. Petersburg well supplied with food.
Sept. 1--Name of St. Petersburg changed to Petrograd; other cities with
German names would have them Russianized; Germany charges atrocities in
East Prussia.
Sept. 3--Report that soldiers have been sent to Belgium through
Scotland.
Sept. 4--Gen. Bobrinsky appointed Governor of Galicia.
Sept. 6--Year's provisions seized at Lemberg, which is to be called
Lvov.
Sept. 12--Prisoners are proving a problem.
Sept. 14--British Press Bureau denies that troops have landed in Belgium
or France.
Sept. 16--Proclamation issued to captured Austrian districts.
Sept. 21--"Orange Book" shows Government's negotiations in cause of
peace.
Sept. 27--Full text of "Orange Book" printed in THE NEW YORK TIMES.
Sept. 28--Soldiers occupy Tilsit estate of German Emperor; war fund
presented to Czar by Petrograd bankers.
Oct. 8--Lemberg made a province.
Oct. 15--Refugees are a serious problem in Warsaw.
*SERVIA.*
July 25--Parliament will meet in special session; King Peter moves
capital from Belgrade to Kraguyavatz.
July 26--Army mobilizing; Crown Prince will command it; panic in
Belgrade as people flee.
July 28--King Peter goes to Nish.
Aug. 4--Sending of press dispatches forbidden.
Aug. 8--Full text given out of Austria's ultimatum and of reply.
Sept. 19--Government will conclude peace with Austria only by acting
with Triple Entente.
*RESERVISTS.*
July 26--Ambassador Dumba tells Consuls to warn Austrian reservists to
prepare to return for service; Serbs in New York ready to sail.
July 27--Austrians await call.
July 28--Chicago Serbs anxious to return home.
July 29--Reservists ordered to return to Austria; Servians in Indiana
ordered to await call.
July 30--Servians in New York prepare to sail; Giuseppe Garibaldi will
fight for Servia if Italy remains neutral.
Aug. 1--Mass meeting of Slavs in Central Opera House, New York City; Dr.
Winter issues proclamation for general mobilization of Austrians in New
York district.
Aug. 2--Swiss called to colors; Germany and France recall all military
reserves; England sends for naval reserves.
Aug. 4--Many flock to consulates; Servians fight to sail on Greek ship;
French and British reservists leave Canada; Austro-Hungarian Military
Benevolent Society formed in New York; hotels affected by leaving of
French chefs.
Aug. 5--Canadians respond to call; 2,000 Frenchmen sail on La Lorraine.
Aug. 6--Attempt to ship Austrians, Hungarians and Germans given up;
English and French to go; many leave destitute families.
Aug. 7--Reservists will go as individuals, not as organized parties, by
order of Department of Commerce.
Aug. 15--Many Frenchmen sail on the Rochambeau; Dutch and Germans on the
Potsdam; Secretary Bryan says men in America cannot be forced to join
foreign armies.
Aug. 22--British ordered to be ready for call to colors.
Aug. 25--German and Austrian reservists on the Potsdam taken prisoners
at Falmouth, England.
Aug. 31--British vessels take Austrian and German reservists from two
Pacific Mail liners near Hongkong.
Sept. 5--German reservists from Holland-America liner Nieuw Amsterdam
held prisoners by France; French reservists sail on the Espagne; Germans
from Puerto Colombia reach New York.
Sept. 9--British cruiser captures the Noordam and makes German
reservists prisoners.
Sept. 25--Germans taken from Holland-America liner Absteldyk by British.
*RELIEF WORK.*
Aug. 1--Hungarians form committee to aid New York families.
Aug. 2--Austrian headquarters established in New York City.
Aug. 6--Prince of Wales starts fund.
Aug. 7--American women of title in England start fund; American
Ambulance Corps organized in Paris by Mrs. Herrick.
Aug. 8--Committee of American women formed in London to aid sufferers;
gift from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and many other contributions; Belgians in
New York form relief committee; French fund started in New York.
Aug. 10--French-Belgian relief fund started in New York.
Aug. 11--Ambassador Herrick asks Red Cross to send hospital supplies to
Paris.
Aug. 12--Duchess of Sutherland is at head of French Red Cross work in
Brussels.
Aug. 13--Rothschilds give $200,000 to French fund.
Aug. 14--Prince of Wales fund reaches $5,000,000.
Aug. 15--English nurses arrive in Brussels; Germans in New York start
fund.
Aug. 17--Servian societies aid Servian Red Cross.
Aug. 21--Relief fund started in New York by German Historical Society,
which gives iron ring as souvenir to contributors.
