Jan. 3--Day of intercession and prayer throughout the Empire; second
expeditionary force sails for England from Australia; a third force is
being recruited.
Jan. 4--Many men leave their positions in civil life to join the army as
a result of the raid on the coast towns.
Jan. 6--Many clergymen are enlisting.
FRANCE.
Oct. 16--Learned societies plan expulsion of German members.
Oct. 17--Germans arrested in Paris; coal supply low in Paris; sugar
prices are rising.
Oct. 18--President Poincare's country house destroyed.
Oct. 20--Military authorities deny German charge that towers of Rheims
Cathedral are used as observation post.
Oct. 21--Baron de Coubertin will train young men who would normally
enter the army in 1916; Germany protests against alleged cruelties.
Oct. 22--It is reported that 500,000 new soldiers are ready to fight.
Oct. 24--Lille and Rheims have been much damaged by German shells;
exchange of civilians with Germany begins.
Oct. 26--German property in France not confiscated, but taken into
trusteeship.
Oct. 28--Many volunteer to give their blood to help Dr. Carrel in saving
the wounded.
Oct. 29--Count de Chambrun shells his own home.
Oct. 30--Chateau of Princess Hohenlohe seized.
Nov. 1--Envoy asks for passports from Turkey; French affairs turned over
to American Embassy.
Nov. 4--Officers discard swords and conspicuous uniforms; they will
direct charges from rear to foil German sharpshooters.
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