Dec. 14--Man who mutilated German sentry is shot.
Dec. 17--Priests hold mass in the trenches; French heroism lauded at
meeting of French Academy; but a small percentage of the wounded are
dying.
Dec. 18--French court held in Alsace.
Dec. 19--Lille is near starvation.
Dec. 22--Premier Viviani makes address at opening of Parliament in
Paris, declaring that the war will end only with restoration of
Alsace-Lorraine, restoration of Belgium, and assurance of lasting peace.
Dec. 25--Portion of Alsace celebrates Christmas under French rule.
Jan. 7--French Cabinet makes public report of Government Commission
which has been investigating German methods of waging war; report
charges Germans with habitual "pillage, outrage, burning, and murder."
GERMANY.
Oct. 16--Count Zeppelin is supervising construction of new airships;
reinforcements sent to von Kluck; tax levied on Bruges.
Oct. 20--Report that Zeppelin fleet is being prepared for attack on
London; Britons over 55 years old to be allowed to leave country.
Oct. 22--Chancellor Delbrueck announces in Prussian Diet that nation
will not lay down arms until victory is won; pioneer company of Lorraine
battalion granted right to wear skull and crossbones on caps.
Oct. 23--Women spies meet death bravely.
Oct. 24--Looting barred in Antwerp; survey of conditions shows many men
eager to enlist.
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