Nov. 13--Bomb in Enver Bey's palace kills five German officers; Enver
Bey unharmed.
Nov. 14--Government issues statement blaming war on England.
Nov. 16--Government denies intention to violate international character
of the Suez Canal; Sultan issues proclamation to army and navy.
Nov. 18--Anti-German plots discovered; army and navy officers protest
against assumption of authority by Germans; committee formed to rid
country of German domination.
Nov. 23--Disorders in Constantinople; British Embassy looted; Russian
hospital pillaged.
Nov. 24--San Stefano church wrecked by mob.
Nov. 26--British, French, and Russians in Jerusalem are imprisoned and
their homes looted; massacre feared; Italian Consul asks for warships.
Nov. 27--Canadian missionaries allowed to leave the country.
Nov. 28--Riots in Erzerum; Armenians slain.
Nov. 29--Moslem priests urge killing of infidels on first appearance of
hostile fleets; Government decides to sequestrate all religious
establishments in Palestine belonging to Allies.
Dec. 1--Turks are becoming brigands at the expense of subjects of the
Allies.
Dec. 4--Rioting throughout the country; holy war proclaimed against
Servia and her allies; foreigners in danger.
Dec. 12--Many members of religious orders flee from Palestine; British
Consul dragged from Italian Consulate in Hodeida.
Dec. 13--Anti-war demonstration by women in Konak and Erzerum;
foreigners held in Beirut; no letters under seal can be dispatched;
position of Christians in Armenia is dangerous; mutiny among soldiers in
barracks and among naval crews; conspiracy against Field Marshal von der
Goltz.
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