Cyclopedia_, "Marine League.") What is meant by freedom of
the seas? What is meant by the phrase "free ships make free
goods"? 2. Make a map of Europe showing what it would be
like if all of President Wilson's points were approved at the
peace conference. 3. Are there any reasons why every nation
should give up its colonies and permit them to be independent
states? 4. Why is it dangerous as well as wrong to permit
Germany to retain her control over the territory taken from
Russia? 5. What was the "wrong done to France (by Germany) in
1870"? 6. What is autonomy? Name the peoples of
Austria-Hungary who wish autonomous development, or complete
independence. 7. Find some ways by which Poland and Serbia
can get access to the sea. 8. Do you think it will take a
longer or a shorter time to bring the soldiers home than it
did to send them to France? Why? 9. What is meant by
rehabilitation of the wounded? Find some ways in which other
nations have made their maimed soldiers self-supporting. 10.
How is it likely that Constantinople will be controlled after
the war? 11. How would the league of nations enforce its
decisions? (See President Wilson's second point.)

REFERENCES.--_War Cyclopedia_ (C.P.I.); McKinley,
_Collected Materials for the Study of the War; War, Labor,
and Peace_ (C.P.I.); _Conquest and Kultur_ (C.P.I.); _The War
Message and the Facts Behind It_ (C.P.I.); _American Interest
in Popular Government Abroad_ (C.P.I.).

CHRONOLOGY--PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE WAR

(Adapted from "War Cyclopedia" published by the Committee on Public
Information, Washington, D.C. Events which especially concern the United
States are put in _italic_ type.)

1914

June 28 Murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Serajevo.

July 5 Conference at Potsdam (page 70).

July 23 Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia.

July 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

July 31 German ultimatums to Russia and France.

Aug. 1 Germany declares war on Russia and invades Luxemburg.

Aug. 2 German ultimatum to Belgium, demanding a free passage for
her troops across Belgium.

Aug. 3 Germany declares war on France.

Aug. 4-26 Most of Belgium overrun: Liege occupied (Aug. 9); Brussels
(Aug. 20); Namur (Aug. 24).

Aug. 4 Great Britain decl