Nov. 21--Blast furnaces used as crematory at Charleroi; Government has
granted permission for six officers of the American Army to follow
forces as military observers; Ambassador Bernstorff files with United
States State Department complaint that French have violated Red Cross
Convention of 1906.
Nov. 23--Gen. von Eberhardt removed after defeat in the Vosges.
Nov. 24--Chile charges that German warships have violated her
neutrality; there is a scarcity of copper; order for locomotives to be
dismantled to get materials for making ammunition.
Nov. 25--Fortifications north of Kiel Canal are being strengthened for
fear of invasion; Bavarians are reported by the French to be deserting.
Nov. 29--Indemnity of $37,500 paid to Luxemburg.
Nov. 30--Alsatians are deserting from the army.
Dec. 3--Burgomaster Max of Brussels complains of treatment received from
Germans.
Dec. 4--Troops are suffering from typhoid; household utensils of copper
are commandeered because of scarcity of the metal; British prisoner of
war sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for attack on custodians.
Dec. 6--Second ban of Landsturm told to be ready for service on Dec.
20.
Dec. 8--Turkish officers are serving with the army in Poland.
Dec. 10--Government has informed the Pope of willingness for Christmas
truce if other combatants will observe it.
Dec. 11--Many inhabitants of Autry, France, are exiled to Saxony;
preparations are being made for an extended occupation of French
territory; French Minister of War obtains affidavits from prisoners in
concentration camps that Gen.
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