mpic causes rush for steerage on
ships leaving London; Mrs. W.H. Page heads committee to look after
school teachers; Secretary Bryan orders Ambassador Gerard to make
representations regarding Mr. and Mrs. Huntington.

Aug. 12--One thousand refugees arrive in New York, on S.S. Philadelphia;
Embassy in Paris arranges for relief of tourists all over France;
Secretary Bryan says Huntingtons are safe; refugees arrive on
Holland-America liner Potsdam.

Aug. 13--Ambassador Page is seeking ships that may be chartered in
London; army officers will aid relief work in Paris; fourteen tourists
reached England via Arctic Sea; Secretary Bryan warns all Americans
going abroad to get passports; emergency passports to be issued; people
in Berlin open homes to Americans; Minister Whitlock reports Consulate
at Liege exposed to fire.

Aug. 14--More than 300 Americans arrive in Rotterdam from Berlin.

Aug. 15--Seven ships leave England; less need for transport; German
Foreign Office says Huntington was not arrested; Ambassador Herrick
arranges for sailings of the Espagne and the Rochambeau; refugees in
Rotterdam report generous treatment while in Germany; Germany will
provide trains to carry Americans to Bremen and will let cruiser
Tennessee land there; Gerard says Americans are now free to leave
Germany; ships leaving Italian ports.

Aug. 16--Cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina arrive at Falmouth with
gold.

Aug. 17--Eighteen ships that will leave England, within a week can
accommodate 20,000; London refugees given gold from cruiser Tennessee;
5,000 stranded in Italy; Nieuw Amsterdam and Laconia reach New York.

Aug. 18--Refugees from Copenhagen arrive on the United States; tourists
flock into Genoa; members of Mayor Mitchel's Committee meet every
steamer and are prepared to help the needy.

Aug. 19--Relief cruiser North Carolina reaches Cherbourg with Major
Hedekin; Miss Morgan's villa accepted as hospital; the Tennessee held at
Falmouth.

Aug. 20--Payment on funds sent on Tennessee delayed in London.

Aug. 21--American Rhodes scholars help in harvesting in Brittany;
missionaries urge sending ship with gold to Turkey; gold from the North
Carolina sent to Italy.

Aug. 22--Refugees arrive on Campania, Baltic, and St. Louis; Ambassador
Gerard denies that Americans have been ill-treated in Germany; cruiser
Tennessee at Rotterdam.

Aug. 23--Refugees in London tell of kindness of Austrians; the Tennessee
left too little gold i