Aug. 24--Ex-Empress Eugenie contributes to French fund.
Aug. 27--Noblemen in England offer homes to Red Cross.
Aug. 31--Appeal for aid in equipment of American Hospital in Paris.
Sept. 1--British War Office accepts Oldway House equipped as hospital by
American women; large contributions in London.
Sept. 7--American ambulance corps first on field near Paris.
Sept. 8--Mrs. W.E. Corey places château in France at the disposal of the
Red Cross.
Sept. 12--Hanotaux issues appeal for French refugees; Duchess of
Marlborough to aid servants out of work; Duchess of Westminster a nurse.
Sept. 13--Briand thanks American women for care of wounded in Paris;
Ambassador Jusserand will forward money for French Red Cross.
Sept. 14--Chinese send Red Cross men to aid Japanese and Germans at
Kiao-Chau; American Red Cross steamship Red Cross sails from New York.
Sept. 15--Work of rich American women praised by French Socialist organ;
Mrs. Penfield organizes corps of Red Cross workers in Vienna; Prince of
Wales fund increased by soccer teams.
Sept. 17--Babies and Mothers' League formed in London.
Sept. 19--Committee of Mercy formed in New York City.
Sept. 20--Belgian Legation in Washington plans aid for women and
children.
Sept. 23--Lady Paget appeals to American women for socks.
Sept. 25--American Women's Fund in London gives six motor ambulances;
home of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Depew on the Oise used for hospital.
Sept. 28--Appeal for Belgian relief addressed to Canada repeated to
United States.
Sept. 29--England generous in offering homes to Belgian refugees.
Sept. 30--Duchess of Marlborough to act for Committee of Mercy in Great
Britain.
Oct. 5--Prince of Wales fund reaches $15,000,000.
Oct. 8--Mrs. J.P. Morgan on shipboard knits socks for soldiers; praise
is given to the work done by the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris
under Dr. J.A. Blake.
*PEACE AND MEDIATION.*
Sept. 7--Germany reported ready for peace; Oscar Straus and diplomats
confer with Secretary Bryan.
Sept. 8--Secretary Bryan and Ambassador Spring-Rice deny peace
proposals.
Sept. 10--Bankers' peace movement afoot; German banks feel strain; Pope
issues appeal.
Sept. 11--Apostolic Delegate in Washington has mission on mediation to
President Wilson; opinion in England that peace moves must wait.
Sept. 12--Kaiser has received informal inquiry from United States
Government; Allies will unite in demanding compensation for Belgium.
Sept. 17--Report of preliminary steps for peace between Austria and
Russia; Ambassador Gerard reports conversation with German Chancellor,
suggesting that Allies state terms.
Sept. 18--England denies that Germany and Austria have made peace
proposals; Gerard's message will probably be sent to Allies, but United
States will make no further move at present; President Wilson receives
appeal from women of all nations and from General Conference of Friends.
Sept. 19--Ambassador Gerard's message has not been forwarded to any
embassy; National Peace Council in England thanks President Wilson for
mediation offer.
Sept. 21--President Wilson believes time has not come to move for peace;
he receives appeal from suffragists.
Sept. 23--Ambassador von Bernstorff denies that German Government
initiated peace propositions.
Sept. 26--Churches start peace campaigns to further efforts made by
President Wilson.
Oct. 4--Prayers for peace held in churches throughout United States in
accordance with request in proclamation by President Wilson.
*THE MEN OF THE EMDEN.*
By THOMAS R. YBARRA.
What matter if you
Be stanch and true
To the British blood in the veins of you,
When it's "hip hurrah!" for a deed well done,
For a fight well fought and a race well run--
What matter if you be true?
Hats off to the Emden's crew!
Theirs was the life of the storm-god's folk,
Uncounted miles from the Fatherland,
With a foe beneath every wisp of smoke,
And a menace in every strip of strand.
Up, glasses! Paul Jones was but one of these,
Hull, Bainbridge, Decatur, their brothers, too!
(Ha! those pirate nights
In a ring of foes,
When you douse your lights
And drive home your blows!)
Hats off to the Emden's crew!
Erect on the wave-washed decks stood they
And heard with a Viking's grim delight
The whirr of the wings of death by day
And the voice of death in their dreams by night!
Under the sweep of the wings of death,
By the blazing gun, in the tempest's breath,
While a world of enemies strove and fumed,
Remote, unaided, undaunted, doomed,
They stood--is there any, friend or foe,
Who will choke a cheer?--who can still but scoff?
No, no, by the gods of valor, no!
To the Emden's crew--
Hats off!